GRAND PRIX 2012 Hungarian GP

Budapest

Race Date: 29 Jul 2012
Circuit Name: Hungaroring
Number of Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.381 km
Race Distance: 306.630 km
Lap Record:
1:19.071 - M Schumacher (2004)

McLaren anxious to avoid rules row repeat in Formula 1

Autosport

FP1
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.821 30
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.922s + 0.101 24
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m23.397s + 0.576 24
4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.628s + 0.807 29
5. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m23.633s + 0.812 24
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.845s + 1.024 26
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m23.904s + 1.083 25
8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m23.983s + 1.162 24
9. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m24.152s + 1.331 24
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.268s + 1.447 27
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m24.300s + 1.479 23
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.394s + 1.573 19
13. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.546s + 1.725 24
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m24.559s + 1.738 22
15. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.608s + 1.787 25
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.354s + 2.533 25
17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.559s + 2.738 27
18. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m25.715s + 2.894 26
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m26.440s + 3.619 27
20. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m26.705s + 3.884 23
21. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.755s + 3.934 28
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.015s + 4.194 24
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.101s + 4.280 21
24. Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth 1m28.176s + 5.355 24

Mclaren cometh! Finally the upgrades are working. They started the year with excellent performance but fumbled too many times while Ferrari were the 3-4th fastest time they have improved and capitalized greatly on their chances. Grosjean is still brewing a victory and will win a race this year if he managed to curb his GP2 DNA and not take ever opportunity to win a position too seriously. What business did he have going wheel to wheel with Bruno Senna in the first corner last week? Bruno is a backmaker that he would have passed in a matter of laps anyways.

FP2

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.995 20
2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m22.180s + 0.185 20
3. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m22.253s + 0.258 33
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.417s + 0.422 28
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.582s + 0.587 22
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.747s + 0.752 17
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.794s + 0.799 23
8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m22.824s + 0.829 18
9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.922s + 0.927 12
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.160s + 1.165 19
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.164s + 1.169 28
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m23.337s + 1.342 26
13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m23.713s + 1.718 25
14. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m23.814s + 1.819 17
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.841s + 1.846 28
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.328s + 2.333 23
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.345s + 2.350 27
18. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.623s + 2.628 22
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.823s + 2.828 28
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m25.220s + 3.225 28
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.104s + 5.109 27
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.106s + 5.111 18
23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.185s + 5.190 22
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m27.822s + 5.827 20

Yup they are back and strong, but the big issue is getting those tires up to temperature on wet conditions, don't know what Ferrari did but 3s is a big gap to the mclaren, Ferrari is ready for any kind of condition, wet dry or very hot.

I hope they really fixed the issue with pitstops and damn 2.31s is crazy fast.

What got me pissed is hamiltons puncture, I think they should've let out the safety car to clear the debris on t1.

FP3

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m21.550s 27
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.643 + 0.093 17
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m21.671s + 0.121 29
4. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m21.876s + 0.326 22
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m21.884s + 0.334 13
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m21.953s + 0.403 20
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.110s + 0.560 24
8. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.136s + 0.586 15
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.191s + 0.641 20
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.233s + 0.683 24
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m22.381s + 0.831 21
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.387s + 0.837 20
13. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.492s + 0.942 26
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m22.530s + 0.980 25
15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.597s + 1.047 23
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.716s + 1.166 24
17. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m22.868s + 1.318 30
18. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.931s + 1.381 30
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m24.036s + 2.486 20
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.547s + 2.997 18
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.224s + 3.674 22
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.497s + 3.947 21
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m26.785s + 5.235 20
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m26.898s + 5.348 26

Qual.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m20.953s
2. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m21.366s + 0.413
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m21.416s + 0.463
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.583s + 0.630
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m21.730s + 0.777
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m21.844s + 0.891
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.900s + 0.947
8. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m21.939s + 0.986
9. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m22.343s + 1.390
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m22.847s + 1.894
Q2 cut-off time: 1m21.697s Gap *
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m21.715s + 0.655
12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m21.813s + 0.753
13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m21.895s + 0.835
14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m21.895s + 0.835
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.300s + 1.240
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.380s + 1.320
17. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m22.723s + 1.663
Q1 cut-off time: 1m22.948s Gap *
18. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.250s + 1.456
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m23.576s + 1.782
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.167s + 2.373
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.244s + 3.450
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m25.476s + 3.682
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m25.916s + 4.122
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m26.178s + 4.384

Yeah Mclaren has had appalling wet weather performance so I pray today today will be bone dry. Ferrari have done the best with an all around car. Grojean is a big threat. When he is quick, his tyre performance towards the 5-10 final laps are better than anyone. He would have had Alonso in Valencia and past Lewis in Canada had the race been a lap longer.

Prefect drive by Lewis!

However I'm confident enough to bet all my life savings on Kimi winning in Spa!

Spa is a power circuit and the renault engine and KERS system are not the most powerful. I bet Hamilton and McLaren to Win but Rosberg and Schumacher of Mercedes GP to be the dark horse if they can get the tyres to work properly.

Mclaren were disastrous at Spa and Monza last year and were out paced on raw speed by Red Bull. Lotus does have a big top speed deficit but I'm sure they'll début their newly invented double DRS at Spa which will give them a much needed boost in quali. Today they were by far the fastest car and had overtaking have been possible at Hungary, Lotus would have finished with a 1-2. It's on low fuel that the E20 truly comes to life and we've seen it in Bahrain, Valencia, Canada and now Hungary.

Lotus biggest problems to overcome is the skill gaps between their drivers and rivals. Grosjean is an amazing qualifier and has blistering speed, but he's performance is a bit of a coin toss. Either he's amazing or he DNF. Kimi on the other hand has a world class race craft and drives with his head, but he's not comfortable in qualifying. The field is tight and unless they sort out either of the drivers they might not win a race which they should have done by now.

Merc, oh Merc, oh Merc. What a massive step in the wrong direction they have taken. It's really embarrassing to see their car performance being worse than Williams and Lotus. As for the championship hopes I rate Red Bull to be favourites. They might not be perfect at the moment but when they unlock their potential their performance is in a league of its own.

Was a pretty boring race maybe he's bored too

It was a boring race indeed. Not even DRS helped. It was a qualifying and pit stop race.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS
The Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungaroring, Hungary;
70 laps;
306.630km;
Weather: Sunny.
Classified: Pos Driver Team Time
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h41:05.503
2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 1.032
3. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 10.518
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 11.614
5. Alonso Ferrari + 26.653
6. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 30.243
7. Senna Williams-Renault + 33.899
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 34.458
9. Massa Ferrari + 38.350
10. Rosberg Mercedes + 51.234
11. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 57.283
12. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:02.887
13. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 1:03.606
14. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1:04.494
15. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
17. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
18. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 2 laps
19. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 2 laps
20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
21. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 3 laps
22. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:24.136

Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 63
Schumacher Mercedes 61

World Championship standings, round 11: Drivers:
1. Alonso 164
2. Webber 124
3. Vettel 122
4. Hamilton 117
5. Raikkonen 116
6. Rosberg 77
7. Grosjean 76
8. Button 76
9. Perez 47
10. Kobayashi 33
11. Maldonado 29
12. Schumacher 29
13. Di Resta 27
14. Massa 25
15. Senna 24
16. Hulkenberg 19
17. Vergne 4
18. Ricciardo 2

Constructors:
1. Red Bull-Renault 246
2. McLaren-Mercedes 193
3. Lotus-Renault 192
4. Ferrari 189
5. Mercedes 106
6. Sauber-Ferrari 80
7. Williams-Renault 53
8. Force India-Mercedes 46
9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6