Hungarian Grand Prix 2010, Hungaroring Circuit - Race 12/19

[Glaucus]

Hungaroring, 30 July - 1 August

Friday 30 July
Practice one: 0855-1035, BBC Red Button/online
Practice two: 1255-1435, BBC Red Button/online

Saturday 31 July
Practice three: 0955-1105, BBC Red Button/online
Qualifying: 1210-1430, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live sport extra/online

Sunday 1 August
Race: 1210-1515, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live/online


Standings:

Track:

Track Diagram

Circuit information

Length: 4.381km
Race distance: 70 laps / 306.663km

Full throttle: 58%
Top speed: 291kph
Longest flat-out section: 11s / 750m
Right/left-hand turns: 8/6

Tyre wear: Medium/high
Brake wear: High
Downforce level: Very high
Gear changes per lap: 50

Strategy

Average fuel use per lap: 2.172kg (source: Williams)
Pit stop time loss: 20.5s

2010 tyres: Medium (prime, no stripe) and Super-Soft (option, green stripe)
2009 tyres: Soft (prime, no stripe) and Super-Soft (option, green stripe)


Hungary preview quotes - Ferrari, Force India, HRT, Mercedes GP & more
Hot on the heels of Hockenheim, the teams head straight to Budapest for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the last race before the Formula One community takes a well-earned summer break. Drivers and senior team personnel discuss their prospects for the Hungaroring…


German - Team Preview
Bridgestone
Cosworth

McLaren
Sauber
Mercedes
Ferrari Not uploaded yet
Red Bull Not uploaded yet
Williams
Renault Not uploaded yet
Force India
Toro Rosso
Lotus Not uploaded yet
Hispania
Virgin Not uploaded yet


Classic F1

Classic F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix 1990
Short highlights of the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix, in which Belgium's Thierry Boutsen drives an immaculate race in his Williams to hold off Ayrton Senna, Alessandro Nannini and Nigel Mansell to take his third and final F1 victory.

Classic F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix 1992
Watch short highlights of the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix won by McLaren's Ayrton Senna, as Nigel Mansell finishes second to secure his first and only F1 world championship.

Classic F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix 1998
Watch short highlights of the 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix, where Ferrari's Michael Schumacher drives a superb race following a switch in strategy to overhaul the McLarens of Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.

Classic F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix 2007
Watch short highlights of the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, where McLaren's Lewis Hamilton takes his third Grand Prix victory after fending off the Ferrari of eventual world champion Kimi Raikkonen.

Classic F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix 2009 - Hamilton's first win of the season
Lewis Hamilton reminds everyone he is the reigning F1 world champion, claiming his first win of the 2009 season in the much-improved McLaren at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Technical Changes - German Grand Prix

Weather Forecast

Forecast Summary:
Emphasis: Wet running possible at times, especially Fri/Sat. Current expectations see dry or largely dry conditions for the race.

Friday: Mostly cloudy but some sunny spells developing; showers likely at times, some heavy. Chance of PPN 50%. Max 27C. Wind light SSE.

Saturday: Variable cloud cover and sunny spells. Heavy showers likely at times. Chance of PPN 60%. Max 28C. Wind light E.

Sunday: Showers possible AM but expected to be dry for the race, with well-broken mid-level cloud and sunny spells. Chance of PPN 30%. Max 26C. Wind light WNW.


News

• Bernie says order regs need reviewing
  Bernie Ecclestone admits a discussion on Formula 1’s team order regulations is needed in wake of the controversy caused by Ferrari at Hockenheim, with the commercial supremo in favour of allowing teams to manage their cars as they see fit.
• Montezemolo slams 'hypocritical' critics
  Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has leapt to the defence of his under-fire team and accused critics of its controversial tactics in the German Grand Prix of “hypocrisy”.
• Ferrari expresses confidence in WMSC
  Ferrari is confident that the World Motor Sport Council will understand its controversial actions at Hockenheim after it decided not to appeal against the $100,000 fine imposed on it by race stewards.
• Domenicali insists no order was given
  Ferrari chief Stefano Domenicali insists the team didn’t order Felipe Massa to move aside for team-mate Fernando Alonso at Hockenheim, and that its controversial radio message had simply been intended to inform the Brazilian of the developing situation around him.
• Unrepentant Ferrari target Hungarian success
  They may be racing under the cloud of possible further sanctions from the FIA after their controversial one-two result in Germany, but Ferrari are determined to stay upbeat ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian race.
• Lewis: We need to find pace urgently
  Lewis Hamilton said McLaren has no time to lose in making up the lost ground to Red Bull and Ferrari after finishing a distant fourth in the German Grand Prix.
• McLaren “don’t understand” Red Bull’s wing
  McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe admitted the team are struggling to understand how Red Bull and Ferrari’s flexing front wings work.
• Drivers baffled by Mercedes slump
  Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher admitted they were perplexed by how their car could go from being a podium finisher in Britain to being lapped by the leaders in Germany just one round later.
• Tyre blunder earns Force India reprimand
  Force India’s wretched German Grand Prix was compounded by a post-race reprimand from the stewards for fitting the wrong tyres to both its cars during a chaotic start to the race.
• Force India to run blown diffuser
  Force India will run an exhaust-blown diffuser for the first time this year in practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
• Don't expect a Monaco repeat – Kubica
  Robert Kubica believes Renault should be more competitive at the Hungaroring than it was last weekend in Germany – but has ruled out a repeat of his front-running performance at the similarly slow Monaco circuit earlier this year.
• STR duo disagree over collision
  Toro Rosso duo Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi each felt they were the innocent party in the first-lap tangle that ruined the team's German Grand Prix.
• Yamamoto retains seat for Hungary
  Karun Chandhok will remain out in the cold at Hispania for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix after the team confirmed Sakon Yamamoto would continue to drive alongside Bruno Senna.
• Yamamoto’s blunders (HRT race review)
  Sakon Yamamoto’s second appearance for HRT – this time in place of Karun Chandhok – did not go very well.

The track and TV coverage starts

Technical changes Hungry

FIA Thursday press conference - Hungary
Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Robert Kubica (Renault), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Sakon Yamamoto (HRT)

FIA Friday press conference - Hungary
Team principals: Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Colin Kolles (HRT).


Practice 1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8871638.stm
The Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber dominate the first practice session for the Hungarian GP.

Practice 2

F1: Highlights - Hungarian Grand Prix second practice
Sebastian Vettel is once again the fastest man at the Hungaroring, but Fernando Alonso and Ferrari close the gap in Friday afternoon's practice session.


Practice 3

Watch Sebastian Vettel's Hungarian Grand Prix pole lap
In-car footage of Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel taking pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.



Qaulifying

Hungary GP qualifying - Top three drivers
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel praises the set-up of his car after taking pole ahead of team-mate Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in qualfying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
Virgin’s Timo Glock on setting the pace for the new teams after qualifying 19th; reigning champion Jenson Button on failing to make Q3 for McLaren; and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on clinching his fourth consecutive pole position. All 24 drivers, and senior team personnel, review Saturday’s action at the Hungaroring…


Race

Standings

 

[Glaucus]

Also sat night party is cancelled, so will probably be back in time for qauli and defiantly for race &

 

[SoliD]

Wet + Hungary, got to be a mclaren win I hope!

 

[Glaucus]

Wet + Hungary, got to be a mclaren win I hope!

not likely

Sunday: Showers possible AM but expected to be dry for the race, with well-broken mid-level cloud and sunny spells. Chance of PPN 30%. Max 26C. Wind light WNW.

 

[utajoker]

thank god for some rain, might liven things up.

 

[Duke]

Rain dance required, STAT!

 

[SoliD]

not likely

only needs to be there for qually to get the front row round here

 

[Dimi]

Ferrari should do well here again, Similar type of track to last weekends one.
Redbull as always up there.
Mclaren's only hope of winning is for the rain to come down.

 

[utajoker]

i think if mclaren iron out their blown diffuser, the combination of long straight and slower corners they mite be up there with redbull but i still think ferarri will be the slightly quicker.

 

[Pete19s]

i think if mclaren iron out their blown diffuser, the combination of long straight and slower corners they mite be up there with redbull but i still think ferarri will be the slightly quicker.

I think that as long as the weather holds for Friday at least then they should make good progress in getting their heads around the EBD and getting the balance sorted. They didn't have the best of luck with the weather or Hamiltons little excursion during practice.

 

[sunama]

I think McLaren will definitely be stronger at Hungary than in the last race. Its quite possible that 6 cars could be in the running next Sunday.

If an RBR car can get into the first corner first, then I can't see how it won't be an RBR win.

One thing I've noticed with Vettel (and Webber) is that when he is at the front, he is quite capable of reeling off fastest laps and winning the race. When he is in any other position other than the lead, his performance is significantly degraded. Massa suffers in exactly the same way.

Unless there are chaotic incidents or rain, this should be a pretty boring procession, with all the action occurring off the line.

 

[Duke]

I can see the Mclaren being pretty quick on those straights.

 

[arknor]

nice hungary 98 on classic

 

[JRS]

Re: the classic races chosen. Did 1989 really not make their radar at all? Mansell going from 12th to 8th by T1, and going on to win, including that overtaking move on Senna when a backmarker (one of the Onyx drivers?) found himself in the wrong place at very much the wrong time? No?

Ah well.

***edit***

It was an Onyx, Stefan Johansson. They caught up to him coming out of turn 3 on about lap 58 (I think?), Senna hesitated, but since "hesitate" isn't a word in Mansell's vocabulary he simply jinked his car around Senna and into the lead.

 

[Creature]

1989 was last year apparently

 

[pingwing]

1989 was last year apparently

I was going to say that! Mainly as I loved watching the full one last season. The 1990 choice wasnt bad this time round either, but all praying for a race like that. Moneys on an unlikely winner out side the Ferrari, RBR, McLaren area... (I want to say Williams with Rubens but I think he's right in saying they wont be competitive for the rest of the season, so Rosberg or Kubica are the best shouts for a good result...)

Wish I wasnt missing quali though for a music festival...

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Hope McLaren sort out their issues. I will miss quali, but this will be the first race I have caught for a few weeks . Looking forward to it. I wonder what controversy will rise this weekend.

 

[dannyjo22]

Would quite like to see Alonso win this with a first corner pile up involving Vettel, Hamilton, Webber and Button. It would close the championship up nicely for the rest of the season

Failing that I'd like to see Button chip away a few points on Hamilton to stop the gap getting too big. Unless he has a DNF I feel this is Hamiltons title now.

 

[Dutch Guy]

I am going on holiday tomorrow so unfortunately I will miss this GP, I am just glad it's the most boring track.

 

[Setroc]

Failing that I'd like to see Button chip away a few points on Hamilton to stop the gap getting too big. Unless he has a DNF I feel this is Hamiltons title now.

That's a pretty bold statement. There's a 15 point difference between finishing 1st and finishing 5th. With 8 races to go, and McLaren pushed back into a clear 3rd position in terms of car performance, it's going to be tough to defend his 20 point lead over the Red Bulls or the 30 point lead over Alonso.

Don't get me wrong, he is not in a bad position for the WDC, but it's going to take a lot more than just no DNFs to hang on to it.