One of Hamilton’s best tracks

Along with Silverstone and Montreal, it’s fair to say the Hungaroring is one of Hamilton’s best circuits on the F1 calendar.

Hamilton took four of his eight wins in Hungary before his dominan♒t Mercedes stint at McLaren, highlighting it wasn’t all about having the best car.

Hamilton is simply a Hungaroring-specialist.

Its tight and twisty nature has led to so🍷me comparisons that it’s like a karting tꩵrack.

In F1 2023, Mercedes were disappointed by their pace at Si൲lverstone given they dropped behind McLaren.

They’re still waiting to see if their revised front wing will f꧅ind them gains in low-speed corners, with their best results this year (Australia, Spain) w⭕hen the track characteristics have been more high-speed.

However, you can never rule Hamilton out in Hungary🤪.

Ricciardo’s comeback

The biggest talking point of the weekend is the return of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri.

The Australian is back after Red Bull ditched 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries after just 10 races.

Effectively, Ricciardo will have 12 races to prove he is truly back and his stint at McLaren wasn’t repr🍃esentative.

Given the AlphaTauri is the slowest 🤡car on the grid, combined with Yuki Tsunoda being in his year with the team, expecting Ricciardo to be performing at his best is unlikely.

However, if he’s got 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat i꧟n his sig🦹hts, he needs to perform immediately to put even more pressure on the underperforming Mexican.

Can McLaren remain in the fight?

McLaren were the stars of the British Grand Pr𓄧ix as they qualified second and third behind Verstappen on mer🔥it.

Similarly in the race, had it not been for an untimely 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car in the race,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Oscar Piastri would have joined 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris on the podium.

It was a remarkable turnaround for McLaren, who had scored zerꦅo points after the opening two rounds.

So are McLaren really back?

According to various telemetrꦑy data from Silverstone, McLaren were the quickest in the high-speed co♌rners.

Conversely, the Hungaroring is quite different in term💛s of track characteristics to Silverstone, and Austria, where McLare♉n also performed well at.

Hungary is a true test to see whether McLaren are truly among the likes of Mercedes a꧋nd Ferrari from now on.

Will Alonso stop Aston’s recent blip?

After a stunning start to the yea🉐r, Aston 🌊Martin have suffered somewhat of a blip in recent rounds.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso scored five podiums in 🀅the opening six rounds, however, he’s 🌞only scored one top three in the last four races.

Aston Martin have made it clear that their downturn in form is more track dependent with high-spe♒ed circuits not particularly suiting their package.

However, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren have all heavily upgraded their cars during the European leg of the 🦩season which may explain Aston ꦅMartin’s lack of form relative to their rivals.

On paper, the tight and twisty Hungaroring will suit the AMR23, but if it’s another disappointing weekend𒊎, then it’s clear that Aston Martin’s recent form is not just a blip.

A new qualifying format 

F1 will trial a new, experiential qualifying form🔥at🍃 at the Hungaroring this weekend.

Dubbed as the ‘alternative tyre allocation’ - it will be run at two race weekends - Hun𝕴gary and Italy - thiওs season.

In terms of the impact of the format, in theory, there should be more action in Q1 💝given that teams will be mandated to run the hard tyre.

It’s likely they will fill their cars w♐ith fuel and pound round on the hard tyre.

Similarly ꦍwith Q2, while Q3 will likely be a normal session given they will be on the soft.