11. Gran Premio d'Ungheria - Budapest [Presentazione]

[Malefix]

Ultima sofferenza prima di Spa e Monza... almeno una volta era utile per riempire una domenica di nulla in agosto, ora neanche quello.

[alby27]

All'Hungaroring ci ho girato anche in bici     ricordo che mi stupì la pendenza non indifferente del rettilineo subito dopo la curva 3 (quello dove Massa fu colpito dalla molla, per intenderci), una pendenza che si percepisce poco dalla tv. Non è una fra le mie piste preferite ma rispetto a certe porcherie comparse in questi anni è assolutamente da tenere. 

[alessandrosecchi]

[Rops]

Qui Kimi è sempre stato competitivo. Ci ha vinto una sola volta ma a Budapest andava forte.

 

Vediamo se lancia qualche segnale di ripresa o se continua a brancolare nel buio. 

[Samurai]

[Kraven VanHelsing]

Formula 1's key figures believe the loss of FRIC suspension systems from cars will show up more at the Hungarian Grand Prix than it did in Germany.

Following an FIA clarification that FRIC could be challenged, all teams removed their systems before last weekend's race at Hockenheim.

And although it made only a minimal difference to the competitive picture - with Sauber appearing to gain the most and Lotus losing out - things could be more dramatic this time out.

 

Nico Rosberg said: "With the way the corners are here, it might affect the car here more.

"It is not related to kerbs and bumps, it is related to corner duration and speeds - and there is quite a high average corner speed here."

Jenson Button echoed thoughts that the challenges of the Hungaroring will expose areas of the car that FRIC helped with.

"It will be interesting to see how the different cars are without the FRIC systems around here, because a bumpy circuit is a big issue when you don't have a FRIC system," he said.

"A lot of FRIC is to help with the ride quality, so it should benefit the people who are used to not working with them."

He added: "I think our system was good, but I think other people put more time and effort into it, and spent more on it, while we've been working on other areas.

"We're used to running without the system - we've had it on and off the car for the last three years and a lot of the time last year we didn't use it, so we know what the car does and how it changes the car so it's driveable."

How FRIC impacts on general car form will be key to Sauber's hopes of point-scoring form later in this season, with the outfit appearing to have benefitted from its absence in Germany.

Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn wanted to wait until after this race, however, to be sure that its form at Hockenheim was linked to the FRIC situation.

"You have to be careful because it is very track specific," he said. "There are tracks where it makes a bigger difference, and others where it doesn't really matter.

"I can imagine tracks coming up where we could feel it more - that the gap [with the FRIC teams] would be bigger. But we have seen now that the gap could become smaller and it has to do with that.

"But we have to wait and see what it means with the tracks coming up. It should give an indication here, so that is why I am cautious."

[Kraven VanHelsing]

"There's a 1.6-1.8s gap between the two compounds, which we expected, and the medium tyre on this type of surface will just struggle to gain decent grip.

"We're slightly surprised the softer tyre was degrading so little - it did well over 20 laps with minor levels.

"We debated coming here with the super-soft, but there are a lot of loaded corners and we felt it would have been far too aggressive in these temperatures." - Paul Hembery

Modificato July 25, 2014 at 19:19 da Kraven VanHelsing

[L Lawliet]

Mi persi l'edizione 1998 perché ero in viaggio. Un atto di incoscienza che non mi sono mai perdonato. 

 

Gara tiratissima, peccato solo il problema tecnico di Hakkinen. Ma quel Schumacher era fenomenale, la stagione 98 fu, a mio parere, anche la sua miglior stagione.

Modificato July 26, 2014 at 07:39 da L Lawliet