2021 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix

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Formula One is back in action this weekend, this time taking on the Hungaroring for the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Most of us have hardly caught our breath after an exciting and dramatic British Grand Prix, but Formula One is set to be back on track this weekend amidst a tight championship battle.

The infamous lap 1 collision at Silverstone took current drivers' championship leader Max Verstappen out of the race, and Lewis Hamilton was able to get the win and close the championship gap to just 8 points.

Near the front of the field, it’s been an impressive year for Verstappen and Red Bull, with their rivals in Hamilton and Mercedes struggling to keep pace on track. Behind the front runners, Lando Norris from McLaren has had a fantastic season to date, and he finds himself in third in the drivers' standings currently, ahead of both a Mercedes and a Red Bull driver.

The two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are 6th and 7th in the standings, respectively. Mattia Binotto’s team finds themselves comfortably ahead of the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo’s performance this season has been disappointing for fans, given that his teammate has proven that the MCL35M is capable of contending for top 5 spots consistently.

In the mid pack, an interesting dynamic has emerged between the AlphaTauri, Alpine and Aston Martin drivers. The six combined cars occupy 9th through 14th in the drivers' standings with less than 30 points difference between those positions.

Looking at the constructor standings, Mercedes now sits just 4 points behind Red Bull after the double podium finish at Silverstone. A significant step back from the top two are McLaren and Ferrari, with 15 points separating them after Leclerc’s podium finish two weeks ago.

The Hungarian Grand Prix will also see the return of the standard qualifying format, with three practice sessions scheduled, followed by a qualifying session to determine the starting order of the race. The British Grand Prix was the first showcase of the F1 sprint qualifying format.

With the single-digit margins in both the driver and constructor championships entering this race, plus the off-track drama that has ensued since lap 1 incident at the British GP, this promises to be another exciting week for F1. Let us know below in the comments who you think will emerge victorious.
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Lewis being an absolute dick in the final out lap of Q3. Evidently trying to make Max cross the line too late to do the lap.

He should get a "Driving unnecessarily slowly" penalty.

I used to be a fan of his, but it seems the further he gets into his career the less of a sportsman he becomes.
He was instructed to do that if someone was an arse was the entire Mercedes team. Anyway the main goal was make Verstappen doesn't get the best tyre warm. I can't understand why that bunch of stupids go to the final attempt at the same time and so close to the end. The milliseconds they would gain due rubbering ca be easily spoiled by this traffic. It's time to F1 bring back the old Indy system, one car alone per time to avoid this sort of sad spectacles.
 
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Nicely setup for a good race tomorrow. Bottas will be doing everything to hold up max. Hard to tell who will have the best race pace.
 
He was instructed to do that if someone was an arse was the entire Mercedes team. Anyway the main goal was make Verstappen doesn't get the best tyre warm. I can't understand why that bunch of stupids go to the final attempt at the same time and so close to the end. The milliseconds they would gain due rubbering ca be easily spoiled by this traffic. It's time to F1 bring back the old Indy system, one car alone per time to avoid this sort of sad spectacles.
I agree. Or at least stage the each car's release to around 15 to 20 seconds after the other. Depending on the track group the cars being released into fives or sixes so that an outlapper or inlapper doesn't interfere with a hotlapper.
 
Lewis being an absolute dick in the final out lap of Q3. Evidently trying to make Max cross the line too late to do the lap.

He should get a "Driving unnecessarily slowly" penalty.

I used to be a fan of his, but it seems the further he gets into his career the less of a sportsman he becomes.
Yeah really bad that Red Bull was forced to release their cars behind the Mercedes and are not allowed to overtake on the outlap, all Mercedes and Lewis fault.
 
Lewis being an absolute dick in the final out lap of Q3. Evidently trying to make Max cross the line too late to do the lap.

He should get a "Driving unnecessarily slowly" penalty.

I used to be a fan of his, but it seems the further he gets into his career the less of a sportsman he becomes.
And if others drivers behind him overtake him it would be disrespectful...because of gentlemen's agreement.
Clearly team Lewis is under pressure and play "games".
 
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As usual people claiming for a change of rules when things on track didn't go well for their favorite driver.
If you refeering to my post, I don't have favourite drivers and if I had certainly wouldn't be someone like Verstappen. Anyway, if you like this type of mess in qualifying good for you. For me, block the entire field in slow speed is not even sport.
 
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The whole thing is a total storm in a teacup, created by the TV director exclusively showing Hamilton on his prep lap and ignoring Ocon and Bottas ahead. Ocon was a bit slow, Bottas and Hamilton followed him around at the usual distance. Red Bull probably realised fairly early on that they cocked up, but Hamilton was entitled to park his car in the middle of the track so it was awkward for Verstappen to get buy. If Lewis had easily let Max get in front and then not got a lap in himself we'd rightly be saying it was a bad mistake.

Sadly there's an extreme wing of Vertsappen fan group that don't let facts get in the way of their preferred narrative.
 
All to play for in the race, should be good. Red bull have been rapid off the line in most races, so turn 1 could get interesting :D
Edit: If not aware, check out Spa 24hr if interested. On youtube now :thumbsup:.
 
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Lewis being an absolute dick in the final out lap of Q3. Evidently trying to make Max cross the line too late to do the lap.

He should get a "Driving unnecessarily slowly" penalty.

I used to be a fan of his, but it seems the further he gets into his career the less of a sportsman he becomes.
It's funny how everything is tactical thinking and sound judgment until Hamilton & Merc' do it.
 
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Time for Max fans to pull out the old "Lewis has the fastest car" mantra.
 
The race still looks rather open. Pérez in 4th should limit Mercedes options and if they all need 2 pit stops the soft might not be that bad to start.
 

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