Button Wins in Hungary

Jenson Button won a Formula One race for the first time, capturing the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest on Sunday while standings leader Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher failed to pick up points.

Button rode to victory in a Honda and was followed by Pedro De La Rosa of McClaren Mercedes and Nick Heidfeld in a BMW Sauber.

Alonso, the defending champion for Renault, went out on the 52nd of 70 laps. Schumacher, the Ferrari driver and seven-time champion, was gone with three laps remaining.

Alonso has 100 points and is followed by Schumacher with 89. Five races remain, with a victory worth 10 points.

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Ben Spies completed a weekend sweep of the AMA Superbike races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, beating Suzuki teammate Mat Mladin by 4.255 seconds for his 10th victory of the year.

Spies is one short of the series record of 11 wins set by Mladin last year. Spies leads Mladin, also second Saturday, by 45 points in the season standings.