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Webber makes hay in Hungary

Mark Webber took advantage of a penalty against Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel to win the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday at the Hungaroring track.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second, followed by Vettel and the other Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa.

Webber's fourth win of the season gave him the lead in the drivers' championship with 161 points, four points better than Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who dropped out on lap 24 with technical trouble.

Hamilton, is now second, followed by Vettel with 151 points, defending world champion Jenson Button with 147 points and Alonso with 141 points.

"It was a bit of a gift today for me but I haven't had many of them," said Webber, who competed in his 150th race on the Formula One circuit.

Michael Schumacher, meanwhile, is facing a stewards' inquiry for his actions on the 66th lap as he was being overtaken by Williams driver Rubens Barrichello. The seven-time world champion appeared to try to force Barrichello into the concrete pitwall as the two fought for 10th place.

 

Barrichello called the incident "horrible" over the team radio and said Schumacher should have been black-flagged for the incident where a driver is ordered to the pits.

Red Bull has now taken over the lead with 312 points, with McLaren second on 304 and Ferrari third with 238.

Vettel, who started from pole position for the seventh time this season and fourth in a row, was given a drive through penalty on lap 32 for falling more than 10 car lengths behind the safety car, which had come on during lap 16.

Formula One returns after the summer break with the Belgian Grand Prix on August 29.

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