Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix
The Hungaroring at Mogyorod near Budapest made its debut as a Grand Prix circuit in 1986. Known locally as the 'Shallow Plate', its location In a valley surrounded by a rolling countryside creates a natural viewing bowl for spectators and it means that the vast majority of the action can be seen from any point around the circuit.
The track has 16 corners in all, ranging in radius from around 20 yards to 400 yards, the Hungaroring presents plenty of overtaking opportunities. At almost exactly 1km in length, the start/finish straight is also long enough for most Formula One cars to reach speeds of around 200mph, before going hard on the brakes for the following hairpin bend. Drivers progress through another fast stretch toward a sharp left turn that doubles back into a right-left-right hairpin and the first of two back straights. A kink to the right at the end is followed abruptly by a turn to the left and a sweeping right-hander leading to the right-left hairpin of turns eight and nine. Sharp left and right turns break up the otherwise fast back section of the track, which ends in a 90 degree right-hand turn that precedes the second straight. Then comes a loop, crowned by a fairly tight 180 degree left-hand turn, before the slightly quicker right-hander that returns the driver to the flat-out start/finish straight. |
HUNGARORING
LOCATION: Budapest, Hungary
CIRCUIT TYPE: Permanent Circuit
CIRCUIT LENGTH: 2.72 Miles
LAP RECORD: 1:19.071 - M.Schumacher 2004
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