Fernando Alonso became the youngest Formula One winner in history after securing victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday as world champion Michael Schumacher saw his lead in the world championship cut to one point.
Spaniard Alonso, who began racing for Renault at the start of this season, outpaced all the championship contenders to finish ahead of second-placed Finn Kimi Raikkonen and third-placed Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. His victory, at the age of 22 years and 26 days, put him ahead of New Zealander Bruce McLaren, who claimed his first win in the USA in 1959.
But while it was celebrations for Renault and Alonso it was glum faces at Ferrari as the Italian giants saw Brazilian Rubens Barrichello retire in a high-speed crash and Schumacher manage to claim just one point for eighth place.
Montoya and Raikkonen are now just one and two points respectively behind Schumacher in a three-way fight for the title and Ralf Schumacher's fourth place helped move Williams eight points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors' world championship.
Scot David Coulthard finished fifth for McLaren to help the British team close to within six points of the Ferrari squad who were so impressively dominant last season.
Australian Mark Webber finished sixth for Jaguar after a strong drive from third on the grid while Italian Jarno Trulli's seventh place secured fourth in the championship for Renault.
Alonso had started from pole and made a clean break off the line as second placed Ralf Schumacher and fourth-placed Montoya made slow get-aways on the dirty side of the track and dropped back.
Ralf Schumacher lost out when he spun at turn two and found himself near the back of the race. But he drove superbly to knife through the field and claim fourth place.
It was another bad day for the Jordans with neither car finishing the race.
Filed by Neil Callanan
