Jenson Button celebrated his 200th race with victory in the Hungarian GP
By MICHAEL SPEARMAN
JENSON BUTTON roared to victory in a Hungarian humdinger yesterday to celebrate his 200th race.
LAP IT UP ... Jenson Button is hosed with bubbly by Sebastian Vettel
He said: "It's good we're having a couple of weeks' break - it might take that long to get over the celebrations."
The 2009 world champ triumphed on the track and in the same chaotic conditions where he bagged his maiden win five years ago.
But McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton's title hopes were dented as he was fourth after a drive-through penalty.
Button added: "This is the first place where I won a Grand Prix back in 2006 in these sort of conditions.
"This is my 200th race and I have won here again so it's a great moment. For some reason I like these conditions. Don't ask me why."
Button claimed his 11th career win by just over 3.5 seconds from Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
But Button heads into F1's summer break still fifth in the standings and 100 points adrift of the German.
The Frome flier had a terrific scrap with team-mate Hamilton at the start of the race when they banged wheels.
And they swapped top spot FOUR times later on as both were caught out in the tricky conditions.
Button added: "I lost the lead twice because I went straight on at turn two. It was a great fight with Lewis but we were always fair."
The McLaren duo's boss defended the decision to allow their drivers to race.
Managing director Jonathan Neale said: "You have to let them go sometimes. We can get it wrong but when you have a race like that, you know you are right."
Credit: The Sun (www.thesun.co.uk)
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