The race provided far more action than the previous round in Germany last weekend, and the final result at Budapest has turned the championship standings on their head.
The first half of the race provided the baulk of the action, which all began on the starting grid.
Vettel led through the first turn while Webber slipped back behind a determined Alonso.
With some debris being littered across the track, a quick scramble for the pits was made.
Kubica and Sutil collected each other as the Renault lollipop operator made a critical mistake, leading to the premature exit of Kubica from his pit area.
The whole moment was chaotic enough, but was made to look even more astounding as a Rosberg right-rear wheel blasted down the pit lane directly above the scene of the accident.
It certainly goes down as one of the more surreal moments in the championship.
Meanwhile, out on the track, Webber had not pitted and was in first, but with a the entire field sitting behind him. His race looked to be over.
But during the safety car period, his teammate Vettel deliberately held up traffic, but ventured beyond the 10 car-length limit and incurred a drive through penalty.
Webber continued on, during the commotion, to move up almost a second a lap ahead of Alonso.
He needed a 20 second gap - on the soft tires - to be able to come out of the pits in first place.
After driving a string of blistering laps, he managed to achieve this, and wasn't bothered again til the end of the 70 laps.
The back end of the race was marred by a dangerous defensive manouvere by Michael Schumacher (10th) on Rubens Barrichello (11th) that nearly ended horribly.
Luckily, they managed to avoid an accident, with the Brazillian moved past Schumacher to take the remaining point on offer for the day.
Schumacher's move was very questionable. Barrichello later stated that it was the most dangerous move he had been on the end of in his career, adding that he was lucky the wall ended where it did.
With the 1-2-3-4 Red Bull & Ferrari finish, claims are still fresh about the possible presence of flexible front wings on the four cars, and possibly the McLaren team of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as well.
You wouldn't have known after Hamilton ended up ditching his car on the side of the road and Button finishing a dissappointing 8th.
Webber's victory puts him on top of the standings on 161 points, ahead of Hamilton on 157. Vettel moves on to 151, leapfrogging Button who sits on 147.
A decision on the wing debate could be expected as early as tomorrow, but should be no later than the end of this week.
In the meantime, Webber has the next four weeks at least to himself on top of the ladder.
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