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Round 11

Hungarian Grand Prix

Sun, Jul 261:00 PM
All sessions scored

Session Results

Top 5

PosActual
P1
NOR
P2
VER
P3
ANT
P4
LEC
P5
HAM
P6
HAD

Head-to-Head

Circuit guide

Hungaroring

Budapest, Hungary

The Hungaroring is tight, twisty and relentless, often described as a street circuit without the walls. It sits in a natural bowl outside Budapest and is traditionally one of the hottest races of the year.

Track type
Permanent
Overtaking
Hard
Upset risk
Low

What the lap demands

Corner follows corner with barely a straight to recover, which makes this a downforce circuit above all else. Mechanical grip and a responsive front end matter more than engine performance, and the driver never gets a rest.

How the racing unfolds

Passing is genuinely hard. The main straight offers the only realistic opportunity and the corners are too tight to follow closely through, so races here are frequently decided in the pit lane rather than on track.

Picking a Top 5 here

Closer to Monaco than to Spa in terms of how much the grid tells you. Qualifying position carries a lot of weight, and a car that qualifies out of position will usually stay there. Heat and tyre degradation are the main reasons the order shifts.