F1 Racing UK – August 2019

108 F1 RACING AUGUST 2019

THE WINNERS HERE...

2018

Lewis

Hamilton

Mercedes

2017

Sebastian

Vettel

Ferrari

2016

Lewis

Hamilton

Mercedes

2015

Sebastian

Vettel

Ferrari

2014

Daniel

Ricciardo

Red Bull

FINISHING STRAIGHT F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPROUND 12

2-4August2019

Hungaroring

RACE PREVIEW HUNGARIAN GP

RACEDATA

VenueHunagoring

First GP 1986

Number of laps 70

Circuit length2.722 miles

Longest straight0.564 miles

Elevation change123.69feet

Race distance190.530 miles

Lap record1m 19.071s

Michael Schumacher (2004)

F1 races held 33

Winners from pole 15

Pirelli compoundsC2, C3, C4

CAR PERFORMANCE

Downforce levelHigh

Cooling requirementHigh

Fuel consumption2.1kg/lap

Full throttle55%

Top speed193mph

Average speed123mph

TIMETABLE

(UK TIME)

Friday2 August

Practice 110:00-11:30

Practice 214:00-15:30

Saturday3 August

Practice 311:00-12:00

Qualifying14:00-15:00

Sunday4 August

Race14:10

Live coverageSky Sports F1

2018 RACE RECAP HighlightsChannel 4

Lewis Hamilton triumphed at last year’s Hungarian Grand

Prix to take his sixth win at the Hungaroring. While it

was relatively plain sailingfor the British driver, the same

couldn’t be saidfor his Mercedesteam-mate.Valtteri

Bottas benefitted from a slowFerrari pitstopto leapfrog

SebastianVettel for second place but,fi ve laps from the

fl ag, Vettel attemptedto repass Bottas on the outside of

Turn 2. The Finn locked up and clattered intoVettel. Three

laps later, Bottas did the sameto Daniel Ricciardo (Red

Bull) atTurn 1 and he was handed a 10-second penalty,

relegating himto a distantfi fth.

The Hungarian Grand Prixis a popularfi xture on the F1

calendar and marks the last race before the enforced

factory shutdown in theAugust summer break. Dueto its

sinewy characteristics, the Hungaroring has been dubbed

‘Monaco without the houses’. The difficulty infollowing

another car andovertaking puts a premium on qualifying.

The other side effect of the circuit’s tight and twisty

nature is that tyre strategy is often more important than

outright race pace. Budapest inAugust can bevery warm

and hot tracktemperatures can leadto a high rate of

degradation. If their rear tyresoverheat, drivers risk losing

traction and a slowexit out of thefi nal corner can make

them vulnerableto an overtake in the DRSzone located

on the start/finish straight.

THE MAIN EVENT KEY CORNER: TURN 14To be fast at this 180-degree

right-hander a car needs good front-end grip, but traction is

also important because the longest straight on the circuit

follows andexit speed is critical.

PICTURES

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:ALAN ELDRIDGE

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