• LOCATION: Budapest
• FIRST GP: 1986
• CIRCUIT LENGTH: 4.381 km
• RACE DISTANCE: 306.63 km
• LAPS: 70
• LAP RECORD – 1:16.627, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2020

Hungaroring, Budapest
Hungary and this special track first featured on the calendar in 1986. It caused quite a stir, being the first ever race held behind the Iron Curtain, when the Cold War was a reality. And still today, the Hungarian Grand Prix attracts the attention of Formula 1, despite the fact that the 4.381 km Hungaroring is very narrow, short, slow, always very dirty, with passing almost impossible in normal conditions. As usual with this kind of tracks, drivers are split into two clear camps, either loving it or hating it. The layout features several corner types, some with heavy braking as well as low speed turns. Among the most exciting is definitely turn 5, which is taken blind, with the contours creating a greater impression of speed. The track usually has little grip when cars start running on Friday, but improves bit by bit as the track rubbers in. In the past few years, the surface quality has been much improved, compared to its bumpy past. The intense heat makes this F1 event something of an endurance test on the physical front for teams and drivers. Scuderia Ferrari has won here on seven occasions, the first courtesy of Nigel Mansell back in 1989 after a memorable race and overtaking move on Ayrton Senna, the last being the work of Sebastian Vettel in 2017, when the Maranello team also took second place with Kimi Raikkonen.

THE FIRST CORNER
Overtaking is very difficult at the Hungaroring. Drivers usually attempt to pass at the first corner, mainly with the help of DRS. It was here that Nelson Piquet pulled a great move on Ayrton Senna, with a slide worthy of a rally driver rather than a track racer.

TURN 3
With a good exit from turn 2, the driver arrives at this left hand downhill turn, which lends itself to different interpretations when it comes to the right line. In 1989, just a bit further on, Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari, overtook Senna, when the Brazilian hesitated when faced with a backmarker.

FERRARI STATS SINCE 1986

• 7 RACE WINS
• 8 POLE POSITIONS
• 9 FASTEST LAPS
• 25 PODIUMS

HALL OF FAME

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