Last Updated on July 28, 2022 3:21 pm by Erwin Noguera
The Formula 1 goes on to its next stop, this time in Hungary, for the 13th event of the season, which takes place this Sunday, July 31st at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Hungarian Grand Prix is a motor racing event held annually in Mogyoród.
Since 1986, the race has been a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship.
The first Hungarian Grand Prix was held on 21 June 1936 over a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) track laid out in Népliget, a park in Budapest.
The Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and the Alfa Romeo-equipped Ferrari teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd.
However, politics and the ensuing war meant the end of Grand Prix motor racing in the country for fifty years.
A major coup by Bernie Ecclestone, the 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix was the first Formula One race to take place behind the Iron Curtain.
Held at the twisty Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, the race has been a mainstay of the racing calendar ever since.
It was the only current Grand Prix venue that had never seen a wet race up until the 2006 edition.
The first Grand Prix saw 200,000 people spectating, although tickets were expensive at the time. Today, the support is still very enthusiastic, particularly from Finns.
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix – Motor Sports – Preview – Info
When: July 31st, 2022.
Moneyline odds:
Leclerc, Charles +120
Verstappen, Max +152
Sainz Jr, Carlos +570
Hamilton, Lewis +1025
Perez, Sergio +1175
Russell, George +2300
Alonso, Fernando +15000
Norris, Lando +20000
Ricciardo, Daniel +48000
Ocon, Esteban +48000
Gasly, Pierre +50000
Magnussen, Kevin +60000
Bottas, Valtteri +85000
Vettel, Sebastian +90000
Schumacher, Mick +100000
Tsunoda, Yuki +150000
Stroll, Lance +175000
Albon, Alexander +175000
Zhou, Guanyu +175000
Latifi, Nicholas +300000
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix Race Preview and Betting Picks
Due to the nature of the track, narrow, twisty, and often dusty because of under-use, the Hungarian Grand Prix is associated with processional races, with sometimes many cars following one another, unable to pass.
This association also means that there will be extra emphasis on qualifying, where Ferrari has had the edge over Red Bull so far.
Following Charles Leclerc’s crash in the French GP and a fifth-place result for Carlos Sainz after a back-of-the-grid start, the Ferrari Scuderia has a mountain to climb to close the gap to Red Bull in both championships.
In the drivers’ standings, Verstappen sits 63 points clear of Leclerc, while Red Bull is 82 points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ table.
Verstappen’s comfortable advantage in the drivers’ standings will potentially give him the option to sit back and bank the points at the circuit where he claimed his maiden pole three years ago, but that approach is not in his nature.
The circuit’s characteristics may yet provide a measure of how much progress Red Bull has made in terms of eradicating the car’s weaknesses since Monaco, where Verstappen was consistently outpaced by team-mate Sergio Perez.
Our picks:
Charles Leclerc rose to the occasion and scored 1rst place
Max Verstappen to remain as close to the top as he can in 2nd place
Carlos Sainz to get a hold of the podium in 3rd
Sergio Perez pushing right behind them in 4rth
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