Budapest
Hungary first hosted a grand prix in the 1930s, but following the Second World War and the building of the Iron Curtain it was not until the 1960s that motorsport began to find a place in the country.
At the start of the 1980s there was a general wish for a Grand Prix to be held behind the Iron Curtain and negotiations took place with the Soviet Union with a view to a race being held in Moscow. In the summer of 1983 however, the attention of the Formula One decision makers turned away from Moscow and towards Budapest in Hungary, whose national sporting authority was keen to put the country back on the map of global motorsport.
At first a street race through Budapest was suggested, but in the end the decision was taken to build a brand new circuit in a valley 19 kilometres outside Budapest. The valley provided natural vantage points for spectators and in 1985 work began on the Hungaroring. The track opened in 1986 and it held its first Formula One event in August that year. It was a huge success and almost 200,000 fans showed up.
Although tight and twisty, the circuit has been known to throw up some great races, the most memorable being Thierry Boutsen's win in 1990, beating Ayrton Senna by 0.3 seconds, and of course the 1997 race where Damon Hill in the Arrows sensationally passed Michael Schumacher's Ferrari only to be denied the win by mechanical failure on the very last lap.
Session Times
Fri 27 Jul 2012
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30
Sat 28 Jul 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00
Sun 29 Jul 2012
Race 13:00
All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18378942
Track:
Track Diagram
Track DRS
Detection point is on the entry T14 and Activation point is 70m after T14.
Circuit information
Circuit Name: Hungaroring
Number of Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.381 km
Race Distance: 306.630 km
Lap Record: 1:19.071 - M Schumacher (2004)
2011 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits/
Current Standings
Technical Changes
http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/
Photos from the event
Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/874/general/thursday.html
Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/874/general/friday.html
Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/874/general/saturday.html
Sunday -
FIA Press Conference
Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13642.html
Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/7/13652.html
Saturday -
Sunday -
Practice 1
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.821 30
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.922s + 0.101 24
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m23.397s + 0.576 24
4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.628s + 0.807 29
5. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m23.633s + 0.812 24
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.845s + 1.024 26
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m23.904s + 1.083 25
8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m23.983s + 1.162 24
9. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m24.152s + 1.331 24
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.268s + 1.447 27
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m24.300s + 1.479 23
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.394s + 1.573 19
13. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.546s + 1.725 24
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m24.559s + 1.738 22
15. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.608s + 1.787 25
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.354s + 2.533 25
17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.559s + 2.738 27
18. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m25.715s + 2.894 26
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m26.440s + 3.619 27
20. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m26.705s + 3.884 23
21. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.755s + 3.934 28
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.015s + 4.194 24
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.101s + 4.280 21
24. Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth 1m28.176s + 5.355 24Practice 2
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.995 20
2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m22.180s + 0.185 20
3. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m22.253s + 0.258 33
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.417s + 0.422 28
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.582s + 0.587 22
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.747s + 0.752 17
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.794s + 0.799 23
8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m22.824s + 0.829 18
9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.922s + 0.927 12
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.160s + 1.165 19
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.164s + 1.169 28
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m23.337s + 1.342 26
13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m23.713s + 1.718 25
14. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m23.814s + 1.819 17
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.841s + 1.846 28
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.328s + 2.333 23
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.345s + 2.350 27
18. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.623s + 2.628 22
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.823s + 2.828 28
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m25.220s + 3.225 28
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.104s + 5.109 27
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.106s + 5.111 18
23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.185s + 5.190 22
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m27.822s + 5.827 20Practice 3
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Laps[/b]
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m21.550s 27
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.643 + 0.093 17
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m21.671s + 0.121 29
4. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m21.876s + 0.326 22
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m21.884s + 0.334 13
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m21.953s + 0.403 20
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.110s + 0.560 24
8. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.136s + 0.586 15
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.191s + 0.641 20
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.233s + 0.683 24
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m22.381s + 0.831 21
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.387s + 0.837 20
13. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.492s + 0.942 26
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m22.530s + 0.980 25
15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.597s + 1.047 23
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.716s + 1.166 24
17. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m22.868s + 1.318 30
18. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.931s + 1.381 30
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m24.036s + 2.486 20
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.547s + 2.997 18
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.224s + 3.674 22
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.497s + 3.947 21
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m26.785s + 5.235 20
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m26.898s + 5.348 26Qualifying
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time Gap [/b]
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m20.953s
2. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m21.366s + 0.413
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m21.416s + 0.463
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.583s + 0.630
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m21.730s + 0.777
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m21.844s + 0.891
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.900s + 0.947
8. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m21.939s + 0.986
9. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m22.343s + 1.390
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m22.847s + 1.894
Q2 cut-off time: 1m21.697s Gap *
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m21.715s + 0.655
12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m21.813s + 0.753
13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m21.895s + 0.835
14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m21.895s + 0.835
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.300s + 1.240
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.380s + 1.320
17. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m22.723s + 1.663
Q1 cut-off time: 1m22.948s Gap *
18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.250s + 1.456
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m23.576s + 1.782
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.167s + 2.373
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.244s + 3.450
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.476s + 3.682
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m25.916s + 4.122
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m26.178s + 4.384Race
Code:
[b]Pos Driver Team Time[/b]
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h41:05.503
2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 1.032
3. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 10.518
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 11.614
5. Alonso Ferrari + 26.653
6. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 30.243
7. Senna Williams-Renault + 33.899
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 34.458
9. Massa Ferrari + 38.350
10. Rosberg Mercedes + 51.234
11. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 57.283
12. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:02.887
13. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 1:03.606
14. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1:04.494
15. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
17. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
18. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 2 laps
19. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 2 laps
20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
21. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 3 laps
22. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps
Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:24.136World Championship standings, round 11:
Code:
[b]Drivers: Constructors: [/b]
1. Alonso 164 1. Red Bull-Renault 246
2. Webber 124 2. McLaren-Mercedes 193
3. Vettel 122 3. Lotus-Renault 192
4. Hamilton 117 4. Ferrari 189
5. Raikkonen 116 5. Mercedes 106
6. Rosberg 77 6. Sauber-Ferrari 80
7. Grosjean 76 7. Williams-Renault 53
8. Button 76 8. Force India-Mercedes 46
9. Perez 47 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
10. Kobayashi 33
11. Maldonado 29
12. Schumacher 29
13. Di Resta 27
14. Massa 25
15. Senna 24
16. Hulkenberg 19
17. Vergne 4
18. Ricciardo 2
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but as said it's normally a good test of car and driver.
