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[CLS63]

I must admit that I'm quite surprised about the result of the qualifying session. I was expecting Verstappen to take the pole position. He was actually faster than Hamilton in Q1 and Q2. But in Q3, something started going wrong for Verstappen. He tried a different tyre set and he complained about the grip. And we saw its reflection on his time also. This helped Hamilton take the pole even easier. Verstappen couldn't even take the 2nd place.

But in the race, I believe that Verstappen will have a really aggressive and great start and leave Bottas behind already. When it comes to the winner, I still think that Verstappen can win this race.

[boltz]

It was surprising for me as well but it was due to the temperature on the circuit that made the cars slower so those times couldn't be beat even if Max was catching a super time in that lap which did not happen for both Hamilton and Max.

Tomorrow race will be another story as there is some high chances for a storm on the racing time and Hungaroring on water would bring some chaos with those tight corners. Who do you count on guys ? Max , Ham ? Or could Bottas or Perez surprise us ?

I was also hearing about this rain forecast for the race and Sainz was also talking about it but looking among the forecast in the worst or best case (depending on the point of view) it will cloudy with a maximum of 20% rain.

Even if it rains it will be a fight between MAX and Lewis but at least it will be fun.

Yea but today I had in Romania almost 0 chances to rain and it rain twice and most funny thing is that is even raining now and it seems is going towards Hungary. As far as I remember , we did no have a single racing on rain this year so let's hope tomorrow will be the one. I would love to see Spa in rain but it's too dangerous for pilots.

[coinlocket$]

Yea but today I had in Romania almost 0 chances to rain and it rain twice and most funny thing is that is even raining now and it seems is going towards Hungary. As far as I remember , we did no have a single racing on rain this year so let's hope tomorrow will be the one. I would love to see Spa in rain but it's too dangerous for pilots.

Spa is fun even without the rain the best thing for the entrainment is to have the rain on tracks with high drag and low chances of overtaking. Just my 2 cents.

IF it will rain I can see Max, Hamilton, Gasly, and Ferrari in a very good shape considering the characteristics of the drivers and cars.

[boltz]

Yea but today I had in Romania almost 0 chances to rain and it rain twice and most funny thing is that is even raining now and it seems is going towards Hungary. As far as I remember , we did no have a single racing on rain this year so let's hope tomorrow will be the one. I would love to see Spa in rain but it's too dangerous for pilots.

Spa is fun even without the rain the best thing for the entrainment is to have the rain on tracks with high drag and low chances of overtaking. Just my 2 cents.

IF it will rain I can see Max, Hamilton, Gasly, and Ferrari in a very good shape considering the characteristics of the drivers and cars.

True true. Spa is my favorite circuit but still a dangerous track on rain.

If it rains, Max and Ham will have a great race but I think Alonso is great on rain as well right ? It would be crazy if it rains and we see someone like Gasly , Alonso or one of Ferrari to fight for a podium and that's what I would love to see tomorrow. Let's hope it rains!

[AndySt]

Yup it now really feels like 2018 all over again.  Lol.  But we’ll see what happens in the race tomorrow.  First few laps will obv be crucial for Verstappen.  He’s gonna start with the soft tire so that’s two pit stops.  Hamilton will start with the mediums, prolly just one pit stop depending on how they react to RBR.   

For me it's a very surprising result, I didn't think that Mercedes is so strong in Hungary, even Bottas is ahead of Verstappen. Were there any updates at Mercedes after the break?
Now I am even more curious about the race, although the Hungarian track is rather boring and overtaking is almost impossible, without weather influence or safty car the race will end like the qualifying.

In the last races, Mercedes clearly looks better already and it seems that everyone said that according to the configuration of the track, Hungary is more suitable for Mercedes. In any case, both Mercedes and Red Bull will continue to work on the car, because the title is at stake. In any case, no one has canceled tactical issues yet and everything can change with a banal choice and a change of tires. In any case, there is a nerve in the championship, especially after the incident between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, and I do not think that we will not see new plot twists and bright colors in this story of the confrontation yet.

[Cnut237]

But in the race, I believe that Verstappen will have a really aggressive and great start and leave Bottas behind already. When it comes to the winner, I still think that Verstappen can win this race.

The start could be very interesting, with Verstappen on the softs. It's been said that softs give you probably an extra 5 metres going into turn 1... so if Verstappen gets away well off the line, then he could overtake both Mercs for a sensational beginning to the race. Not sure how likely it is, but it's possible. It would perhaps have been very likely if only he'd managed to sneak P2 and get a front row place.

[Koal-84]

It was surprising for me as well but it was due to the temperature on the circuit that made the cars slower so those times couldn't be beat even if Max was catching a super time in that lap which did not happen for both Hamilton and Max.

Tomorrow race will be another story as there is some high chances for a storm on the racing time and Hungaroring on water would bring some chaos with those tight corners. Who do you count on guys ? Max , Ham ? Or could Bottas or Perez surprise us ?

I was also hearing about this rain forecast for the race and Sainz was also talking about it but looking among the forecast in the worst or best case (depending on the point of view) it will cloudy with a maximum of 20% rain.

Even if it rains it will be a fight between MAX and Lewis but at least it will be fun.

Basically we have to hope for rain today, without rain it will be a boring race which Mercedes will win. The gap between Max and Hamilton surprises me a bit. That's why we as spectators should hope for rain and a good start from Max, otherwise it will be a boring race without overtaking manoeuvres.

[blue Snow]

Next 2 week MotoGP on Austria, Red Bull String Circuit (8th August). The racer still has a long weekend, for now, At the moment, Quartararo is still on top with 156 points, 34 points better than Zarco in 2nd position. He enough surprised me, never touches in 1st position Zarco has better points than others. while Miller got 1st position on Spain and France but his position is far from Zarco.
~snip~

I'm looking forward to this series after almost a month off. There are still many series, many possibilities happen. But in some media I read that many predict Quartararo as the champion. Regarding ducati, I'm very surprised they were able to make almost the same bike. The temporary ranking results can show that. Besides that, I'm also curious about Marquez, the two previous series he was very good.

In reality fact Marquez was over, he can't do with this session to take 1st podium. Maybe he can do on top 5, but of course, with a hardening challenge, He was top up the speed in the sloping track but he always takes the crash.

There is also the bad news for Yamaha fans, Vinales has taken a new contract with Aprilia on the next session. I don't know why maybe Yamaha has intense competition, Quartararo is still the Yamaha top speed where can't be reached by Vinales.

[swogerino]

It looks like we are going to see a wet race finally if the weather stays like that rainy.We need this for the F1 race today as in normal conditions there is not much to see here where overtaking is almost impossible and both Mercedes cars are starting from the front row.In normal conditions it is going to be a sure win for a Mercedes car.

[boltz]

A normal race ? No, no , no. I do not hope for a normal and a boring race as we have so many this year that at this point if the race is boring , I simply turn off my TV and do something else. Fans tried to bring alerts to FIA and F1 in order to make it more than a 2 car show because we did not have a battle in 3 or 4 cars for 1st place for so many years now.

On my radar , the rain is near Hungaroring right now and in 2 hours it will rain in almost all Hungary so lets hope the rain will come and bring us a great show.

[Koal-84]

In the current live feed of the Hungarian Grand Prix, it does not look like rain, now it depends on the start, if there is not much, there will be little change in the standings except possibly in a safety car phase.

Once waiting for the start and hope Verstappen have a fast Start and a little bit Glück at the first corner.

Edit, 25min befor Start:

We as spectators are lucky and it starts to rain.

[Jackl87]

A normal race ? No, no , no. I do not hope for a normal and a boring race as we have so many this year that at this point if the race is boring , I simply turn off my TV and do something else. Fans tried to bring alerts to FIA and F1 in order to make it more than a 2 car show because we did not have a battle in 3 or 4 cars for 1st place for so many years now.

On my radar , the rain is near Hungaroring right now and in 2 hours it will rain in almost all Hungary so lets hope the rain will come and bring us a great show.

Well it's definitely not a boring race but what an unlucky one for verstappen again. He was kicked out of the race in turn 1 by bottas and now it looks like the bottom section of his chassis is damaged and i am pretty sure, that he will not win a single point in this race. Bottas will probably get a penalty for that but that doesn't really matter because hamilton was untouched in this incident and will probably score another 25 points in this race while Verstappen will probably not win any points or only a few. It loos like everything is going against Verstappen now which makes me very sad because i really hoped for an open championship this year until the next race. 

[Koal-84]

A normal race ? No, no , no. I do not hope for a normal and a boring race as we have so many this year that at this point if the race is boring , I simply turn off my TV and do something else. Fans tried to bring alerts to FIA and F1 in order to make it more than a 2 car show because we did not have a battle in 3 or 4 cars for 1st place for so many years now.

On my radar , the rain is near Hungaroring right now and in 2 hours it will rain in almost all Hungary so lets hope the rain will come and bring us a great show.

Well it's definitely not a boring race but what an unlucky one for verstappen again. He was kicked out of the race in turn 1 by bottas and now it looks like the bottom section of his chassis is damaged and i am pretty sure, that he will not win a single point in this race. Bottas will probably get a penalty for that but that doesn't really matter because hamilton was untouched in this incident and will probably score another 25 points in this race while Verstappen will probably not win any points or only a few. It loos like everything is going against Verstappen now which makes me very sad because i really hoped for an open championship this year until the next race. 

Luck is really on Hamilton's side at the moment, with both world championship chasers Verstappen and Norris shot down by Bottas. The damage to Verstappen's car is significant and is said to cost a second per lap if it can't be repaired. The momentum is clearly with Hamilton at the moment.

[swogerino]

A normal race ? No, no , no. I do not hope for a normal and a boring race as we have so many this year that at this point if the race is boring , I simply turn off my TV and do something else. Fans tried to bring alerts to FIA and F1 in order to make it more than a 2 car show because we did not have a battle in 3 or 4 cars for 1st place for so many years now.

On my radar , the rain is near Hungaroring right now and in 2 hours it will rain in almost all Hungary so lets hope the rain will come and bring us a great show.

Well it's definitely not a boring race but what an unlucky one for verstappen again. He was kicked out of the race in turn 1 by bottas and now it looks like the bottom section of his chassis is damaged and i am pretty sure, that he will not win a single point in this race. Bottas will probably get a penalty for that but that doesn't really matter because hamilton was untouched in this incident and will probably score another 25 points in this race while Verstappen will probably not win any points or only a few. It loos like everything is going against Verstappen now which makes me very sad because i really hoped for an open championship this year until the next race. 

I think Bottas was sleeping during the start of the race,he was the slowest starter and he was not careful at all to brake when needed,he braked really really late which brought the red flag together with some good drivers out of the race.Now I don't know if the mechanics of RedBull will be able to fix Verstappen car suspension in the these minutes while the race is stopped because of red flag.If Verstappen car will not be fixed it is going to be an easy win for Hamilton and even if it fixed Hamilton I think will win anyway.Only a big rain,a intensified one compared to the one who is falling right now can change the fate of this race.

[Koal-84]

Strangest start I have ever seen, only one car on the grid. A clear mistake by Hamilton and Mercedes, all the cars passed Hamilton and change the tires at slicks.

The luck Hamilton had at the first start, they have now lost at the second start. But that's racing.

[boltz]

Well , so far I'm right. We have a great race and not a boring one.

I'm watching the race and I must stay that Lewis is looking for a great comeback at he's currently in P5. Max car is simply damaged and can no longer keep up the pace with the rest of the cars so if he won't catch points , they might retire the car for prevent further damage.

I still hope for a 2nd period of rain as the radar is showing big rain just between Budapest and Hungaroring.

[Koal-84]

Well , so far I'm right. We have a great race and not a boring one.

I'm watching the race and I must stay that Lewis is looking for a great comeback at he's currently in P5. Max car is simply damaged and can no longer keep up the pace with the rest of the cars so if he won't catch points , they might retire the car for prevent further damage.

I still hope for a 2nd period of rain as the radar is showing big rain just between Budapest and Hungaroring.

I'm glad you were right and it didn't turn out to be a boring race. There will probably be a new winner today for the first time in a while.

Alfa Romeo blew it with the unsafe release, but it looks good for Williams to get into the points with both cars, which is not a matter of course with the Williams, even if many cars were eliminated in the first lap today.

For another rain, I don't believe...

[Luzin]

In reality fact Marquez was over,

Why do you say that? is it for this season?
 He is still young, if the injury is gone I'm sure he can still compete. I didn't expect him to be a test rider like Lorenzo. It looks like this half of the season will be exciting if Marquez really recovers. I think he's just waiting for the day, as long as he doesn't fall and get seriously injured again. His desire to race looks strong.

[swogerino]

Holy f,Esteban Ocon wins,I wonder what were the odds to him before the race,most probably nearly 100x your stake.Sometimes accident happens in F1 just like a couple years back in Mugello or Monza don't remember well where Pierre Gasly won and the odd for him at that race was above 100x so I think some times we should just throw 1 EUR for these outsiders.Anyway a fully deserved win leading for him which his last win was in GP3.

[Jackl87]

Well , so far I'm right. We have a great race and not a boring one.

I'm watching the race and I must stay that Lewis is looking for a great comeback at he's currently in P5. Max car is simply damaged and can no longer keep up the pace with the rest of the cars so if he won't catch points , they might retire the car for prevent further damage.

I still hope for a 2nd period of rain as the radar is showing big rain just between Budapest and Hungaroring.

Sadly there was not another rain coming down. Hamilton or hamiltons crew made a clear mistake by not letting him change the tyres before the restart but i would still say that he is the second biggest winner of this weekend next to ocon of course. Hamilton managed to reach the podium again with rank 3 and will get 15 points for that. He now made 40 points in the last 2 races which are 39 more than verstappen and, at least in my opinion, didn't do anything wrong in those two races he was jsut massively unlucky.. especially today. I just hope that the championship will not be decided by those last two races because that would be a real shame. Vettel on position 2 makes me happy at least.