Hungarian GP Thread **SPOILERS**

It feels like only yesterday the German Grand Prix was on, but we now head to the picturesque Hungaroring, for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The venue itself was the brain child of F1 superpower Bernie Ecclestone. The circuit was started in 1985 and finished in 1986, ready for it's first Grand Prix that same year, and was an immediate success, with over 200,000 packed into the natural amphitheatre on race day. One of the most thrilling races came in 1989, when Il Leone himself, Nigel Mansell, stormed up from 12th on the grid, and won by half a minute! Another surprising race came in 1997, when then world champion Damon Hill, buoyed by his Bridgestone tyres and a strong third in qualifying, took over the lead from Michael Schumacher early in the race, and held it until the last lap, when throttle problems prevented him from claiming Arrow's maiden victory. It didn't stop him trying to bump Jacques Villeneuve off the road at turn 4 though!

The circuit layout has changed little over it's life, with only 2 changes. The first was in 1989, when the 3rd corner was straightened out. The second was in 2004, and changed the circuit significantly to encourage more overtaking. The first corner was put back further from the start-finish line to make a tighter corner. Turn 12 was also put further back, to encourage more overtaking.

The circuit has been described by many as "Monaco without the barriers", with it's need for high downforce, short gear ratios, and difficulty overtaking.

With 70 laps, each lap around 80 seconds, the race itself is one of the longest on the calandar, second only to Monaco.

News this week is that Jacques Villeneuve will not be racing after crashing heavily at Hockenheim last weekend. Test driver Robert Kubica will take his place. Driver lineups for next year are also starting to take shape, and Williams have announced their race drivers, Alex Wurz and Nico Rosberg. Mark Webber is weighing up his options, including a possible move to Renault.

Sticky me please!

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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2006 10:34PM by Morbid.

Hungaroing, although a place some drivers hate because of his layout, provided some good racing. In 1986, Senna and Piquet starred a great battle in the first corner, Piquet brake tested him, but he braked too late and Senna did an "X" to recover his position. However, in the next lap, Piquet tried it again, he got a bit of understeer, controlling the 4 wheels like he were driving a kart and took Sennas position! Exciting move!

And in 1989 or 1990, Boutsen, a great friend of Senna, showed us how hard is to overtake in Hungaroing, after the green light, he spent the whole race blocking Senna's McLaren and took the win. After the Race, Senna asked him "Boutsen, damn it, why you spent the whole race blocking me?!" Boutsen: "Well..." Senna: "If you werent my friend, I'd have hit the back of your car and take you out of the race" Boutsen: "I already knew it" and since then Senna and Boutsen laughed a lot when they remembered that race and both were still friends after that...

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"I'm an artist, the track is my canvas, and the car is my brush."

Hopefully, McLaren's maiden win this year will be this weekend.

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Nah, Jenson will win this weekend.

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you gotta be kiding

He's gotta be drunk you mean

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No I dont have Red Bull mixed with Vodka

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O RLY!

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OK, I ADMIT, I'M SO CURIOUS: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT?!

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"I'm an artist, the track is my canvas, and the car is my brush."

yes 21 car pile up at the start but jb is starting from the pits and wins lol.

Was thinking before though nick h has been in f1 nearly as long and has not won a race either.

I think kimi will do well again ms to win kimi 2nd massa 3rd

renault will not do well just like last year was one of their worst races

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O RLY! is a short version of 'o really!'
What I wanted to say, don't you really have mixed Red Bull with Vodka.
I cant believe it...

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ORLY? YA RLY! NO WAI! YA WAI! HAWAI! URGAY! etc

Kimi to win. I see it :P

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Kimi said that finally his Mp4-21 feels good to drive thanks to the new front wing and they will also have new parts for Hungary so I think podium place is very likely.

Ferrari are too strong, unless the track has sneakily been resurfaced to favour the Michelins I fear they will be on top again

^^ hope not!
ps what does 'IIRC' mean?

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yes Ferrari will be very strong ...but Michelin will bring completely different tyres to Hungary and Renault can use their mass damper system so they will be better then they were at Hockenheim.

Just read that the STRs did not pass the technical test because of the mass dampers.

@ Barbos: IIRC mean If I Remember Correctly

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THX!

Back to the thread, are this damn mass dampers by Renault the same that they used the whole season or modified?

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I think they are the same.