Schumacher in the dock as Webber wins in Hungary

Mark Webber won the Hungarian Grand Prix, but Michael Schumacher stole the headlines thanks to a maniacal piece of driving which nearly sent Rubens Barrichello into the pitlane wall in the closing stages of the race.

And there was plenty more drama at the Hungaroring as Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire midway through the race, Sebastian Vettel was hit with a drive-through penalty that cost him the lead, and there was chaos in the pits when a tyre came off Nico Rosberg's Mercedes and Renault's Robert Kubica and Adrian Sutil of Force India collided.

The result leaves Webber top of the drivers championship with 161 points, but just 20 points now separate the top five drivers - Webber, Hamilton, Vettel, Button and Alonso. And Red Bull have overtaken McLaren to lead the constructors' championship.

Webber was handed the win thanks to an error from Vettel when he was leading the race. The safety car was deployed on lap 16 because of debris on the track, but the German driver failed to keep within 10 car lengths of it and was handed a drive-through penalty as a result. A furious Vettel gesticulated wildly from the cockpit as he crawled through the pits and rejoined the race down in third.

Although he had a faster car than Fernando Alonso, who was in second place, Vettel could not get past the Ferrari driver and finished behind him.

McLaren had a bad afternoon as Lewis Hamilton suffered a gearbox problem on lap 24 when he was in fourth place and had to retire. Meanwhile, Jenson Button, who started from 11th place on the grid, clawed his way up to eighth place, but only earned himself four points.

But the biggest talking point came even further down the field where Barrichello duelled with Schumacher for 10th place. Barrichello was clearly faster than Schumacher but could not get past him until the 68th lap when he ducked underneath the German on the pitlane straight.

However, as the Brazilian came alongside Schumacher the Mercedes driver veered into him forcing Barrichello off the track and towards the concrete wall of the pits. In the end Barrichello missed hitting the wall by millimetres, but observers agreed that he was exceptionally lucky not to have been involved in a spectacular 180mph wipeout.

After the incident Barrichello said on the radio: "That was horrible." Later he told the BBC: "It was the most dangerous manouevre against me in my career."

Schumacher was hit with a 10 place grid penalty for the Belgium Grand Prix at the end of the month. But the German, who had a fractious relationship with Barrichello when they were Ferrari team mates, tried to blame Barrichello. "I was making it obvious to him to go on the other side, there was more room there, but he chose not to," he said. ·