It was all fun until Kubica was DQ'd later after the race.
Kubica stripped of debut point's finish
06 August 2006
Robert Kubica has been disqualified from today's Hungary GP after his BMW Sauber was ruled to be 2kg under the minimum allowed weight in post-race scrutineering. Kubica had made a great debut to finish in the points in seventh place after a chaotic race.
An official statement said: "The stewards accept that the fact of the car being underweight was entirely inadvertent and give credit to BMW Sauber F1 Team for their assistance and cooperation in dealing with this matter.
"The reason for the car being underweight was explained as being attributable to excessive and unexpected tyre wear (and therefore weight loss) arising through continued use of wet weather tyres in comparison to the accustomed and anticipated rate of wear for dry tyres."
More importantly in the championship race this news means that Schumacher is classified as finishing eigth, earning him a crucial point and closing the championship gap to Alonso to 10 points. Moreover, Massa finishes seventh, winning 2 points for Ferrari in their chase of constructor championship leader Renault, who are now just 7 points ahead of the italian giants.
BMW Sauber have decided not to appeal against the disqualification.