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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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In case you hadn’t noticed, I updated the Circuits and Calendar pages to include some nice images from Google Earth of Formula One tracks. And I have also added a Next Year page to show where drivers are potentially moving to in an effort to make sense of the silly season. And finally, check out the new Polling Booth on the left - Will Jacques Villeneuve ever return to Formula One?

Former Toyota Formula One driver and ChampCar contender Cristiano Da Matta is making a slow recovery after having brain surgery at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisconsin. His hospitalisation results from colliding with a deer at a test session at Road America last Thursday. Cristiano has some swelling in his brain, but doctors say this is expected, and the Brazilian driver is currently heavily sedated while the recovery process continues.

Regular updates on Cristiano’s condition can be found at RuSport’s website.

Kimi Raikkonen took pole position at the Hungaroring from Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, and Pedro de la Rosa. In a session that saw penalties given to seven times champion Michael Schumacher and current reigning champ Fernando Alonso, all eyes were on Ferrari and Renault number twos to pick up the pieces.

Initially, Massa set some stunning laps and really impressed keeping his scarlet car up at the top of the time sheets. Giancarlo Fisichella didn’t fair as well though, only managing seventh in the final standings. But one young man that stood out from the rest was Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber. Standing in for ‘injured’ Jacques Villeneuve, he beat his experienced team mate Nick Heidfeld in each session, crucially getting himself into the final 10 ahead of the German. Robert - the first Pole in F1 - finally ended up ninth, and after Jenson Button was demoted for his engine change, Heidfeld was promoted to tenth. A stunning performance from the 22 year old, and Robert is for sure going to be in Formula One for a good long while - bad news for the 1997 world champion.
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1. Raikkonen - McLaren
2. Massa - Ferrari
3. Barrichello - Honda
4. De La Rosa - McLaren
5. Webber - Williams
6. R. Schumacher - Toyota
7. Fisichella - Renault
8. Trulli - Toyota
9. Kubica - BMW
10. Heidfeld - BMW
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Okay, so we have all filled in the FIA/AMD F1 Survey and voiced our opinion on Formula One. And those of us who have ignored it realise that fans play no part in the global economy of F1. Well, at least to the extent of multi-billionaire Ecclestone etc…

… But what do we - the fans who keep the sport alive - think of the new ‘tweaked’ qualifying system?
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Championship leader Fernando Alonso has been given two penalties after an altercation in free practice in Hungary with Red Bull tester Robert Doornbos. Alonso will have two seconds added to each of his fastest laps (in each qualy session) because of dangerous driving and overtaking under yellow flags.
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Seemingly not content with Renault, BMW, Ferrari and McLaren hogging the limelight with regards to driver changes for 2006 and 2007, Williams have announced that Mark Webber’s services will not be retained for next year. Instead, Sir Frank Williams has opted to promote test driver Alex Wurz to a full race seat, which will see the Austrian return to competitive driving after a long spell as tester for McLaren and Team Willy. It was also announced that (surprise surprise) Nico Rosberg has been re-signed for another year to complete the team which will run Toyota engines next season.
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