Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungaroring
Summary
The midway point of the 2024 F1 Season, the Hungaroring offers a change in pace, with a focus on technical driving over pure horsepower. Sometimes compared with a go kart track, the Hungaroring doesn’t feature many straights and Team Principals should be ready to direct battles as their drivers negotiate the corners.
Suggested Setup
Suggested car setup and attribute focus for the Hungaroring:
- Medium speed cornering is crucial
- Focusing on low speed cornering is also recommended
- Favours cars with stats focused on downforce
Tips & Tricks
Consistency is the key to victory at Hungaroring, with aggressive pushing limited by the lack of straights.
- Two pit strategies are essential in Hungary, but with a higher chance of a safety car or virtual saftey car appearing this might even be stretched to three pits.
- Hungaroring strongly favours cars that are primed for downforce and handle corners well, making it a good opportunity for teams with less powerful cars to earn some points.
- There are few clean opportunities for overtakes, despite the main corners and two DRS zones, so it’ll be down to Team Principals to judge when exactly to push an opportunity.
Circuit Details
- Circuit Type
- downforce
- Circuit Abrasiveness
- medium
- Circuit Length
- 4.381KM
- First Grand Prix
- 1986
- Number Of Laps
- 70
- Race Distance
- 306.63KM
- Lap Record
-
1:16.626
Lewis Hamilton
(2020) - Safety Car Chance
- 50%
- Pit Lane Time Loss
- 21 Seconds
