"It was very unfortunate what happened. Yesterday was terrifically freakish," Webber said. "But we don't want to get too carried away with it. We missed him on the grid but the show must go on."
It was Button's worst result this season after winning six of the first seven races, and moved him to 70 points in the overall standings. Webber has 51.5 points, while Vettel's retirement after 29 laps left him on 47 points.
Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello finished 10th to stay on 44 points as Red Bull also trimmed Brawn GP's lead in the constructors' series to 15.5 points with seven races left.
Renault Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain (front) leads in front of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton of Britain (L) and Red Bull's Mark Webber of Australia (R) during the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest July 26, 2009. [Agencies]"We're still up here, we haven't been blown away by any means," Webber said. "We're still a force."
F1's safety measures are likely to be questioned after Alonso's wheel came off since that scene comes a day after Massa's accident and one week since F2 driver Henry Surtees, son of former F1 champion John Surtees, died in a crash caused by a loose tire.
Renault said it would appeal the suspension, which will keep Alonso out of the European GP on August 23, one of two races in his native Spain.
Hamilton muscled past Raikkonen at the first turn and then eventually got past Webber to pull away from Raikkonen following Alonso's exit. Raikkonen squeezed past Webber on the exit out of the pit lane and never surrendered second after that.
Hamilton's girlfriend _ pop singer Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls _ could not contain herself in the McLaren garage as the youngest ever F1 champion stormed to an easy win in the end.
"It's a good day for the sport. Lewis is back and McLaren is back," Webber said.
Vettel's retirement came after a poor start and a slight collision with Raikkonen around the first corner, when the young German dropped from second to seventh.
Nico Rosberg of Williams was fourth for the second straight race and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was fifth.
Toyota pair Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli completed the points places after finishing sixth and eighth, respectively.
Jaime Alguersuari, who became the youngest driver to start an F1 race at 19 years, 126 days, finished ahead of last-place Toro Rosso teammate Sebastien Buemi in 15th on his debut.
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