A "very special weekend" for Massa
2010-07-27 21:45:00"Going back to Budapest will be a very special weekend for me," writes Felipe Massa in his latest blog for Ferrari, "for reasons which you can all appreciate."
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"Going back to Budapest will be a very special weekend for me," writes Felipe Massa in his latest blog for Ferrari, "for reasons which you can all appreciate."
Earlier today Billy Joe 'Red' McCombs, a Texan entrepreneur worth an estimated $1.3bn, gave Pitpass' business editor Chris Sylt the world's first interview about his investment in the US GP.
The low speed, tight and twisty nature of the Hungaroring circuit renders its severity on the engine similar in ways to Monaco.
We hope to finish the race again with both cars and to achieve a good result before the summer break.
Red McCombs has been revealed as the primary investor behind the bid to host the American Grand Prix in Austin.
For the second successive race, Sakon Yamamoto will replace Karun Chandok in the second Hispania car.
Sakon Yamamoto will drive in place of Karun Chandhok for Hispania for the second race in a row as the team rotate their drivers.
Sakon Yamamoto will enjoy his third Grand Prix of the season this weekend in Hungary as the Japanese driver will once again replace Karun Chandhok. Yamamoto replaced Bruno Senna at Silverstone and team-mate Karun Chandhok at Hockenheim. In Hungary Chandhok will have to sit out the race once again as the Spanish outfit continues to share driving duties among its three drivers.
Sakon Yamamoto will enjoy his third Grand Prix of the season this weekend in Hungary as the Japanese driver will once again replace Karun Chandhok. Yamamoto replaced Bruno Senna at Silverstone and team-mate Karun Chandhok at Hockenheim. In Hungary Chandhok will have to sit out the race once again as the Spanish outfit continues to share driving duties among its three drivers.
Robert Kubica is looking forward to the upcoming race weekend, the Hungarian Grand Prix. The race is the closest race on the Formula 1 calendar to Poland and thus a sort of home grand prix according to the Renault driver.
The team is doing a good job operationally but we need to find more pace from the car and we continue to work very hard to achieve this.
While many Formula 1 drivers would say it is nearly impossible to overtake another Formula 1 car at the Hungaroring McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton disagrees. According to the 2008 F1 world champion it might not be easy but it is definitely possible.
Bernie Ecclestone says team orders rule should go, home of US GP to be revealed, plus other news.
Renault's engine technical director Rob White talks about the season thus far, and much more.
Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov look ahead to this weekend's Hungarian GP
The slow, traction-limiting corners of Budapest should suit the FW32 so we're going there expecting a decent performance.
One year ago Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari replaced Sebastien Bourdais at the Hungarian Grand Prix. At the time, being just 19 years old, the Spaniard’s main focus was to finish the race. This weekend though Alguersuari has one year of experience under his belt and will focus on a strong result in Hungary.
For all of us in Woking, it would be fantastic to go into that summer break with a strong result to ensure we maintain our motivation and commitment as we enter the crucial final third of the season.
After last weekend’s German Grand Prix Formula 1 will travel straight to Budapest for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Lotus F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen has great memories of Hungary as he claimed his first victory in Formula 1 at the tight and twisty track. According to Kovalainen the Lotus team should be able to take another step forward in Hungary.
The Lotus team will travel to Hungary this week following two DNF´s at Hockenheim on Sunday. A disappointing result but the team is looking forward to the Hungarian Grand Prix as the narrow ´Mickey Mouse track´ should suit the team´s T127 according to the team´s chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne.
One of the biggest criticisms of F1 is that the marketing of the sport can leave a lot to be desired. This may soon change.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is showing no regrets in the team's decision to let Fernando Alonso pass Felipe Massa for the race win at Hockenheim on Sunday. The Italian has said that any driver racing at Ferari is very well aware of the fact that the interest of the team comes before those of the driver itself.
Prior to Germany, Sauber had scored in three of the previous four Grands Prix although the Swiss team endured a difficult afternoon at Hockenheim from which it came away with 11th and 14th positions. Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa now look on to this weekend’s race in Budapest.