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Robert Kubica - who drove a blistering debut in Hungary earlier - has been disqualified from his seventh place finish after stewards found his BMW Sauber to be 2kg underweight. The news comes as a bitter blow to the Pole who had driven so well all weekend after being promoted in Jacques Villeneuve’s absence.

The error in weight has been attributed to excessive tyre wear caused by the teams having to run on intermediates as opposed to the well-rehearsed runs on dry/grooved tyres.
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The Hungarian Grand Prix has been won by Jenson Button, after a sensational wet race that saw great drives and great errors.

From the start, the circuit in Budapest was going to produce an excellent race after Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso started back in 11th and 15th respectively following penalties imposed for passing under red and yellow flags and dangerous driving in practice sessions. But no one could have written a script for the 2006 Grand Prix, which saw spins from Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen rear-ending Vitantonio Liuzzi and Fernando Alonso suffering a driveshaft failure forcing the Spaniard to retire from the lead.
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For a full race report, please click here.

1. Button - Honda
2. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
3. De La Rosa - McLaren
4. Barrichello - Honda
5. Coulthard - Red Bull
6. R. Schumacher - Toyota
7. Kubica - BMW Sauber
7. Massa - Ferrari
8. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
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