Hungarian Grand Prix 2013, Budapest - Race 10/19

Duke · 20 Jul 2013 at 15:48

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 26 July 2013
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 27 July 2013
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 28 July 2013
Race 13:00

Live on Sky Sports F1 HD

* For BBC times and info see here *

Track Diagram

Circuit Information

Race Date: 28 Jul 2013
Circuit Name: Hungaroring
First Grand Prix: 1986
Number of Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.381 km
Race Distance: 306.630 km
Lap Record: 1:19.071 - M Schumacher (2004)

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap     Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m22.723s           19
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m22.982s  +0.259s  24
 3.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m23.010s  +0.287s  20
 4.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m23.099s  +0.376s  22
 5.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m23.111s  +0.388s  20
 6.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m23.370s  +0.647s  26
 7.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m23.390s  +0.667s  20
 8.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m23.531s  +0.808s  28
 9.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m23.591s  +0.868s  26
10.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m23.911s  +1.188s  21
11.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m24.119s  +1.396s  21
12.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m24.150s  +1.427s  27
13.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m24.157s  +1.434s  28
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m24.204s  +1.481s  15
15.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m24.299s  +1.576s  19
16.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m24.314s  +1.591s  23
17.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m24.383s  +1.660s  24
18.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m24.608s  +1.885s  21
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m25.827s  +3.104s  24
20.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m26.808s  +4.085s  25
21.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m27.617s  +4.894s  20
22.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Marussia-Cosworth     1m28.927s  +6.204s  25

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108965

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                    Time      Gap       Laps[/b]
 1. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m21.264s             34
 2. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m21.308s  +0.044s	42
 3. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m21.417s  +0.153s	40
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m21.426s  +0.162s	34
 5. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m21.544s  +0.280s	37
 6. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes                1m21.802s  +0.538s	42
 7. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m21.991s  +0.727s	40
 8. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m22.011s  +0.747s	32
 9. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m22.180s  +0.916s	41
10. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m22.304s  +1.040s	41
11. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m22.526s  +1.262s	39
12. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes        1m22.529s  +1.265s	37
13. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m22.781s  +1.517s	36
14. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari          1m22.837s  +1.573s	42
15. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari          1m22.841s  +1.577s	39
16. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m23.369s  +2.105s	34
17. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m23.411s  +2.147s	41
18. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault        1m23.646s  +2.382s	34
19. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault        1m24.325s  +3.061s	38
20. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault        1m25.065s  +3.801s	36
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth       1m25.143s  +3.879s	39
22. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth       1m26.647s  +5.383s	33

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108972

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team                  Time        Gap      Laps[/b]
 1.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m20.730s            20
 2.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m20.898s   +0.168s  13
 3.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.052s   +0.322s  10
 4.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m21.125s   +0.395s  27
 5.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m21.151s   +0.421s  14
 6.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m21.158s   +0.428s  19
 7.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m21.254s   +0.524s  17
 8.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m21.356s   +0.626s  23
 9.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.499s   +0.769s  15
10.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m21.519s   +0.789s  20
11.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m21.589s   +0.859s  17
12.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m21.646s   +0.916s  19
13.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m21.963s   +1.233s  21
14.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m21.964s   +1.234s  21
15.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.180s   +1.450s  18
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.423s   +1.693s  19
17.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m23.028s   +2.298s  16
18.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m23.975s   +3.245s  21
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m23.987s   +3.257s  19
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m24.298s   +3.568s  20
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.122s   +4.392s  20
22.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        no time set          2

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109010

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team                  Time      Gap       [/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m19.388s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m19.426s  +0.038s
 3.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m19.595s  +0.207s
 4.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m19.720s  +0.332s
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m19.791s  +0.403s
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m19.851s  +0.463s
 7.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m19.929s  +0.541s
 8.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m20.641s  +1.253s
 9.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.398s  +3.010s
10.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault             no time set
Q2 cut-off time: 1m20.545s                             Gap ** 
11.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m20.569s  +0.791s
12.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m20.580s  +0.802s
13.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m20.777s  +0.999s
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.029s  +1.251s
15.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m21.133s  +1.355s
16.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m21.219s  +1.441s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m21.612s                              Gap * 
17.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m21.724s  +1.374s
18.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m22.043s  +1.693s
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m23.007s  +2.657s
20.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m23.333s  +2.983s
21.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m23.787s  +3.437s
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m23.997s  +3.647s

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109014

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1h42m29.445s
 2.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault             +10.938s
 3.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault          +12.459s
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault          +18.044s
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                   +31.411s
 6.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault             +52.295s*
 7.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes          +53.819s
 8.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                   +56.447s
 9.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes            +1 lap
10.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault            +1 lap
11.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari              +1 lap
12.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari          +1 lap
13.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari          +1 lap
14.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault           +2 laps
15.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault           +2 laps
16.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth          +3 laps
17.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth          +3 laps
     Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes   +4 laps/DNF
     Nico Rosberg         Mercedes               +6 laps/DNF

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109056

World Championship standings, round 10:

Code:

[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel        172        1.  Red Bull-Renault          277
 2.  Raikkonen     134        2.  Mercedes                  208
 3.  Alonso        133        3.  Ferrari                   194
 4.  Hamilton      124        4.  Lotus-Renault             183
 5.  Webber        105        5.  Force India-Mercedes       59
 6.  Rosberg        84        6.  McLaren-Mercedes           57
 7.  Massa          61        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         24
 8.  Grosjean       49        8.  Sauber-Ferrari              7
 9.  Button         39        9.  Williams-Renault            1
10.  Di Resta       36
11.  Sutil          23
12.  Perez          18
13.  Vergne         13
14.  Ricciardo      11
15.  Hulkenberg      7
16.  Maldonado       1

tummelv · 20 Jul 2013 at 16:53

Wasn't this a double podium for lotus last year? Predicting the same. Vettel to win.

Duke · 20 Jul 2013 at 17:14

Yep pretty good prediction. Not the best track for overtaking unfortunately, but do enjoy driving it in the F1 games

Guerrilla · 20 Jul 2013 at 18:04

Yay, cheers Duke

smr · 20 Jul 2013 at 21:12

Yes, get in! The buzz from the YDT made you create the thread a bit earlier than usual Duke?

Anyway, customary

Woooohooooo Formula 1 weekend

Can't wait for this Grand Prix weekend, three weeks is too long. Can't wait to see what Lotus can do, hopefully win this time and hopefully Mclaren have used the three weeks and the YDT effectively to improve the car

Duke · 20 Jul 2013 at 21:15

smr said:
Yes, get in! The buzz from the YDT made you create the thread a bit earlier than usual Duke?

Maybe

deuse · 20 Jul 2013 at 21:40

Thanks Duke.

I hope Merc get a top ten finish here but I can't see it.

smr · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:25

deuse said:
Thanks Duke.

I hope Merc get a top ten finish here but I can't see it.

I like your way of thinking, play Merc's chances down so if they do fall out of the top 10 you don't look like a berk

smr · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:27

Duke said:
Maybe

Brilliant wasn't it. The RB looks like it's competing in a different formula sometimes though, compared to the rest of the field. SO planted and quick. Like Pacman on steroids.

tummelv · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:33

Duke said:
Yep pretty good prediction. Not the best track for overtaking unfortunately, but do enjoy driving it in the F1 games

Yeah, I really like this track on the f1 games. Especially sector 2, it's got a nice flow to it.

smr · 21 Jul 2013 at 19:50

35 degrees Celsius Friday... 39 degrees Celcius on Sunday!!! :eek:

Duke · 21 Jul 2013 at 20:35

Nice!

elmuzzy66. · 21 Jul 2013 at 20:38

The drs will suck if you get pass in the straight and then have the other part to pull away.

413x · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:58

this is my favourite track for lotus doing well. I think it was alonsos first win too with renault.

and its gonna be hot!

Yeah!!

JeditOjanen · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:44

smr said:
Can't wait for this Grand Prix weekend, three weeks is too long.

After this it's four weeks. :/

Skeeter · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:16

This track doesn't lend itself to 2 DRS zones. The 2nd one is going to be next to useless and looks like they have just shoehorned it in just to ensure there are 2.

utajoker · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:18

predict mercedes pole then drop back to 5/6th

Irish_Tom · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:27

utajoker said:
predict mercedes pole then drop back to 5/6th

Or further if it's really that hot!

Especially without the tyre testing.

Duke · 23 Jul 2013 at 14:22

Nom nom tyres & engines.

englishpremier · 23 Jul 2013 at 18:17

elmuzzy66. said:
The drs will suck if you get pass in the straight and then have the other part to pull away.

Then drive faster.