Новости за 22.07.2023

Event: Hungarian F1 Grand Prix Track: Hungaroring circuit Weather: dry  26°C Tarmac: dry  42°C Humidity : 36% Wind : 2 km/h  W Pressure: 987 mbar Lewis Hamilton scored his 104th F1 pole position of his career, during the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session today. The Mercedes driver will start from P1 for the nineth.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - The jury is out as to how successful Red Bull's rare-in-2023 car upgrade is in Hungary. Sergio Pérez crashed one version of the package in FP1, with Dr Helmut Marko revealing the Mexican is now out of spare parts. As for Max Verstappen, he was out of the top ten in the later.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - Sergio Perez's future at Red Bull became even more clouded on Friday when he crashed during his opening practice laps at the Hungaroring. With Daniel Ricciardo back in racing action in the Red Bull family this weekend and Yuki Tsunoda also still shining in the sister AlphaTauri, former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher said.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - Fernando Alonso has revealed that Alpine never actually made him an offer to stay with the Renault-owned team last year. Alpine is in the Formula 1 headlines at the moment, but mainly because of lagging progress and sweeping management shakeups. "It shouldn't have an impact whatsoever," said team boss Otmar Szafnauer in Hungary,.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - The first test of anti-rain 'mudguards' to improve drivers' visibility did not go well. Following the death of a junior category driver at the treacherous Spa-Francorchamps circuit recently, Formula 1 vowed to trial an innovation designed to minimise spray that has only worsened in the ground-effect era. Mercedes and McLaren took part in.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - Carlos Sainz says he will push hard to secure a new contract to keep racing at Ferrari beyond 2024. The Spaniard has been outspoken about wanting a new deal to be secured as soon as possible - but in Hungary agreed with his team boss Frederic Vasseur's decision to delay talks for now......check out full post »

Jul.22 - Mercedes could be open to welcoming out-of-work Nyck de Vries back to Formula 1. Prior to impressing in his one-off Williams ride last year, the rookie Dutchman - fresh from victory in the Formula E championship - was Mercedes' official reserve driver. But as de Vries was subsequently snapped up by Red Bull.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - Liam Lawson is still in the running for a future in Formula 1. That is the despite the fact that the 21-year-old New Zealander, now the most prominent driver in Red Bull's junior ranks, was overlooked for axed Nyck de Vries' AlphaTauri seat. "We were in contact with Liam," Dr Helmut Marko, who.....check out full post »

Jul.22 - Filming of the new Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt is continuing this weekend in Hungary - despite the highly publicised Hollywood production strike. "All filming is cancelled, for now," a source for the film's production team told NBC last week. "Brad Pitt really had fun, but he's definitely a very loyal member.....check out full post »

Event: Hungarian F1 Grand Prix Track: Hungaroring circuit Weather : dry  25°C Tarmac: dry  45°C Humidity : 45% Wind : 3 km/h NW Pressure: 988 mbar Hamilton Tops the Charts, Red Bull Faces Stiff Competition The anticipation is building at the Hungaroring as the clock ticks down to the much-awaited qualifying session for the 2023.....check out full post »

PART ONE - TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Otmar SZAFNAUER (Alpine), Andrea STELLA (McLaren), Franz TOST (AlphaTauri) Q: Franz, can we start with you please. The biggest news story coming into the weekend was the return of Daniel Ricciardo to AlphaTauri. How’s he settling in? Franz TOST: Very good. He came on Friday to the factory. We had.....check out full post »