DNF's for WilliamsF1 in Hungary


Nico Rosberg
By Andrew Hooper
August 7 2006

The 2006 Hungarian GP would see the WilliamsF1 team come away with a pair of DNF's. Both Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg retire in what was a race run under very difficult conditions. Mark would hit the barrier damaging his front wing while Nico would have eleectrical problems.

 
Hungarian GP Race Review
 

Despite the excitement of the first Grand Prix win for Jenson Button in the Hungarian Grand Prix the result for the WilliamsF1 team was another frustrating one. Both Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg would retire from the race leaving the team with another pointless result.

WebberFor Mark Webber his race would end very early, on lap two. In what were very difficult conditions Mark was to lose control of his car hitting the barriers and damaging the front wing of his car. The wing was stuck in a position  that would not allows Mark to continue, ending his race.

For team-mate Nico Rosberg his race would only last till lap twenty two when he would suffer an electrics problem that would see his engine cut out coming out of Turn one and seeing him forced into retirement. His car would be lifted off the track.

For the team this failure of both cars to finish would again see them come away with little to show for their efforts, apart from the fact that they have now gone eight races without scoring a point. This is frustrating after the team had what could be considered an encouraging start to the season.
  
Pos  Driver        Team                      Time  
 1.  Button        Honda                (M) 1h52:20.941
 2.  de la Rosa    McLaren-Mercedes     (M) +    30.837
 3.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber           (M) +    43.822
 4.  Barrichello   Honda                (M) +    45.205
 5.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari     (M) +     1 lap
 6.  R.Schumacher  Toyota               (B) +     1 lap
 7.  Massa         Ferrari              (B) +     1 lap
 8.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari              (B) +    3 laps
 9.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota           (B) +    3 laps
10.  Albers        MF1-Toyota           (B) +    3 laps
11.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth  (M) +    4 laps
12.  Trulli        Toyota               (B) +    5 laps
13.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda    (B) +    5 laps

Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.516
Note: Results revised with disqualification of Kubica.

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Alonso        Renault              (M)    52
Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth  (M)    26
Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes     (M)    26
Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth    (B)    22
Fisichella    Renault              (M)    23
Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari     (M)    7
Webber        Williams-Cosworth    (B)    2
Yamamoto      Super Aguri-Honda    (B)    1