Sunday 6th August 2006

Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix, the first victory of his career and the first race win for a British driver since David Coulthard won the Australian Grand Prix three years previously, and the first by an Englishman since Johnny Herbert won the 1999 European Grand Prix nearly seven years previously, in similarly changeable weather circumstances. Pedro de la Rosa finished second for McLaren, the first podium finish of his career, and Nick Heidfeld finished third, giving BMW Sauber their first ever podium. It was the first win for a Honda chassis since John Surtees’ victory in the 1967 Italian Grand Prix and the first win for a Honda engine since Heinz-Harald Frentzen’s Mugen-Honda-powered Jordan triumphed in the 1999 Italian Grand Prix, 119 races earlier.