Formula One Starting Grid: Hungarian Grand Prix

Qualifying for the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix took place this morning. It was a very interesting qualifying session. The full results will be listed below.

1. Sebastian Vettel- Red Bull- 79.815 seconds
2. Lewis Hamilton- McLaren- 79.978
3. Jenson Button- McLaren-80.024
4. Felipe Massa- Ferrari- 80.350
5. Fernando Alonso- Ferrari- 80.365
6. Mark Webber- Red Bull- 80.474
7. Nico Rosberg- Mercedes-81.098
8. Adrian Sutil- Force India-81.445
9. Michael Schumacher-Mercedes- 81.907
10. Sergio Perez- Sauber Ferrari- No Time
11. Paul di Resta- Force India- 82.256
12. Vitaly Petrov- Renault- 82.284
13. Kamui Kobayshi- Sauber Ferrari- 82.435
14. Nick Heidfield- Renault- 82.470
15. Rubens Barrichello- Williams-  82.684
16. Jamie Alguesari-Toro Ross0- 82.979
17. Pastor Maldanado- Williams- No Time
18. Sebastian Buemi- Toro Rosso- 84.070
19. Heikki Kovalainen- Lotus- 84.362
20. Jarno Trulli- Lotus- 84.534
21. Timo Glock- Virgin- 86.294
22. Viantonio Luizzi- HRT- 86.323
23. Daniel Riccardio- HRT- 86.479
24. Jerome D’Ambrosio- Virgin- 86.510

On a TV note the race will be on at 7:30 Et/6: 30 ct on Speed, tommorrow morning. On a side note I will have the NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Starting Grid up on Sunday morning.

Next Week I will have no team meeting weekend in review because there isn’t enough series running this weekend. I will do it if more than 4 series are running in a weekend.

 

 

Formula One Preview: Hungarian GP @ Hungaroring

Yes I do know that it is Friday and I am previewing a race I am sorry for that but since I only activated the blog yesterday this is the only time I have to do the F1 preview for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. When I was at Triple League Racing, we had Eric Hall doing the Formula One previews, he is amazing writer and one of my mentors to get into my own blog. He has taught me a lot about writing in the past month since he joined Triple League Racing. My Formula One previews will consist of 4 things:

1. Stats from Last Year’s Race
2. Who Will be in the Points (Top 10)
3. The passing zones and DRS Zone (s)
4. My Predictions- Pole, Podium, Fastest Lap)

Last Year’s Race Stats:

Pole:  Sebastian Vettel- 1:18.773

Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel- 1:22.362 on Lap 70

Podium:

1. Mark Webber
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Sebastian Vettel

Points Finishers This Weekend:

• Lewis Hamilton- McLaren Mercedes
• Jenson Button- McLaren Mercedes
• Felipe Massa- Ferrari
• Fernando Alonso- Ferrari
• Sebastian Vettel- Red Bull
• Mark Webber- Red Bull
• Nico Rosberg- Mercedes
• Michael Schumacher- Mercedes
• Nick Heidfield- Lotus Renault GP
• Paul di Resta- Force India
  

  I see three real passing zones

Passing Zones/DRS Zone(s): Shown in the picture above I see about three real passing zones. The first one is down the fronstraightaway before divebombing for position going into the tight turn 1. Turn 1 is just like the first turn at the former CART/Champ Car track in Cleveland. Expect a lot of locked up brakes going into that turn at almost 200 mph. Second Passing zone is from turns 4 through 7. This section of the track is mostly a long straightaway with very quick kinks in it. Also this could be dangerous going into turn 7 because of going over 180 mph into a tight hairpin. The last passing zone I see on the Hungaroring is the straightaway that connects turns 13 and 14. The cars probably will be averaging 160 mph going into the 90 degree turn 15. I see the Drag Reduction System (DRS) being activated in 2 spots. The first spot is the fronstraightaway which I listed as a passing zone. The second is also a passing opportunity turns 4 through 7.

 

Hopefully in the "passing zones" we see this kind of racing

 Predictions:

Pole: Lewis Hamilton: because he was very fast in Free Practice #2 this morning and is always good at the Hungaroring.

Fastest Lap: Mark Webber or Sebastian Vettel:  There is no doubt that the Red Bull Racing Team powered by Renault engines and there RB7 chassis is the best car in the garage. One of there drivers will set fast lap but I don’t know what one.

Podium:

1. Lewis Hamilton- Surges to victory after some masterful pit work by the McLaren Mercedes team.
2. Fernando Alonso- Steadily works his way up the pack and sticks around with the Red Bull’s and McLaren’s
3. Sebastian Vettel- A late race surge including setting fastest lap will have him take the last podium spot.

I hope you (readers) read the first ever Formula One preview for Racing Mania 101.