2014 Hungarian GP Thread

[steveaki13]

Wow, with just one week between Germany and Hungary, once again its time to post my little preview.

This race maybe a chance for Red Bull to get back ahead of Williams (whose strength is straight line speed) and get closer to Mercedes.

Drivers Championship after 10 Rounds

1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	190
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	176
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	106
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	97
5	Valterri Bottas	Williams	91
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	82
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	69
8	Jenson Button	Mclaren	59
9	Kevin Magnussen	Mclaren	37
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	30
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	29
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	19
13	Jean Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	9
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	8
15	Danii Kyvat	Toro Rosso	6
16	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	2
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	0
18	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	0
19	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	0
20	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	0
21	Max Chilton	Marussia	0
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	0

Constructors Championship after 10 Rounds

1	Mercedes	366
2	Red Bull	188
3	Williams	121
4	Ferrari	116
5	Force India	98
6	Mclaren	96
7	Toro Rosso	15
8	Lotus	8
9	Marussia	2
10	Sauber	0
11	Caterham	0

2014 Hungarian GP



70 Laps

Lap Record: 1:19:071 - Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - 2004
Session Times - Local & (Uk -Sorry )

FP1: 10:00am-11:30 am - (9:00am - 10:30am)
FP 2: 14:00pm-15:30pm -(13:00pm-14:30pm)

FP3: 11:00am-12:00pm - (10:00am-11:00am)
Quali: 14:00pm - (13:00pm)

Race: 14:00pm - (13:00pm)

Previous Winners1986: Nelson Piquet - Williams
1987: Nelson Piquet - Williams
1988: Ayrton Senna - Mclaren
1989: Nigel Mansell - Ferrari
1990: Thierry Boutsen - Williams
1991: Ayrton Senna - Mclaren
1992: Ayrton Senna - Mclaren
1993: Damon Hill - Williams
1994: Michael Schumacher - Benetton
1995: Damon Hill - Williams
1996: Jacques Villeneuve - Williams
1997: Jacques Villeneuve - Williams
1998: Michael Schumacher - Ferrari
1999: Mika Hakkinen - Mclaren
2000: Mika Hakkinen - Mclaren
2001: Michael Shumacher - Ferrari
2002: Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari
2003: Fernando Alonso - Renault
2004: Michael Schumacher - Ferrari
2005: Kimi Raikkonen - Mclaren
2006: Jenson Button - Honda
2007: Lewis Hamilton - Mclaren
2008: Heikki Kovalainen - Mclaren
2009: Lewis Hamilton - Mclaren
2010: Mark Webber - Red Bull
2011: Jenson Button - Mclaren
2012: Lewis Hamilton - Mclaren
2013: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton - 4 wins
Michael Schumacher - 4 wins
Ayrton Senna - 3 wins
Nelson Piquet - 2 wins
Jenson Button - 2 wins
Damon Hill - 2 wins
Mika Hakkinen - 2 wins
Jacques Villeneuve -2 wins
Thierry Boutsen - 1 win
Fernando Alonso - 1 win
Kimi Raikkonen - 1 win
Nigel Mansell - 1 win
Rubens Barrichello - 1 win
Heikki Kovalainen - 1 win
Mark Webber - 1 win

Teams
Mclaren - 11 wins
Williams - 7 wins
Ferrari - 5 wins
Mercedes - 1 win
Renault - 1 win
Red Bull - 1 win
Honda - 1 win
Benetton - 1 win



So there we have it. Lewis Hamilton owns this circuit of the current drivers, and he really needs to continue his domination, otherwise I see Rosberg winning the title, given his consistency and calm headedness.

Mclaren will not be adding to their 11 wins around here is my out there prediction of the weekend.

All in all its a race not many look forward too, but personally I always enjoy. It has provided some real duds, but also some amazing memories.

Mansell winning from 13th,
Boutsen defending all race to win,
Hills first win,
Hills near win in an Arrows,
Schumi's amazing 3 stopper in 1998
Schumi winning his 4 Championship in 2001
Alonso in his Renault leading Webber in a Jag and winning his first race
Button winning that amazing wet race.
Alonso v Hamilton in the 2007 race, after the Quali issues.
Massa retiring on the penultimate lap and Kovalainen winning his first race
Button winning after an amazing race with Hamilton 2011

All good memories around a track regarded as dull.

Anyway what will 2014 serve up. Not long to wait.

[airshifter]

And the pickems link... come on and give your picks!

http://www.motorsportforums.com/list...es=f1&round=11

Winner of each race gets to talk smack until the next race they get beat. Winner for the year gets to talk smack until they get beat down at the first official race the following year. Ask Taz.

[steveaki13]

Mornin guys

Anyone watching Practice?

Anyway be interesting to see whether Mercedes are still in front here and if so how much. Red Bull must fancy a better weekend.

[steveaki13]

Wow.... Lap 1 and Max Chilton on fire in the pitlane.

[Tazio]

Morning Steve

[steveaki13]

Tazzi

Is it me or do Caterham, Marussia and Lotus seem to be the ones suffering at FRIC removal rather than top teams?

Anyway Mercedes surprisingly still look fast. I thought Red Bull might finally get really close on pace and we might have a actual race on.

[Tazio]

A little surprised to see Ferrari's long run pace almost as good as RB (who appear to be second best) I'm hoping Kimi fights back this race. This is usually a good track for the Kimster!

[truefan72]

Tazzi

Is it me or do Caterham, Marussia and Lotus seem to be the ones suffering at FRIC removal rather than top teams?

Anyway Mercedes surprisingly still look fast. I thought Red Bull might finally get really close on pace and we might have a actual race on.

yup. the lesson here. be careful what you wish for
I think it was torro rosso ans williams who moaned the loudest though and were instrumental in this entire fiasco. But the smaller teams thought the ruling was going to help them

[dj_bytedisaster]

Tazzi

Is it me or do Caterham, Marussia and Lotus seem to be the ones suffering at FRIC removal rather than top teams?

Anyway Mercedes surprisingly still look fast. I thought Red Bull might finally get really close on pace and we might have a actual race on.

How??
Engine development has been frozen since February. There simply isn't a chance for the status quo to change. If one at least one Merc gets through - they win. If they both go boom, like in Canada, someone else can have a try.

[Doc Austin]

I hope it rains on Sunday and the Mercedes guy take each other out on the start. Then we can have Botas and Alonso duel the whole race until Botas wins his first GP.

Meanwhile, Lewis and Nico find a spot on a hill, a bottle of Moet, watch the race together and remember why they were such good friends in the past..