FORMULA 1 PIRELLI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2017
Hungaroring
First Grand Prix: 1986
Number of laps: 70
Circuit Lenght: 4.381 KM
Race Distance: 306.63 KM
Lap Record: 1:19.071 by Michael Schumacher (2004)
f1.com wrote:
Hungary first hosted a Grand Prix in the 1930s, but following the Second World War and the building of the Iron Curtain it was not until the 1960s that motorsport began to find a place in the country.
At the start of the 1980s there was a general wish for a Grand Prix to be held behind the Iron Curtain and negotiations took place with the Soviet Union with a view to a race being held in Moscow. In the summer of 1983 however, the attention of the Formula One decision makers turned away from Moscow and towards Budapest in Hungary, whose national sporting authority was keen to put the country back on the map of global motorsport.
At first a street race through Budapest was suggested, but in the end the decision was taken to build a brand new circuit in a valley 19 kilometres outside Budapest.
The valley provided natural vantage points for spectators and in 1985 work began on the Hungaroring. The track opened in 1986 and it held its first Formula One event in August that year. It was a huge success and almost 200,000 fans showed up.
Although tight and twisty, the circuit has been known to throw up some great races, the most memorable being Thierry Boutsen's win in 1990, beating Ayrton Senna by 0.3 seconds, and of course the 1997 race where Damon Hill in the Arrows sensationally passed Michael Schumacher's Ferrari only to be denied the win by mechanical failure on the very last lap.
At the start of the 1980s there was a general wish for a Grand Prix to be held behind the Iron Curtain and negotiations took place with the Soviet Union with a view to a race being held in Moscow. In the summer of 1983 however, the attention of the Formula One decision makers turned away from Moscow and towards Budapest in Hungary, whose national sporting authority was keen to put the country back on the map of global motorsport.
At first a street race through Budapest was suggested, but in the end the decision was taken to build a brand new circuit in a valley 19 kilometres outside Budapest.
The valley provided natural vantage points for spectators and in 1985 work began on the Hungaroring. The track opened in 1986 and it held its first Formula One event in August that year. It was a huge success and almost 200,000 fans showed up.
Although tight and twisty, the circuit has been known to throw up some great races, the most memorable being Thierry Boutsen's win in 1990, beating Ayrton Senna by 0.3 seconds, and of course the 1997 race where Damon Hill in the Arrows sensationally passed Michael Schumacher's Ferrari only to be denied the win by mechanical failure on the very last lap.
Season Standings
TIMETABLE
all times are local
Friday 28 July – Sunday 30 July 2017
Practice 1 Friday 10:00 – 11:30
Practice 2 Friday 14:00 – 15:30
Practice 3 Saturday 11:00 – 12:00
Qualifying Saturday 14:00 – 15:00
Race Sunday 14:00 – 16:00
Support races timetable
all times are local
Friday 28th July
FIA Formula 2 Practice Session 11:55 - 12:40
FIA Formula 2 Qualifying Session 15:55 - 16:25
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Practice Session 16:45 - 17:30
GP3 Series Practice Session 17:50 - 18:35
Saturday 29th July
GP3 Series Qualifying Session 09:45 - 10:15
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Qualifying Session 12:20 - 12:50
FIA Formula 2 First Race (37 Laps or 60 Mins) 16:00 - 17:05
GP3 Series First Race (22 Laps or 40 Mins) 17:35 - 18:20
Sunday 30th July
GP3 Series Second Race (17 Laps or 30 Mins) 09:10 - 09:45
FIA Formula 2 Second Race (28 Laps or 45 Mins) 10:20 - 11:10
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Race (14 Laps Or 30 Mins) 11:30 - 12:05
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