The Official 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[sandman77]

Date(s): Friday 28 July - Sunday 30 July 2017

UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1 & Qualifying and race highlights are on Channel 4.

Session	Day	Sky F1	Channel 4	Session Start	Local Time
Practice 1	Fri	0845	----	0900	1000
Practice 2	Fri	1245	----	1300	1400
Practice 3	Sat	0945	----	1000	1100
Qualifying	Sat	1200	1600	1300	1400
Race	Sun	1130	1715	1300	1400

HUNGARORING



Live timing for all sessions available here:

http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/f1-...

Weather forecast:

http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Hungary/Hun...

Event timings, steward decisions, technical reports and laptimes for the weekend will appear here:

http://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-ch...

The tyre choices:


Circuit/tyre info:



2016 Grand Prix

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Sorry for the rush effort, time is marching on and I wanted to get the thread started but don't really have time right now to do it properly.

Edited by sandman77 on Wednesday 26th July 10:47

[sandman77]

suffolk009 said:

Seriously, I hear Brundle won't be there. Still not well. Who'll be Crofty's intelligent and calmer wing-man?

That doesn't sound good. I thought it was just a stomach bug.

[sandman77]

Is anybody else hoping for a strong performance from Ferrari this weekend? I know we all want Lewis to go and win the championship but I have a feeling that if Merc finish 1-2 on Sunday it will be a sign of what to expect for the 2nd half of the season. Mercedes seem to developing the car at a faster rate than Ferrari at the moment..

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Riciardo fastest in P1. Could the Red Bull aero upgrade let them challenge for a race win here or is it still too early to tell?

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hornetrider said:

Palmer in the wall... again. Red flag.

Its not been a good day for him has it.

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ClockworkCupcake said:

They're changing the pedal box so looks like they're prepping the car for DiResta.

With only 10 mins left of FP3 he'll get very little time in the car, if any.

Didn't FP3 end at 11am?

Anyway Ferrari are looking untouchable round here today. What happened to The red bulls pace. I know Riciardo had his problems but max is off pace too. Hamilton can't get his tyres switched on. It's going to be an interesting qualifying.

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ClockworkCupcake said:

Oops! LOL! I forgot I was watching on time delay. I feel so stupid.

Lol. You don't want to be doing that during qualifying for the risk of reading spoilers.

[sandman77]

ClockworkCupcake said:

Has anyone calculated what the 107% time for DiResta will be? As in, what time will a driver need to beat to push DiResta outside 107%, and has Hamilton already done it?

107% is currently a 1:22.07 (based on hamiltons 1:16.7.

Diresta was in the 1:19s so quite safe.

Edited by sandman77 on Saturday 29th July 13:49

[sandman77]

lucido grigio said:

Whoever it was who said "Hamilton out first corner ,end of ".....much more likely to be Kvyat .

You're not allowed to mention that. He said "end of".

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suffolk009 said:

Nicely said. I think the chance of a return to a full time seat for him remain very close to zero.

Would it have been Susie Woolf in the seat a couple of years ago?

Williams had to use a 3rd driver previously and from memory Susie Wolfe didn't hold a super licence so someone else got the job (can't remember who).

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VolvoT5 said:

Meh... looks like I am the only one who thinks Kvyat was treated harshly? I mean I can understand the grid penalty as that seems to be standard practice for anyone significantly impeding another driver's fast lap... but what is with the penalty point?

The FIA even acknowledge what are clearly mitigating factors and then claim they aren't mitigating at all!

Kvyat has become the black sheep / whipping boy just as other drivers have over the years (Grosjean for example)... yes he has made mistakes that deserved penalties at the time, but now it has got to a stage where everyone is watching him like a hawk and all transgressions, however minor, are seeing him slapped with heavy penalties when other drivers would either get away with it or get a lesser penalty.

I mean it is ridiculous when you compare what Vettel did in Baku and the following punishment to what Kvyat has racked up penalty points for...

Edited by VolvoT5 on Sunday 30th July 11:37

Even the sky commentator called him the torpedo yesterday.