Automobile Grand Prix of Hungary

The automobile Grand Prix of Hungary is an sports event of Automobile race which counts since 1986 for the championship of the world of Formule 1 and disputes on the circuit of the Hungaroring, close to Budapest.

History

The first edition of the GP of Hungary took place in 1936 and was gained by the Italian ace Tazio Nuvolari, at the wheel of a Alfa Romeo. It then should have been waited 50 years so that Hungary accommodates a new Grand Prix. The event was of size because it was about the first time that Formula 1 occurred beyond the Iron curtain.

The test takes place on the layout of Hungaroring, a technical and sinuous circuit often décrié because of the difficulties encountered by the pilots to exceed there. Traditionally organized mid-August under a choking heat, the Hungarian test is one of more testing for the machines but also for the organizations. In spite of its bad reputation, the GP of Hungary was the place of some outstanding races. Let us quote in particular:

the GP of 1986. At the price of a spectacular going beyond by outside at the end of the straight line of the stands, Nelson Piquet leaves victorious a fight baited with its compatriot Ayrton Senna.
the GP of 1988. New duel at the top, gained this time by Ayrton Senna after a duel with its fellow-member Alain Prost.
the GP of 1989. Left the medium of grid, Nigel Mansell offers a festival of goings beyond and daring operations to gain one of the more great victories of its career.
the GP of 1990. Thierry Boutsen takes down the only pole-position of its career and carries out the race from beginning to end, thus taking down, after having resisted a group of prosecutors particularly agitated, the third and last success of its career.
the GP of 1992. Arrived second behind Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell is crowned world champion. Never a pilot had been titrated also early in the season.
the GP of 1997. At the wheel of its modest Arrows - Yamaha, the world champion in title, Damon Hill, passes near to a resounding exploit by dominating the race following the abandonment of the leader Heinz-Harald Frentzen. But slowed down by technical difficulties, it must yield the victory to Jacques Villeneuve in the last hectometers of the test.
the GP of 1998. Michael Schumacher and her chief technical officer Ross Brawn inaugurates a strategy which will make school, consisting in observing a supply moreover than envisaged at the beginning. While aligning extremely fast stopwatches at the wheel of a Ferrari reduced, Schumacher manages to demolish McLaren.
the GP of 2001. Just like for Nigel Mansell 9 years earlier, the GP of Hungary is the theater of the fourth world title of Michael Schumacher.
the GP of 2003. Dominator from beginning to end, Fernando Alonso takes down his first victory Formulates 1 and becomes of them the youngest winner of a Grand Prix, beating the record of Bruce McLaren which went back to 1959. It has been also the first success of a Renault F1 for 20 years.
the GP of 2006. Disturbed by the rain, the race is marked by many incidents. At the end of a scenario with bounces, Jenson Button takes down the first victory of its career. It is also the first victory of a Honda F1 since 1967.

Prize list

the indications on pink bottom indicates a Grand Prix not forming part of the Championship of the World of Formula 1

External bond

Site of the Grand Prix

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