PF1’s Hungarian GP Guide

For all you need to know about the big news, the track, the tyres, the stats and standings ahead of the Hungarian GP…

The Rivalry Heats Up The only thing more exciting than two feuding team-mates is two feuding team-mates separated by one point in the Drivers’ Championship.

That is what Formula 1 has in Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton after the latter won the British GP while Rosberg was demoted to third after he was penalised for receiving radio messages from Mercedes about how to deal with a gearbox problem.

Whether you agree with the penalty or not, agree with the radio regulations or not, it has added some spice to this year’s championship.

With the team-mates so close in the title race, Formula 1 could have its first change at the top of the leaderboard after the chequered flag falls in Sunday’s 70-lap grand prix.

But will it have its first Mercedes win at the Hungaroring since 2013.

Last season Sebastian Vettel made the most of a sluggish start for Mercedes to race to the win, only his second with Ferrari.

The year before, it was Daniel Ricciardo who claimed the win for Red Bull Racing as he raced from fourth on the grid to first at the chequered flag.

A Lap Of The Hungaroring With Romain Grosjean “Straight line to start before big braking into the first hairpin. Turn Two is a very tricky corner – a long left-hand side corner going downhill.

“ It’s important to stay on the left from the exit for the throttle application to Turn Three. You want to be flat, and then high-speed Turn …

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