Formulation 1 heads to Budapest this weekend for Spherical 12 of the 2024 FIA Formulation 1 World Championship.
The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix guarantees to be an thrilling weekend, with the competitors on the entrance as tight as ever. Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Crew come into the weekend contemporary from two consecutive race wins, whereas Lando Norris shall be hoping to proper the wrongs of the Silverstone week. You may as well by no means write off three-time world champion and present championship chief, Max Verstappen.
The midfield is extremely shut too, there’s a battle between Visa Money App RB and MoneyGram Haas F1 Crew that can proceed this weekend, whereas Williams Racing shall be hoping for extra factors after Alex Albon drove a wonderful race to complete ninth on the 2024 British Grand Prix.
The Hungarian Grand Prix is held on the legendary Hungaroring, which hosted its first race in 1986. The race lasts for 70 laps, making it one of many shortest laps of the yr at simply 4.381km. With its shortage of straights, the Hungaroring is steadily likened to a go-kart observe, which is f air comparability. The circuit’s flowing format encourages groups to maximise downforce, though to not Monaco ranges. The observe wants chassis efficiency over outright pace. Although difficult, the observe is an actual drivers circuit, that means the veterans of the game corresponding to Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Daniel Ricciardo usually go effectively.
Oracle Crimson Bull Racing might wrestle on the Hungaroring, which creates a dilemma for Sergio Pérez, who’s below stress to maintain his seat with the Austrian staff, with a possible mid-season swap a risk with Crimson Bull afraid of dropping out on the Constructors Championship. It additionally occurs it’s a observe that Ricciardo, the rumoured alternative, does effectively at. The Australian driver has gained on the circuit, and brought two podiums throughout his time with Crimson Bull, whereas additionally driving a wonderful restoration drive in 2018, going from twelfth to fourth. He additionally did effectively at this circuit final yr, ending thirteenth in his first race again in Formulation 1. Pérez has solely been on the rostrum as soon as on the circuit and has solely certified within the prime ten 5 occasions in his 13 visits to Budapest.
Regardless of struggling in the previous few years, Mercedes might make it three pole positions in a row on the Hungaroring after George Russell and Hamilton had been on pole in 2022 and 2023 respectively. The Silver Arrows are in type in the mean time and one other good efficiency ought to actually be their purpose.
Scuderia Ferrari might have a very good weekend after a number of weeks of wrestle. Their automotive fits low pace corners and that was evident when Charles Leclerc dominated the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix just some rounds in the past. McLaren F1 Crew will nearly actually be within the combine too, and there’s all the time an opportunity Oscar Piastri might be the seventh race winner of the season, alongside Verstappen, Carlos Sainz Jr, Norris, Leclerc, Russell and Hamilton.
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