F1 2019 - Round 12 Hungary

pjohnson

Just noticed there wasn't a thread yet. Lets hope it lives up to the last 3 races this year!

Inviere

pjohnson wrote: »

Just noticed there wasn't a thread yet. Lets hope it lives up to the last 3 races this year!

That'll be a tall order. I've a worrying feeling we'll be back to business as normal this weekend

skipper_G

Details of the circuit:
First Grand Prix | 1986
Number of Laps | 70
Circuit Length | 4.381km
Race Distance | 306.63 km
Lap Record | 1:19.071 Michael Schumacher (2004)

When was the track built?
Work began on the Hungaroring in 1985, and the track was race-ready just nine months later. The Hungarian government had originally considered reviving the old Nepliget park circuit in Budapest in a bid to host Formula 1 in the country, but in the end decided to create a purpose-built facility instead.

When was its first Grand Prix?
The year was 1986. Nelson Piquet won the first F1 race around the Hungaroring, famously slithering his Williams around the outside of Ayrton Senna’s Lotus to take the lead.

Schedule:
Friday – 10:00 to 11:30 – Free Practice 1
Friday – 14:00 to 15:30 – Free Practice 2
Saturday – 11:00 to 12:00 – Free Practice 3
Saturday – 14:00 to 15:00 – Qualifying
Sunday – 14:10 to 16:10 – Race

flazio

I too doubt it's going to be the thrill fest that we've been treated to this past few weeks but it might be intriguing rather than exhilarating, which is still fine.
One for a highlights reel I think.
6:30 Saturday for qualifying, 7:00 Sunday for the race.

Rmulvany

FP1 started at 10:00 (10:00 - 11:30) for those interested

vectra

Inviere wrote: »

That'll be a tall order. I've a worrying feeling we'll be back to business as normal this weekend

Hopefully not,
Supposed to rain for most of the weekend.
Fingers crossed we will have a spiced up race like last week.

Joeface

Still Raining on and off there . Gasly Currently leading FP2

1 Gasly 1m17.8
2 Verstappen 1m17.909
3 Hamilton 1m17.995s.
4 Bottas
5 Ricciardo
6 Raikkonen
7 Leclerc
8 Hulkenberg
9 Giovinazzi
10 Kvyat
11 Grosjean
12 Magnussen
13 Vettel
14 Sainz
15 Perez
16 Stroll
17 Russell
18 Norris
19 Kubica
20 Albon

AMKC

I am hoping for a boring race just so I can watch it and forget about it. Now if I could watch it live I would be hoping its a good race but na just want a boring race this weekend.

This is it

Was there an incident on track, what's all the white powder?

Cool_CM

This is it wrote: »

Was there an incident on track, what's all the white powder?

Engine blow in F2 earlier. This is looking great for qualifying!

Big one too:

https://twitter.com/FIA_F2/status/1157580474262392832

vectra

This is going to be possibly the closest quali of the season.

Faugheen

Williams (well, Russell) look at lot closer to the pack as well, which is nice to see. Hopefully that form moves into qualifying.

Cool_CM

Great memories of sitting at the final corner getting pissed on during a thunderstorm for Q1 here last year

skipper_G

Oof that's a heavy knock on the rear from Leclerc, they have some work to do to get that repaired for Q2. Lucky he's not out

Cool_CM

Jaysus, good thing LeClerc put in that time early

skipper_G

What a lap from Russell, a second faster than Kubica now

ScrubsfanChris

George Russell of all people holds the unofficiall track record (1:15.5) :pac:

Cool_CM

Williams in Q2?

Edit, Hulk just gets it!

Danny Ric out

Faugheen

Beats both the Racing Points on pure pace. That's a great effort.

skipper_G

Russell knocked out in Q1 again but faster than both Racing Points, Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault and his teammate. Kubica was 1.3 seconds slower!

Joeface

Driver of the day George Russell

deafroadrunner

Savage lap by russel. Thought he may of sneaked it there. The actually looked quick throught the corners I thought

ScrubsfanChris

Faugheen wrote: »

Beats both the Racing Points on pure pace. That's a great effort.

Indeed, probably couldn't do much more in that car. Great try

Sonny noggs

Another qualifying crash for Leclerc. Starting to become a habit.

skipper_G

Looking at the cutoff for Q3 I think Gasly has to go again, they'll have to send him out on softs.

Itssoeasy

Missed q1 but seems like George Russell had a belter of a qualifying lap.

Cool_CM

Jaysus, some lap from Max!

Itssoeasy

Max on provisional pole with 6 minutes to go in qualifying.

skipper_G

That was a great fight for pole, what a cracker of a lap from Verstappen. Congrats to him for his first pole!

ScrubsfanChris

Well that's a popular result.........

PsychoPete

Nice to see Max putting all that talent to good use this season

Wanderer78

get in there max

Dont be at yourself

Great grid for tomorrow. If Bottas puts up a fight with Hamilton like he did at Silverstone, could play into RB and Ferrari's hands.

Inquitus

Well done Max on your first F1 pole, exceptional driving! Hamilton defo not on top form, getting out qualified by Bottas. Should make for a good race tomorrow!

Rossi IRL

Don't like Verstappen but it is great to see him on pole.

The more variables the better for F1

BikeRacer

Just watching the highlights, did Lewis forget to enable DRS before the line in Q3 or was there an issue with the car?

d8491prj5boyvg

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Don't like Verstappen but it is great to see him on pole.

The more variables the better for F1

Don't like his personality. Can be very petulant. But he's very entertaining on the track. Would love to see him really put it up to the mercs over the long term

Charlie-Bravo

Delighted to see something different. And hopefully the race will be something different too. It's better to watch a race (or even qualy) not knowing the likely winner.

Inquitus

Surely Gasly's days in the Red Bull have to be numbered, Kvyat was demoted and was a darn site better in comparison to Gasly, 8 tenths behind in the same machine is terrible, has to be unacceptable to Horner and co?

Inquitus

BikeRacer wrote: »

Just watching the highlights, did Lewis forget to enable DRS before the line in Q3 or was there an issue with the car?

Issue with the DRS apparently, certainly explains some of the difference, although Merc confirmed it was only in S3 it didn't work.

https://twitter.com/Neterma/status/1157669148706709504?s=19

Cork Trucker

We might have a repeat of 2017 on our hands tomorrow, remember 2017 when the Mercedes running 3-4 couldn’t go near the Ferrari’s due to overheating when they got close? The car was designed to be out in front, once Verstappen stays ahead into the first corner it should work out.

Inquitus

Cork Trucker wrote: »

We might have a repeat of 2017 on our hands tomorrow, remember 2017 when the Mercedes running 3-4 couldn’t go near the Ferrari’s due to overheating when they got close? The car was designed to be out in front, once Verstappen stays ahead into the first corner it should work out.

Aye well in Austria they had to knock off performance due to the heat, so if its hot in Hungary tomorrow they could defo have the same issues.

chicorytip

skipper_G wrote:

Russell knocked out in Q1 again but faster than both Racing Points, Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault and his teammate. Kubica was 1.3 seconds slower!

Inquitus wrote:

Surely Gasly's days in the Red Bull have to be numbered, Kvyat was demoted and was a darn site better in comparison to Gasly, 8 tenths behind in the same machine is terrible, has to be unacceptable to Horner and co?

Ricciardo and Magnussen both aborted their final flying laps in Q1 so that's the only reason Russell finished where he did. P19 & 20 for Williams again tomorrow.
They can't sack Gasly mid season because there is nobody available who would be suitable to replace him. I think he is a good driver who will improve but Verstappen is driving so exceptionally well that anybody who happened to be his teammate at this moment would look inadequate by comparison.

flazio

Cork Trucker wrote: »

We might have a repeat of 2017 on our hands tomorrow, remember 2017 when the Mercedes running 3-4 couldn’t go near the Ferrari’s due to overheating when they got close? The car was designed to be out in front, once Verstappen stays ahead into the first corner it should work out.

Mercedes-Benz never stay still though, whenever a problem or flaw is found, they have the resources to fix it.
To use a sci-fi reference, they're like The Borg in Star Trek. Expose a weakness and it won't be there next time.

Charlie-Bravo

Helmut has said since last week that there'll be no driver changes for the rest of the year for both RB teams. Gasly can rest easy for the remaining races and concentrate on performing.

AMKC

Well done to George Russel and great lap by Max Verstappen. I did not like him when he came to the sport at first but am glad he is there now as the sport would be much duller without him and Red Bull. Hope they can keep challenging Mercedes for the rest of the season and keep them on there toes. They have had it too easy the last few years Mercedes.

Cool_CM

Great to see a Scumacher win at the Hungaroring again!

pjohnson

Ricciardo to P20. Renault have given him all new engine parts. Nothing really to loose since its in reality only a 2 place drop.

skipper_G

Cool_CM wrote: »

Great to see a Scumacher win at the Hungaroring again!

The cheers from the grandstand was crazy, and the photographer scrum. It was like something out of F1 not F2

Charlie-Bravo

Yeah, all the fans loving Mick's first F2 win. Nice seeing the orange Verstappen fans saluting the win also!

weisses

Ares Numerous Syllable wrote: »

Don't like his personality. Can be very petulant. But he's very entertaining on the track. Would love to see him really put it up to the mercs over the long term

His personality is probably the reason he can reach this level of performance