Hungarian Grand Prix. We wondered if such a thing would actually work and what the other teams would do to spoil Michael's little party. Trulli and Barrichello pitted on lap 33, followed by Michael Schumacher on lap 35. When there has been such a fuss in other places about carbonfibre shards, one wonders about the thought-processes in race control. Note - Verstappen scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Lap 27 saw Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve pit, the pair apparently on two-stop strategies, while Mark Webber showed that he was fuelled heavily during qualifying, becoming the last driver to take their first stop, on lap 29, from 7th position. Barrichello also made his move on Christijan Albers, moving up to 14th, while Alonso finally dispatched Doornbos to move up to 16th place. On lap 30, Michael Schumacher led by just 0.6 seconds over Räikkönen, the Finn apparently content to stay behind the German until their next stops. Beside him on the front row was Juan Pablo Montoya, nearly 9 tenths behind. Driver: 75th for Ralf Schumacher. View event. Romain. Montoya cruised around to the pits and retired. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. However, politics and the ensuing war meant the end of Grand Prix motor racing in the country for fifty years. Renault did not look good at any point in Hungary and it was not really clear why this would be the case. In other words Michael gave up on the win and hoped that the McLarens would break down. German GP . Formula 1 folk do not discuss strategy much these days because it is almost impossible to know what to expect on a Sunday until we have seen a few laps of the race and with a track like the Hungaroring things are much more complicated because pace has little to do with it. Watch: onboard (rear view camera) with Michael Schumacher at Hungaroring | 2005 Hungarian GP. The circuit had two DRSzones: one on the start/finish straight between turns 14 and 1, and the other between turns 1 and 2. As he was doing this further around the circuit the Red Bull challenge was coming to an end. On the third lap he took another four-tenths and from then on Raikkonen was within a second of the Ferrari. Hungaroring Circuit. Ride onboard (rear view camera) with the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher at the Hungaroring circuit in the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix —– See Video Above —- Mar 21, 2021 Scuderia Fans. Trulli felt the car was handling oddly after that and Rubens went into the pits at the end of the lap for repairs and more fuel was pumped in. Montoya was third and nicely within striking distance. 7m . And the really positive thing is that we achieved it on merit. See the complete 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix Formula 1 classification: Check out the race … Things did not go by the book - and thank goodness for that. "Quite well" is rather tepid when it comes to compliments. Get up to speed with everything you need to know about the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix, which takes place over 70 laps of the 4.381-kilometre Hungaroring in Budapest on Sunday, July 19. Get to know everything about the Grand Prix of Hungary 2005. Cars went left and right, the last lucky man being Webber. Montoya stretched his lead to over 16 seconds by lap 17, while Doornbos, Karthikeyan and Monteiro all made their stops from the back of the field. 27 July 2005 More. In a season like this one, second place is a pretty good result, but for Michael , with expectations a little higher, it was disappointment. Ferrari does not seem to think this is unfair and we will just have to see how things turn up at the end of it all. 49. Meanwhile, Barrichello, forced back due to his early damage, got past Minardi's Robert Doornbos, clear superior car speed meaning the Dutch driver could offer no resistance. And when qualifying is disrupted by the results of the previous race, some funny things can happen. Whirlpool Forums Addict reference: whrl.pl/REjQH. Track position is everything. Championship leader Fernando Alonso started in sixth position. Whatever the case neither car qualified well and then in the first corner things went wrong as Fernando was looking for a gap on the inside at the first corner. This enabled him to qualify fourth on the grid and a good start meant that he was up to second place in the course of the first lap. Alonso finished in a disappointing 11th position. ID: 1017360813 ; Date taken: Sunday, July 31, 2005 ; Location: Hungaroring, Hungary; Size guide . He was going to a place where there was no room to be and Ralf Schumacher was there already. The other thing which was astonishing was that with wreckage everywhere there was no Safety Car. Trulli became the second driver to take his scheduled fuel stop on lap 13, while Alonso made short work of Albers to move into 15th. This size guide is intended for reference only. Alonso took his first scheduled stop on lap 26, rejoining the race in 14th, and still well out of the pointscoring positions. Red Bull Racing's race then went from bad to worse, with Alonso's front wing dislodging itself between turns 10 and 11, into the path of several drivers. Meanwhile, Robert Doornbos pulled off to retire, the team citing hydraulic failure for his early demise. BMW Press conference, Munich . La 2004 hungara Grandpremio (formale la X Marlboro Magyar Nagydí (KsX Marlboro Magyar Nagydí)) estis Formulo 1 motora vetkuro tenis la 15an de aŭgusto 2004 ĉe la Hungaroring, Budapeŝto, Hungario.Ĝi estis la dektria vetkuro de la Formulo 1-sezono (2004) kaj la 20-a Hungarian Grand Prix.En La 70-rondira vetkuro estis venkita de Ferrari ŝoforo Michael Schumacher post komencado de favorpozicio. Formula 1. Everyone had shaken the dice but no-one knew what the others were doing. Now released from behind Schumacher, Räikkönen was able to show the full speed of his McLaren. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Formula 1 / Breaking news. Vettel handed five-place grid drop, starts Bahrain GP last. 8. Toyota's major rival in this respect is now BMW Williams and after a series of disasters the team did pick up five points with Heidfeld sixth and Webber seventh. Buy Ferrari F1 memorabilia & merchandise. Beautiful car, V10 engines, red color, Marlboro advertising and driving by the great Michael: Buy Ferrari F1 memorabilia & merchandise Let other Scuderia Fans know about us Montoya went into the lead and with third-placed Ralf Schumacher stopping as well, Raikkonen was suddenly racing down the pit straight as Michael was coming out of the pits. BAR took their fourth consecutive points haul of the year, but still lie a disappointing (by 2004's standards) 7th place. Most of the field took their final stops between laps 50 and 55, with little change in the front of the field, although Webber was able to leapfrog Sato to take 7th place. There was no holding him back. Alonso's wing finally fell off and landed in the middle of the road. This meant he was back in fifth place when he rejoined. The various messes and pit stops broke up the midfield a little but through it all came the Toyotas to pick up third and fourth to bolster the team's Constructors' challenge. On lap 43, Fisichella ran wide at turn 4, losing 8th position to Webber. A similar result in Turkey would really get things going. At the end of the first lap Schumacher must have felt quite confident. Clearly however this is not the case and one has to ask whether the weight of such parts should be examined on the grounds of safety. Hungarian GP driver ratings. The German held just a 0.5 second lead over Räikkönen, who pitted on the following lap. Albers took a lengthy stop on lap 51, but rejoined the race a few laps later, while Villeneuve retired from the race on lap 57 due to yet another small engine fire on a Sauber. All of this was missed because elsewhere in the first corner there was action along similar lines. Massa entered the pits on lap 42, spending several laps as the team attempted to fix the damage caused by a small fire due to a fuel spill. And then expectations were turned upside-down as Raikkonen went into the pits after just 11 laps. FIA explains why Bottas escaped jump start penalty . In the end it did not matter because on lap 41 the Colombian's car faltered and slowed down. 29-07-2005 Second free practice 13:00 - 14:00; 30-07-2005 Third free practice 08:00 - 08:45; 30-07-2005 Saturday practice 2 09:15 - 10:00; 30-07-2005 Qualifying 12:00 - 13:00; 31-07-2005 Race 13:00 - 15:00; Latest F1 news . Hungarian GP . Fourth place went to Trulli, ahead of Jenson Button, followed by the Williams' of Heidfeld and Webber, with Sato scoring his first point of the year in 8th. Further back, Christian Klien made contact with Jacques Villeneuve, with their wheels touching as they fought for position in the first turn. As all this was going on Montoya was in the lead and even Raikkonen had to admit that he was not sure that he was going to beat Montoya. On lap 36 Schumacher headed for the pits. At the end of lap 1, Schumacher led by 1.9 seconds over Räikkönen, who was a further 2.4 seconds ahead of Montoya. Jarno Trulli continued his impressive qualifying form by taking 3rd place, while Kimi Räikkönen took fourth spot despite being the first runner out on the dirty circuit. Montoya was in third position, ahead of Ralf Schumacher, Trulli, Button, Heidfeld, Takuma Sato, Fisichella, Barrichello and Webber. Eleven teams competed in the Grand Prix, with two drivers each. This handed Räikkönen a comfortable lead over Schumacher, and pushed Ralf Schumacher into a potential podium position. NEW SHELL OIL BRINGS INCREASED ENGINE PROTECTION IN HUNGARY Lubricant *Ferrari will use a new engine oil in Hungary. Button made his second and final pitstop on lap 47 from 5th place, rejoining the race in 6th. Email link . Fernando certainly did. In 11 laps, Raikkonen built up a lead of 25secs. 0. In F1 everything is relative. Was this really the start of a great Red Revival as the thousands of horn-hooting Schumi fans would like to believe? Räikkönen took a very important comfortable victory ahead of Michael Schumacher who was able to withstand the late charge from Ralf Schumacher, who scored his first podium finish of the year, and his first for Toyota. Bahrain GP at Bahrain International Circuit on November 27th, 2020. Great. The Ferrari revival was turning into a defeat. He was slipping back a little each lap but he knew that eventually they would stop again and he would be back in the lead and then it would be down to the last pits stops. Kimi Raikkonen, Hungarian GP 2005 © The Cahier Archive Formula 1 folk do not discuss strategy much these days because it is almost impossible to know what to expect on a Sunday until we have seen a few laps of the race and with a track like the Hungaroring things are much more complicated because pace has little to do with it. Haas Ferrari. ref: whrl.pl/REjQH. GP précédent GP suivant modifier Le Grand Prix automobile de Hongrie 2020 (Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020) disputé le 19 juillet 2020 sur le Hungaroring , est la 1 021 e épreuve du championnat du monde de Formule 1 courue depuis 1950 . "We pushed as hard as we could but we knew that wasn't going to succeed," said Ferrari's Ross Brawn, "so we changed our approach and decided to manage the situation to ensure that we didn't become vulnerable towards the end of the race.". But the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix was a many-splendoured piece of theatre. DNF. They knew how much fuel Michael had taken and saw an opportunity. It cannot have been much of an impact because Ralf did not even know it had happened. Räikkönen and Schumacher then began trading fastest laps, and the gap was cut down to just 0.792 seconds after 9 laps. On this occasion the Ferrari got there first but Raikkonen was soon pressuring Michael heavily and all the while Montoya was going away at the front. Videos Hungarian GP. Immediately the McLaren men radioed Kimi and called him in. Firstly Rubens Barrichello ran into the back of Trulli's Toyota and helped neither of their causes. Button took his pitstop alongside Giancarlo Fisichella on the following lap, while Räikkönen again closed in on Michael Schumacher, reducing the gap to just 0.6 seconds by lap 24. The question of how much fuel was in Schumacher's car was answered on lap 15, with the German refuelling to leave Montoya in the lead. Michael Schumacher made his final stop on lap 57 from a distant second place, rejoining just 4.4 seconds ahead of his brother, who was showing impressive speed in the Toyota. The two pulled quickly away from Montoya, who was McLaren's insurance policy and embarked on a more traditional two-stop race. Once ahead Kimi put his foot down and drove away again. Entering the Grand Prix, the Drivers' Championship was led by Nico Rosber… Hockenheim, let us not forget, resulted in a mechanical failure for Kimi Raikkonen and that meant that the poor Finn would have to start first in qualifying in Hungary, when the track was dirty and (more importantly) slow. Räikkönen entered the pits first, on lap 11, showing that his qualifying effort was significantly helped by the light fuel load, and leaving Schumacher to attempt to open a gap before his own stop. Onboard (rear view camera) with Michael. There were heroes and villains, twists of fate and wild moments and at the end there was much rejoicing and even a few tears as Jenson Button won his long, long long-awaited first Grand Prix victory. Three laps later, the gap was reduced to 1.2 seconds, with all cars except the top 6 at least one lap behind the leader Räikkönen. Hungarian GP. The stop was quick and the fuel load light and when Kimi came out he was ahead and very fast. Rubens Barrichello braked too late into the first turn, breaking his front wing on Trulli's diffuser. View more. A driveshaft was broken. It was all a bit of a surprise because one would think that a wing is a light thing. It was the last Formula One race to be sponsored by a tobacco company, this is also the only official Formula One race weekend for Chanoch Nissany, who drove for Minardi in Free Practice 1 and was around six and a half seconds behind the next slowest driver.