2018 Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, 27-29 July

[FrukostScones]

If RAI won't win on Sunday, he will never win an F1 GP again.

Why??

Hungary is one of his strongest tracks. If he can't do it there... ; )
Rain of cause would hinder his chances... : (

[kalinka]

http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/ ... spx?sday=4

As expected hot temperatures for the upcoming race, I guess Ferrari will be happy.

Well, the local forecast tells you a different story :

https://www.idokep.hu/elorejelzes/Budapest

[Sierra117]

I hope it rains like nuts and we have CHAOS!

[F1NAC]

If RAI won't win on Sunday, he will never win an F1 GP again.

Why??

Hungary is one of his strongest tracks. If he can't do it there... ; )
Rain of cause would hinder his chances... : (

But he's king of Spa. Kimi will win there with 10 sec gap to 2nd place

[Spoutnik]

If RAI won't win on Sunday, he will never win an F1 GP again.

Be ready for a Kimi tittle push, don't need victories to be WDC, just consistency

[Vasconia]

http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/ ... spx?sday=4

As expected hot temperatures for the upcoming race, I guess Ferrari will be happy.

Well, the local forecast tells you a different story :

https://www.idokep.hu/elorejelzes/Budapest

Wow, this looks better.

[Vasconia]

If RAI won't win on Sunday, he will never win an F1 GP again.

Why??

Hungary is one of his strongest tracks. If he can't do it there... ; )
Rain of cause would hinder his chances... : (

As it has been said if Kimi can win somewhere it could be in Spa. I think last year he was close because Sebastian had a problem.

[zioture]

[fabian77]

http://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/ ... spx?sday=4

As expected hot temperatures for the upcoming race, I guess Ferrari will be happy.

Well, the local forecast tells you a different story :

https://www.idokep.hu/elorejelzes/Budapest

Wow, this looks better.

Rain will be around lunchtime if it comes, will be nice and hot for the race

[zibby43]

https://twitter.com/ImanHansra/status/1 ... 7288596481

An excerpt from the preview:

"This track should not particularly favour one of the top three teams, although with a number of corners moving more towards the medium-high speed range, it is possible that Mercedes could be strongest, as their dominance in this area was evidenced at Silverstone. Meanwhile, the lack of straights may hinder Ferrari, but play into the hands of Red Bull, especially in Sectors Two and Three."

[Bill_Kar]

https://twitter.com/ImanHansra/status/1 ... 7288596481

An excerpt from the preview:

"This track should not particularly favour one of the top three teams, although with a number of corners moving more towards the medium-high speed range, it is possible that Mercedes could be strongest, as their dominance in this area was evidenced at Silverstone. Meanwhile, the lack of straights may hinder Ferrari, but play into the hands of Red Bull, especially in Sectors Two and Three."

I find it a little bit odd.

[dfegan358]

This year it seems a lot more difficult to predict the tracks which favour certain teams.
Obviously this track will suit red bull more than other power sensitive circuits but they have really struggled in Q3 in recent times. Apart from Monaco they have been off the pace in qualifying.

Will be interesting this weekend. Ferrari were very strong here last year. Mercedes will be better here this year so don’t think it’s easy to predict.

[zibby43]

https://twitter.com/ImanHansra/status/1 ... 7288596481

An excerpt from the preview:

"This track should not particularly favour one of the top three teams, although with a number of corners moving more towards the medium-high speed range, it is possible that Mercedes could be strongest, as their dominance in this area was evidenced at Silverstone. Meanwhile, the lack of straights may hinder Ferrari, but play into the hands of Red Bull, especially in Sectors Two and Three."

I find it a little bit odd.

Same. But this excerpt matches my initial pecking order thoughts.

Ferrari had their big power boost available in Austria but Merc's chassis/aero upgrade package played well there.

I am very, very intrigued by how the W09 is going to perform in Hungary.

[Bill_Kar]

https://twitter.com/ImanHansra/status/1 ... 7288596481

An excerpt from the preview:

"This track should not particularly favour one of the top three teams, although with a number of corners moving more towards the medium-high speed range, it is possible that Mercedes could be strongest, as their dominance in this area was evidenced at Silverstone. Meanwhile, the lack of straights may hinder Ferrari, but play into the hands of Red Bull, especially in Sectors Two and Three."

I find it a little bit odd.

Same. But this excerpt matches my initial pecking order thoughts.

Ferrari had their big power boost available in Austria but Merc's chassis/aero upgrade package played well there.

I am very, very intrigued by how the W09 is going to perform in Hungary.

Sure Austria was the first test and W09 was good, but was it good enough?
We'll have to take as a constant that now Ferrari has the best PU;that's what I hear from pretty much everyone.
But did Merc reach the cut off point? Is it better than Ferrari in slow-mediumish corners? You would figure that a stronger PU MAY push you back in terms of traction, but Ferrari demonstrated that it's sweet out of low speed acceleration.
Then there is the weather which should it be hot it will hinder their performance.
Moreover, I got the feeling that new asphalt will boost Mercedes.

There are a lot of contradicting forces here so the balance is pretty much unknown. But I don't think that W09 is in a position to challenge Ferrari yet. I still think that aerodynamically (that is high speed corners) they are still the best option, but traction-wise? Nah.
I would love to hear your opinion about the strong points of the two cars.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

We'll have to take as a constant that now Ferrari has the best PU;that's what I hear from pretty much everyone.

This would break a lot of hearts and leave them utterly disappointed. Those who kept arguing all these years that, Mercedes was winning ONLY because of having strong PU and their chassis was/is not good enough!