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Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Jenson Button drives his McLaren Mercedes en route to winning the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. — AFP picture

JENSON Button marked his 200th Grand Prix with a reminder of his class yesterday when he drove his McLaren to a stirring victory in a chaotic and incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 31-year-old Briton, who started third on the grid, made the most of some wretched ill-fortune for his team-mate and compatriot Lewis Hamilton in changing wet-dry-wet-dry conditions to record his second win of the year and the 11th of his career.

"It's a great moment, all round a major weekend. For some rason I like these conditions," said Button of the slippery track.

Back on the circuit where he claimed his first F1 win in 2006, for Honda, Button revelled in the demanding circumstances. Given a celebratory cake before the race on Saturday, he ate it with relish.

Hamilton, having started second, led for long periods after taking early control, but was caught out by a succession of strategic errors -- when he chose the wrong tyres in rapidly-changing weather -- and a harsh stewards' decision to give him a drive-through penalty after he forced Paul Di Resta off the track.

"The better man won today," said Hamilton.

"The team have done a fantastic job. It's a fantastic way to go into the (summer) break. We would have liked a one-two, I let the team down a little bit but we will be back." Hamilton, who had spun in the sudden rain and then rejoined rapidly in front of oncoming traffic, ended up finishing fourth behind a triumphant Button, second-placed German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and two-times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.

For Vettel, although it was disappointing not to win again, his second place was enough for him to increase his lead in the drivers' title race as his nearest rivals finished behind him.

Australian Mark Webber finished fifth in the second Red Bull ahead of Brazilian Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari with impressive British rookie Di Resta seventh for Force India.

This meant that the young Scot, in his first season, was the leading Mercedes powered runner in the race as he came home ahead of Swiss Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso, German Nico Rosberg in the leading Mercedes car and Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari in the second Toro Rosso.

Seven-time champion German Michael Schumacher, 42, was forced to retire in his Mercedes with gearbox problems. -- AFP

RESULTS

HUNGARIAN Grand Prix at the 4.381-km Hungaroring circuit -- 70 laps: 1 Jenson Button (Bri) McLaren (70 laps completed) 1:46:42.337secs (172.416 kph), 2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull +3.588, 3 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari +19.819, 4 Lewis Hamilton (Bri) McLaren +48.338, 5 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull +49.742, 6 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari +1:23.176, 7 Paul di Resta (Sco) Force India (69 laps), 8 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Toro Rosso (69), 9 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP (69), 10 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Toro Rosso (69), 11 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) (69), 12 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Lotus-Renault (69), 13 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams (68), 14 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India (68), 15 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber (68), 16 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams (68), 17 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing (66), 18 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Hispania (66), 19 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing) (65), 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Hispania) (65).

NOT CLASSIFIED: Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus (18 laps), Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Lotus-Renault (24), Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes (27), Heikki Kovalainen (Fin (Lotus) (56).

FASTEST LAP: Felipe Massa 1:23.415 (lap 61).

DRIVERS' STANDINGS: 1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) 216pts, 2 Mark Webber (Aus) 139, 3 Lewis Hamilton (Bri) 134, 4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) 130, 5 Jenson Button (Bri) 109, 6 Felipe Massa (Bra) 62, 7 Nico Rosberg (Ger) 46, 8 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) 34, 9 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) 32, 10 Michael Schumacher (Ger) 32.

CONSTRUCTORS' CHAMPIONSHIP: 1 Red Bull 355pts, 2 McLaren 243, 3 Ferrari 192, 4 Mercedes GP 78.0, 5 Lotus-Renault 66, 6 Sauber 35, 7 Force India 20, 8 Toro Rosso 17, 9 Williams 4. -- AFP

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Football: T-Team get keeper Jibrail

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT

2011/08/01
ZAINUDDIN MUHAMMAD
nstsport@nstp.com.my

Mohd Jibrail Kamaron will be playing for T-Team on loan as a replacement for their goalkeeper Syamsuri Mustapha.

T-TEAM are hoping for Mohd Jibrail Kamaron Baharin to ease their goalkeeping woes ahead of the Malaysia Cup campaign which kicks off in September.

Coach Yunus Alif said the 26-year-old Pos Malaysia goalkeeper has joined T-Team on loan as replacement for first choice Syamsuri Mustafa who will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury.

"Syamsuri went under the knife on Saturday and it will take between three to six months for him to fully recover," said Yunus.

"We will be short-handed in the goalkeeping department as our second choice keeper Zairie Hafizie Idris is recuperating from his recent appendix operation and will not be 100 per cent when the Malaysia Cup competition begins on Sept 9."

Yunus said the team will be further strengthened with the inclusion of striker Mohd Fitri Omar, another on-loan signing but from Muar Municipal Council FC.

"Both players ply their trade in the FAM League but we are confident they will adapt well when playing against the big boys from the Super League in the Malaysia Cup."

"Roping in Mohd Fitri took some effort as the FAM League's top scorer was the target signing of many other teams, so we are happy he has decided to play for us," he added.

The coach admitted that T-Team will have no choice but to do well in the Malaysia Cup as the future of the team will depend on how well they do.

"Our team are fully funded by the state government and after our dismal run in the Super League and the FA Cup, we need to prove we are able to compete with the best in the country," said Yunus

"Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad has also urged us to give a good run, so we are determined to show what we are really made of."

Yunus said the management is also working on bringing in Perlis midfielder Mohd Fais Subri as the final on-loan signing.

"He has yet to secure a release from the Perlis FA but there's a good chance Fais will be playing for us."

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