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Originally posted by LoochTheMan
I think the main reason Button took 1st is that Alonso and Schumacher had a little qualifying slip-up, and Raikkonen crashed during the race (after obtaining pole).

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Did you actually watch the GP? Jenson was taking 2 seconds a lap out of Alonso after his splash 'n' go pit stop. 2 seconds! That's a lot in F1. Then after Alonso had his wheel fall off, Jenson was about 20 secs ahead of Schumacher and Pedro with about 10-15 laps to go. During those 10-15 laps, Jenson not only made another splash 'n' go pit stop, but he pulled the overall lead to 30 seconds!

He was going damn quick, and while he was helped partly by circumstances (not being held up, mainly), he didn't win by default.