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Nostalgia: Button blazes to maiden win in Hungary

In his seventh season in Formula 1, after 113 race starts and thirteen podiums, Jenson Button claimed his maiden victory at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.  In a display of pure driving brilliance the Briton, who started the race from fourteenth place on the grid, sliced his way through the field in challenging conditions to take the chequered flag for the first time in his Formula 1 career. The 2006 Formula 1 season marked the move from the 3.0 litre V10 engine to the 2.4 litre V8 engines, and was the last year with two tyre manufacturers supplying the teams.  It was also the year that saw near total domination from Ferrari and Renault.  The Drivers’ Championship was a two man battle...
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