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.

ﷺHamilton took four of his eight wins in Hungary before his dominant Mercedes stint at McLaren, highlighting it wasn’tꦕ all about having the best car.

Hamilton is simply a Hungaroring-specialist.

Its tight 𒁃and t𝓰wisty nature has led to some comparisons that it’s like a karting track.

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

They’re still waiting to see if their revised front wing will find them gains in low-speed corners, with their best results this year (Australia, Spai💦n) when the track characteristics have been more high-speed.

However, you caജn never rule Hamilton out in Hungary.

Ricciardo’s comeback

The biggest talking point of the weekend is the return of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri.

The Australian is back after Red Bull ditched 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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 rಞepresentative.

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

However, if he’s got 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat in his sights, he needs to perf🦄orm immediately to put even more pressure on the underperforming Mexican.

Can McLaren remain in the fight?

McLaren were the stars of the Briti🌱sh Grand Prix as they qualified second and third behind Versꦆtappen on merit.

Similarly in the race, had it not been for an untimely 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Safety Car in the race,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Oscar Piastri would have joined 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris on the podium.

It was a remarkable turnaround for McLaren, who had scored zero points🐈 after the opeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚning two rounds.

So are McLaren really back?

According to various telemetry data from S🅷ilverst♕one, McLaren were the quickest in the high-speed corners.

Conversely, the Hungaroring is quite different in terms of track characteristics to Silverstone, and Austria, w๊here McLaren also performed well at.

Hungary i🙈s a true test to see whether McL🉐aren are truly among the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari from now on.

Will Alonso stop Aston’s recent blip?

After a stunning start toꦐ the𝄹 year, Aston Martin have suffered somewhat of a blip in recent rounds.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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 depenꦦdent with high-speed circuits not particularly suiting their package.

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

On paper, theꦅ tight and twisty Hungaroring will suit the AMR23, but if it’s another ♚disappointing weekend, 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 format 🧸at the Hungaroring this weekend.

Dubbed as the ‘a🔜lternative tyre allocation’ - it will be run at two race weekends - Hungary and Italy - this season.

In terms ꦍof 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 with fuel and pound round on the hard tyre.

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