F1: BUTTON MASTERS THE CHANGING CONDITIONS IN BUDAPEST

The Briton started his 200^th grand prix from 3^rd place and took the lead on lap 47 which was a result of brilliant strategy calls.

Vettel started off from pole and led the first four laps of the race in very tricky conditions where everyone on the field was on the intermediate tyres. Vettel from the very first lap was struggling to keep position to Hamilton who was flying behind him, he made an error in lap 4 which costed him first position to Lewis. In lap 10-11 Button managed to pass Vettel in the pits for 2^nd place. On lap 36 button started applying pressure on Hamilton and started setting faster lap times than Hamilton, which prompted Hamilton to make a early pit stop in lap 40 and it was surely the right move but what happened wrong was that he once again opted for the option tyres (the super soft compound) which proved to be a disastrous decision as the conditions did not support them at all. Meanwhile Button pitted in two laps later in lap 42 and went for the prime tyres which were the soft compound tyres and once again started closing gap on his teammate and eventually on lap 47 took the lead by overtaking him, Hamilton also had a big spin in that very lap. After that, once again it started to rain in Budapest, Mclaren asked its drivers to pit in for yet another intermediates, the manufactured Hamilton pitted in where as Button opted to stay out. This move didn’t worked for Hamilton either, as the rain lasted for only one single lap, after that Hamilton’s tyres started to fade away and he had to make another stop for tyres taking his total tally of stops to five. Button knew that he had a comfortable lead and cruised to take the chaqured flag to mark his career’s 11^th victory, second of the season. Vettel came second and added 20 precious points to strengthen his championship campaign, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso came 3^rd, Hamilton after making all those mistakes still managed to take 4^th position ahead of Mark Webber who also gambled for the intermediates in the later part of the race. Felipe Massa brought his car in 6^th place. Paul Di Resta drove a wonderful race to take 7^th place. Nico Rosberg drove a poor race and finished 9^th, his teammate Micheal Schumacher was once again faster than him in the race but was not able to show that in the position as his race came to an early end on lap 26 due to a gear box problem.

Once again Button mastered the changing conditions and what a way to finish off your 200^th grand prix. In 2006, in this very circuit Button recorded his first grand prix win ,and guess what that was also a rain damped race. He proved the saying right once again,that who needs speed when you’ve got brain.

MY OPINION:

Button is a underrated driver. And once again it was proved that the manufactured guy (Hamilton) needs a lot more to become a complete driver. The team can help you become fast but they can’t give you BRAINS. . . Red bull all of a sudden looks off colour and Mclaren has made a clear step forward with their developments. Ferrari has been a big disappointment Alonso took 3^rd position but he was not able to fight with the front runners. Now it’s a break for a month and let’s see which team comes on top after the break in one of the most beautiful circuit of the calendar which is Spa Francorchamp on 28^th of August till then Byeeeee. . . . . . . . . . . . .