2026 Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, July 24 - 26

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Re: 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, July 24 - 26

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The Ferraris smoking extrem. That must be some kg/Race.

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Champion's drive by Norris.
Max and RedBull very smart drive. Same with Antonelli and Mercedes.

Dumb strategy by Ferrari as usual.
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:39
Was RedBull lucky with that strategy or did they work the statistics there?
If anyone was lucky with strategy it was Ferrari.

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PlatinumZealot wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:39
Anyway Charles should be instructed to give Lewis the 5 second gap if we are considering the potential championahip fight, but I bet they wont.
No chance that was happening. Team wouldn’t of thought of it, and Charles wouldn’t do it

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just cant wait to see the fia document on hams penalty.
honestly the 3 grid penalty killed his race today. there was logic for the 3rd stop but only if he cleared kimi which he couldnt. P2 was very possible today but once again... bad luck and an unfortunate penalty. this is like 2008 all over again when the stewards were microscoping him. how come no penalty for sainz for causing an avoidable collision with piastri? :x

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great drive by Lando, congratulations, same for Max

Kimi with a very good damage limitations over the Ferraris, which as usual underdeliver when come as favourite

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cplchanb wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:47
just cant wait to see the fia document on hams penalty.
honestly the 3 grid penalty killed his race today. there was logic for the 3rd stop but only if he cleared kimi which he couldnt. P2 was very possible today but once again... bad luck and an unfortunate penalty. this is like 2008 all over again when the stewards were microscoping him. how come no penalty for sainz for causing an avoidable collision with piastri? :x
Sainz got 5s

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DGP123 wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:45
PlatinumZealot wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:39
Anyway Charles should be instructed to give Lewis the 5 second gap if we are considering the potential championahip fight, but I bet they wont.
No chance that was happening. Team wouldn’t of thought of it, and Charles wouldn’t do it
I actually think Charles would have done it.

But what’s the point. It looked promising but they are very clearly no longer in the championship fight. Especially not with their lead driver getting penalties all over the place including the pit lane like some sort of rookie.

Let’s look forward to 2027 I guess.

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Ferrari pace on hards was abysmal. Why can't they ever get a good balance across compounds?!
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:39
Was RedBull lucky with that strategy or did they work the statistics there?
The last call on soft was totally unexpected and decision to not pit during VSC was brilliant too. I guess cooling condition may have helped to keep the tires alive

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CHT wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:59
PlatinumZealot wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 16:39
Was RedBull lucky with that strategy or did they work the statistics there?
The last call on soft was totally unexpected and decision to not pit during VSC was brilliant too. I guess cooling condition may have helped to keep the tires alive
Alonso had already done a 33 lap stint on softs, so they had at least some indication

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Why can´t this track be excluded from the calendar, ffs?!

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Artur Craft wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 17:25
Why can´t this track be excluded from the calendar, ffs?!
How so? To me it was a far better race than last week, and in Spa a driver I root for won.

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Artur Craft wrote:
26 Jul 2026, 17:25
Why can´t this track be excluded from the calendar, ffs?!
I love it. Always look forward to it. :mrgreen:
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One Monaco is hard enough to cope with, why have a second one? But Zandvoort will be boring too as well as Singapore