#hungaroring gp 2021

[sweetmi1ton]

Third placed Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 01, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.

#lewis hamilton #f1 #fic ref #hungarian gp 2021

[f1]

Hamilton beats Verstappen and Norris to Hungarian GP pole in qualifying thriller

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton charged to his first pole position since the closing stages of the 2021 season with a scintillating qualifying performance at the Hungarian Grand Prix, getting the better of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris at the end of an ultra-close qualifying hour. In a session that saw Pirelli’s ‘Alternative Tyre Allocation’ in play, which enforced hard tyres for Q1, medium tyres for Q2 and soft tyres for Q3, Hamilton navigated the precarious opening exchanges to reach the top 10 shootout, where he bagged his first pole in 34 events (Saudi Arabia 2021). Hamilton’s improvement on his second run demoted Verstappen – who could not find more time – to second by just 0.003s, with Norris eight hundredths further back in third, supported by rookie team mate Oscar Piastri in another strong showing from McLaren. Zhou Guanyu was another star of qualifying as he took a high-flying fifth, followed by the lead Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and team mate Valtteri Bottas, who underlined Alfa Romeo’s strong pace around the twisty Hungaroring circuit. Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin had to settle for eighth position, while Sergio Perez finally managed to end his rough patch of qualifying performances, albeit taking only ninth in his Red Bull, with Nico Hulkenberg the final Q3 runner. Carlos Sainz could not join Ferrari team mate Leclerc in Q3 as he narrowly missed the cut in 11th, followed by Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and F1 returnee Daniel Ricciardo, who took a respectable 13th for AlphaTauri – last in the constructors’ standings – during his first competitive session since jumping back into a race seat. Also unable to follow their team mate into the pole shootout was Lance Stroll, who wound up 14th in the second of the Aston Martins, having provisionally been last in the Q2 phase before Alpine's Pierre Gasly lost a lap time and dropped down to 15th. An action-packed Q1 session saw a dramatic elimination for George Russell, who lost tyre temperature ahead of his final attempt when he was forced to slow down to find track position and stay clear of drivers approaching on hot laps – leaving him a lowly 18th for race day. Williams driver Alex Albon just missed the Q2 cut in 16th, with Yuki Tsunoda outpaced by new team mate Ricciardo en route to 17th, as Kevin Magnussen in the second Haas machine and rookie Logan Sargeant in the other FW45 – who made a mistake on his last lap – brought up the rear. More to follow. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

#F1 #Hamilton beats Verstappen and Norris to Hungarian GP pole in qualifying thriller #Formula 1

[detroit-grand-prix]

Wildest Dreams Chapter 14 - Shake It Off

Chapter summary: Bee was invited to test the W09 in for FP1 at the Hungaroring. She contends with her rising notoriety, and finally gets a small grasp on her Formula 1 dreams.

Content warning: N/A

Chapter word count: 3,590

Author’s notes: When I originally wrote this chapter, I didn't know how FP1 drivers were allocated car numbers, so I had Bee pick her own. However, I have since come to find out that teams are allocated temporary numbers for FP1 drivers to use, so I had to make a few tweaks.

I also did a lot of research because I don't know the exact mechanics of driving an F1 car. I can drive something with a manual transmission so it was tricky to write about driving the car without knowing how it works.

Anyway, here's the sources I used for this chapter:

Logan Sargeant, Oscar Piastri, and Pato O'Ward talking about their experiences testing F1 cars in Abu Dhabi 2021

Daniel Ricciardo completing the FIA jump test

Emergency Driver extraction (this is what they did to Bee in Chapter 5). You could imagine why the self-extraction is preferable.

All of the tyre compounds they used in 2018. A bit ridiculous, kind of glad they simplified it.

Previous Chapter

Brackley, Northampton, England, United Kingdom Mid July, 2018

There was a two-week gap between Silverstone and Hungary, and Bee couldn’t ever remember having a busier time between races. The British GP was part of a doubleheader that year, so she went to the German GP in Hockenheim as well, despite there not being an F2 race. But she’d at least have a chance to spend a few days at home that way.

Mercedes had announced that she would be participating in an FP1 test at the Hungaroring, and she was immediately inundated with requests for interviews from all over the world, but especially Germany and the United States. 

She worked with the Mercedes PR team to develop a press kit with canned quotes and publicity photos, which helped take some of the load off, but it was still a lot to deal with all at once. She still couldn’t do everything - a popular morning TV show in America wanted to fly her out to New York City for a live appearance, but she had to decline and did one via Skype instead. “It’s just too much to fly out now with such an important race coming up for me, I’m sorry.” she told the producers. It felt strange - when was the last time that anyone in the US cared about Formula 1? 

“I think that Netflix show is helping with the US audience,” Toto said. Bee had forgotten about it for the most part, because Mercedes had opted to not participate, and she never really watched anything on Netflix - she just didn’t have time. She’d seen the cameras and crew around the paddock but there were always so many other camera crews around it didn’t really register.

She also found out that Nick had officially been released from his team following his two-race suspension. It made her angry, though, that his team didn’t release him because of his actions at Silverstone and throughout the season, but for non-payment of expenses and fees by one of his sponsors. To make matters worse, Trident, his team, posted on Twitter about Nick, decrying his actions at Silverstone and earlier races, saying that Bee had their full support. 

It took everything Bee had to not respond, to ask them why they didn’t do something sooner, but in the end, it wouldn’t help. Nick was out of the series and Bee wouldn’t have to worry about him, and that’s what was important.

In addition to Bee’s schedule being busy, her anxiety had reached a level she had not felt in a long time. She wondered if George had felt like this before Silverstone. He’d at least had the advantage of doing previous FP1 tests for other teams. He’d gotten a test with Force India when they were in GP3, and had done a test with Williams as well. Bee hadn’t been upset or jealous, because George was absurdly talented, even in a way Bee wasn’t. 

She made sure she had an appointment with Natalie before she went, because when she was stressed and busy like this, being able to have someone untangle the twisted threads of her mind was always helpful. Plus, Bee had a gift to bring her.

“Before we start, I got you something, to say thank you for help at Silverstone. I think if you weren’t there to calm me down, well… I don’t know what would have happened, but you and Susie both were amazing, even if I was an absolute terror.”

Bee pulled a small gift bag from her backpack and handed it to Natalie. 

“Oh!” Natalie said, looking inside. “What’s -” There were three small boxes inside, two were in Mercedes team packaging, and the other plain white. 

The two Mercedes boxes were signed mini-helmets, one Valtteri’s, the other Lewis’s. 

“Oh! Oh my goodness! Thank you! These are amazing! You know, I got plenty of Mercedes merch during my time there, but I never had anything signed.”

“I managed to hunt both of them down at the factory to sign these for you, but I made the last thing.” Bee said. 

The third box was a little larger. Natalie opened it to see a pile of pale white shortbread sandwich cookies, covered in coconut flakes with a stripe of carmel-colored filling between them. 

“You made me alfajores?” 

Bee nodded. “I'm a horrible cook, but I can bake just fine - the instructions are generally clearer. I wanted to get you something that was from Argentina, but it’s kind of hard to find Argentinian food in Northants, as I’m sure you’re aware, so I looked up how to make these. I’d never heard of them, but I think I did okay. I liked them, at least.” Natalie took a bite of one while Bee watched her nervously. She smiled as she chewed it. 

“Well, they’re not my abuela’s, but… they’re still really, really good. I haven’t had alfajores in forever. I missed them.” She closed the box and set it aside. “That’s so nice of you. Thank you for thinking of me, you really shouldn’t have.” 

“I had to,” Bee said. “I’m so embarrassed by how I acted, and you weren’t even there to work but you still had to, in a way, so this was the least I could do.” 

Before Hungary, Bee also had a meeting with Peter Bonnington, who would be her engineer for her FP1 test. They needed to go over the run plan for her test - discussing the kinds of things they would be having her do during the test, and the setup changes they would make in the course of the 45 minutes they had of the hour and a half test session. Bee was a little bit nervous - Bono was a legend, as much as an engineer could be. He’d been in Formula 1 since Bee was a toddler, and with the Mercedes team before they were even owned by Mercedes. He and Lewis had an amazing rapport, and his ability to keep Lewis calm while delivering crucial information was second-to-none. Bee suspected Lewis would not be nearly as successful as he was if not for Bono, which Lewis had said himself on a few occasions. 

Bee stepped into the conference room to see that he was already at the table, a neat pile of notes in front of him.

“All right, Phoebe? He said with a smile as she sat down. “I have to say, I’m glad they tapped me to do your test. I’m excited to work with you.” 

They discussed the things she would be doing for her test - simulated starts and qualifying runs, power levels, engine maps and profiles, adjustments they would be making to the car’s configuration as the test progressed. By the end of it, Bee’s head felt overloaded, even though she was doing her best to follow it all. Even driving race cars for a few years couldn’t teach you everything an engineer knew.

“My dad is going to love meeting you.” she said as they were wrapping things up. 

“Oh, that’s right, he’s an engineer, isn’t he? Well, he can sit next to me at the engineering desk if he wants. I’m assuming your parents got paddock passes like George’s did for his test.”

“Yup. And he’s gonna love that.”

As they were getting ready to leave the conference room, Bee asked Bono a question she’d been thinking about for a long time. 

“Will I get to pick the number I use?”

“Hm?”

“Well, I didn’t think I’d be able to drive it with Lewis’ number on it, and I wasn’t really sure how FP1 drivers pick them.”

“Oh. Well, the FIA has a few temporary numbers they issue teams. We have numbers 19 and 21, so you'd get one of the two. But, out of curiosity, if you could pick - and if you do get to choose someday, which number would you pick?” 

Her driver number had always been assigned to her. Teams in lower formulae typically had far more mid-season turnover with drivers, so the number was generally assigned to a car and not a driver. In Formula 2, they were also assigned based on the teams’ standings in the previous season. Her current number was number 2 - Russian Time had won the teams’ championship last year, they were given the numbers 1 and 2, and Artem had seniority on the team, so he was number 1. She didn’t have a favorite number, or a “lucky number” like some people had. 

When she thought about it, there was a number that came to mind. She had already checked to make sure it wasn’t already assigned, and hadn’t been retired by F1. Luckily, it seemed that it hadn’t ever been used before. 

When she was younger, she always remembered her grandfather saying this sing-songy phrase, one that he’d made up himself. She never understood why he did it. He was always whistling, tapping on things, singing, drumming his fingers - it was all just a collection of nervous habits, so it was just one of those weird Grandpa things, and it always got stuck in Bee’s head after she spent time with him. 

“Daniel Leo, class of fif-tee-oh.” 

Always in the same rhythm and cadence. The little song referred to the fact that he, Daniel Leo Stallard, had graduated from high school in the year 1950. 

After all, without her grandfather’s love of motorcycles and racing them in fallow hay fields with his friends, her father might not have ever developed his fascination with machinery as a kid from watching his father work on his Harley-Davidson in the garage. Then he might not have ever gotten into engineering or racing, and she wouldn’t have watched racing with him as a kid, fostering a desire to race herself. It was a legacy of sorts, and look where it had led? She was about to drive a Formula One car during a race weekend. So that was it. She would be the number 50. 

“Oh. Well, if and when I ever get to pick, I’d probably go with the number 50.”

“That’s a good one,” Bono said. “A nice round number. I don’t think that one’s ever been used since drivers could choose their own, come to that.” 

“Hopefully there’s not some decades-old racing curse attached to it.” Bee said. 

Bono laughed. “Not that I know of.”

The Hungaroring,  Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary July 27th, 2018

The day of Bee’s test arrived. She felt like she didn’t sleep at all the night before. She was too excited. During the week, she felt like she’d had too much to do and it wouldn’t ever get done - making sure her suit fit and was updated with all of the current sponsors, having a new helmet painted, having a seat fitted and made, passing an FIA-mandated jump test to make sure she could get out of the car quickly in case of emergency (she much preferred self-extraction, having experienced the other option before), making sure her racing license was cleared for FP1 testing as she didn’t have her Super License quite yet - there was a lot of little pieces that needed to come together before someone can even put one foot into a Formula One car, even if only part of a single 90-minute test session. 

Her parents flew out to Hungary on Thursday morning (once again, Bee paid for their flight and accommodations, which still felt good. It probably would never not feel good). The Stallards and the Wolffs all went out for dinner on Thursday night, and Bee went to bed as early as possible, not that it helped. It would be an ungodly busy day - she had F2 practice straight after her F1 session, so she wouldn’t be running the entire session, then qualifying, and then maybe a press conference if she was lucky. 

She also had to do press before FP1 - she wasn’t sure why, but it was likely something to do with the situation she found herself in as the first woman to participate in an F1 weekend in a while, something that was clarified when Will Buxton interviewed her for the Formula 1 channels.

“So, Phoebe -” he said, “You’re about to supplant Susie Wolff as the most recent woman to take part in a Grand Prix weekend in four years. She’s been a mentor to you for many years now, even before you switched from Red Bull’s junior program to Mercedes’ two years ago. How does that make you feel? Have the two of you talked about this?”

Bee wasn’t surprised by the question. It had come up a bit in the press, they were trying to push some “student surpasses the master” narrative between her and Susie, but it just wasn’t the reality of their relationship. Whatever made for more compelling articles, though. 

“We have talked about it quite a bit. I don’t think she ever really wanted the honor of being the last one in such a long period of time, or the first. I don’t, either. I know I’m about to be the most recent woman to complete an F1 session, but I’ll be thrilled when the next one comes along, just like Susie is thrilled for me. I hope it doesn’t take four more years. I think it’s a shame that there hasn’t been a woman to complete any session between her time with Williams as a development driver and my time with Mercedes as one, but for both of us, I think, we’re trying to be as visible as possible as women in motorsport, so girls can see that they can have a future in racing if they want to. That way, someday, there might be a time where being a woman participating as an F1 driver isn’t something newsworthy.”

“And about the incident that occured at Silverstone - were you surprised that Nick Bonacchi was released from his team?”

Bee had to be delicate, she definitely could not say what she actually had wanted to. That would give the Mercedes PR team a lot of extra work over the weekend.

“I understand that he was let go due to contractual issues between his sponsor and his team, rather than the crash. I… wish they had been able to take some earlier action, but there may have been some inter-team issues that prevented that, I’m not sure. But, I appreciate their message of support for me on their social media channels.”

What she had wanted to say was, hell no, I’m not surprised, it was a long time coming and if the FIA and his team were worth a damn, they’d have done something a lot sooner. She wasn’t at the stage of her career yet where she could be quite so candid. Maybe one day. 

She left the media pen to go back to the garage and get ready. It wouldn’t be long now.

She got changed into her Mercedes suit. It felt strange, looking down and seeing herself in the white fireproofs and overalls. She’d worn it for sim testing, but it still felt different. She stepped out of the room they let her use to change in, out into the garage, where everyone seated at the back engineering station - Susie, Toto, her parents, and Bono - all looked up at her. 

“Well? What do you think?” Bee said, not sure of what else to say.

Her mom looked like she was about to cry, but immediately demanded pictures, like most moms would. She got one with Toto, one with Susie, one with her dad, and one with both of her parents that Toto took for them. George had come into the garage during all this, and Josephine insisted on getting a picture of him and Phoebe, too. 

“I remember when you two were in Formula Renault and Formula 3 together! You’re so much taller now, but you were such a cute kid.” she said to George. Phoebe wanted to die of embarrassment on the spot, but George took it with good humor. His parents had said hello to her and chatted with her a bit in Silverstone; she didn’t end up in the family pictures. 

Soon enough, Bono told her it was time. She gave her parents, Toto, and Susie one last hug. 

“Listen,” Susie said, her hands on both of Bee’s shoulders after they embraced. Her head  was close to Bee’s, and she was speaking quietly, so only Bee could hear her. “I’m so proud of you. I knew this day would come, and this is just your first step. You’re going to be incredible. You’ve worked so hard for this, and it’s paying off. Just remember, take deep breaths and visualize the racing line all the way around the track before you take off.”

“I couldn’t have done it without you. This is all for you.” Bee said to her before turning towards where Bono was waiting. 

She put her headset in her ears, pulled on her balaclava and gloves, and put on her helmet. She stepped up onto the stepstool, then down into the car, hanging from the halo a little bit as she folded her legs into the nose. The mechanics did some adjustments around her seat and put her harness on her, making sure it was snug all the way around. It was strange having so many mechanics buzzing around the car at once, her team at RT only really had four of them. 

“Radio check, Phoebe.” Bono’s voice said in her ear.

“Loud and clear.” Phoebe said. 

“Okay, excellent. We’re going to get going here in just a second and give you a reconnaissance lap to get a handle on things. Don’t worry about full speed or power right away, just go at a pace you’re comfortable with, we’ll go through our run plan after that. Just treat it like it’s another day in the sim.”

“Bit higher stakes than the sim, though.” Bee said. She was trying not to envision herself doing something like mixing up the brake and throttle or spinning out and hitting the pitlane wall as soon as she pulled out of the garage.

“You’ll be fine. I’ll be with you the whole way.”

Finally, she was ready. She held her breath as she launched the car from the garage into the pit lane. She took the length of the pitlane to find the balance of the throttle and shifting. Even as she went out on the reconnaissance lap, she found that George was not kidding. She wasn’t even running at full power and it was already a completely different feel to her F2 car. It was nothing like she ever felt. 

“Okay, Phoebe, let’s go ahead and get started with the run plan once you come over the line.” Bono said. 

She got started putting the car through its paces, increasing the power gradually. It was definitely more of a physical experience. As she got into the corners, she definitely felt it in her neck. Accelerating in the straights, she felt the gravity right in her chest. Compared to her F2 car, she felt like she could absolutely whip the car around the corners and it would not budge - it was so responsive and grippy. It was everything she expected and more. She did another few laps, her times were dropping. 

“Okay, Phoebe, box, box for softs.” Bono said, telling her to come into the pits so they could change her tires to a softer rubber compound. Softer tires were stickier, and gave the car more grip as they adhered to the track more.

Oh boy. They’d sent her out on medium compound tires. They probably didn’t dare send her out on the ultrasofts they’d brought for the weekend, but that was fine - she thought that would be too much. 

“Copy.”

She headed into the pits, afraid she would miss the mark and run over the jackman, but she managed fine. A 3-second pit stop and she was off again, trying to drop her lap times more. The soft tires made a huge difference. Her neck was getting noticeably sore, but she wasn’t going to let it stop her. 

“Power, power, power, apex, brake, brake, brake, power, power, slower through the chicane...” she thought to herself, almost like a mantra. 

Finally, they had her run a simulated start launch and some simulated qualifying runs. 

By the time she pulled back into the garage, she was a mess. She was drenched with sweat, but giddy and breathless. She was on top of the world. Her lap times were respectable - not amazing, but respectable, and she didn’t turn Lewis Hamilton’s car into a multimillion dollar trash heap, which was really her main goal for the session. 

Once the car was parked and turned off, she released her wheel and harness and climbed back out of the car as she peeled off her helmet and balaclava and took her earphones out. Without her helmet and earphones, she could hear that the garage had exploded with cheers. There were a ton of cameras, more than she’d expected. Someone in the viewing gallery was holding up a poster board that said “Go Super Bee” with a cartoon bumble bee on it that had braided pigtails. Someone else had an American flag. It was so bizarre. It felt like she’d stepped out of the car and into a dream. 

She got hugs from seemingly everyone in the garage. Her mom was crying. Susie was even crying a little, which was something she’d thought she’d never see. She started crying. Her dad looked so proud of her. It was a lot. The environment was absolutely electric. It was, so far, the best day of her life. 

Next Chapter

#f1 fanfic #f1 oc fanfic #formula 1 fanfic #original character #female oc #female f1 driver #toto wolff #george russell #my fanfic #series: wildest dreams #will buxton #peter bonnington

[justaredheadf1fan]

Season 2022 Masterlist

Hello there!

Welcome to the Masterlist of the Formula 1 season 2022. Here you'll be able to find every single post I've made so far and the ones I'll be posting from now on during the 2022 season. Obviously, this wouldn't be my blog if I didn't use an F1 meme as a header, would it?

I hadn't really thought about doing this until now, 6 months after I started this blog, so I can confirm I'm a total disaster, but I can't fix how my brain works for now 😂

Without further ado, here it is:

Introduction

Abu Dhabi GP 2021

Mercedes-AMG Petronas statement

F1 journalists or how some reporters are so biased it sucks to watch sports

Finally, Formula 1 is back and so am I 🙃

Teeny weeny news or whatever you wanna call it

Will Formula 1 ever do something that matters to stop this?

I'm saying goodbye to the one person who "drove me out of F1" when I didn't see any further

The summer break starts and the Silly Season takes over

Season 2022 Masterlist:

Pre-Season 2022:

Finally, Formula 1 is back and so am I 🙃

Bahrain GP 2022

First Free Practice Friday of 2022

Bahrain FP3 and Quali sessions

First race of the 2022 season - Bahrain GP

Saudi Arabia GP 2022

2nd F1 weekend and the coming disaster

Race in Jeddah Corniche, the worst possible circuit

Australia GP 2022

The Australian GP is finally here and my vacation days are too

What the hell does Australian water have? It’s nuts this weekend

Australian GP or how to turn shit around with a few track changes

Emilia-Romagna GP 2022

Imola, land of the "What the fuck is going on here this weekend?"

The Emilia Romagna 2022 GP killing me softly

Miami GP 2022

First ever Miami GP starts

First party hard of the Miami weekend

Miami the dissappointment

Barcelona-Catalunya GP 2022

Barcelona GP 2022, first time watching live 🤩

Barcelona GP, better known as one of the best weekends I remember, ever

Monaco GP 2022

Monaco GP, chaos made Formula 1 circuit

The absolute heartbreak in Monaco

Azerbaijan GP 2022

And the boys are Bak-u! (don't kill me for this one)

Bak-ú at it again! (I can't stop)

And Bak-ú to the disappointment pit we go (yes, I'm stopping now)

Canada GP 2022

O Canada, we're back!

Uninteresting rainy day at the office? ⛈

O Canada, the big surprise

British GP 2022

Chaos ensues at Silverstone

Silverstone who?

Silverstone with some delay 😅

Austrian GP 2022

Shitty week and then Austria happened

The Return of the Sprint Race

What Silverstone taketh, Austria giveth

French GP 2022

French press afternoon and When We Were Young release

What seems to be the least entertaining GP so far (I hope I'm wrong)

I lost my interest somewhere in France until Charles Leclerc happened

The scream I could've never anticipated froze my blood

Hungarian GP 2022

And after yesterday's bomb, we go back to business "as usual" in Hungaroring

Hungaroring starting to step it up

Hungaroring giveth after Paul Ricard become a good thing for once

Belgian GP 2022

F1 is back in Spa and so are the big news

Spa goes on and on and I can't keep up this week

Dutch GP 2022

Zandvoort incoming

Good ol' Zandvoort giving me the boot

The nightmare is back

Italian GP 2022

Monza is finally back and I just don't make it on time

The Monza curse

Singapore GP 2022

Back to Marina Bay we go!

The rain and massive craziness hit Singapore

Singapore, I... have no words

Japanese GP 2022

We're back at Suzuka but it brings back a few nightmares

Suzuka, I expected more of you

The disappointment in Suzuka does not come from Suzuka, but the FIA as usual

United States GP 2022

Austin is making a comeback like no other

Busy day at COTA (or busy day for me watching everything?)

Austin you gorgeous surprise, what a weekend!

Mexican GP 2022

Spooky Mexican season is upon us 💀

Día de los Muertos spirit working its magic

What happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico

Brasilian GP 2022

Finally back at the place where Magic happens

The Sprint Race I didn't know I would love so much

I'm actually speechless after this

Abu Dhabi GP 2022

The end is nigh...

It's almost upon us...

The Final Lap

P.D: I'm open to suggestions/ideas of how to improve this, but for now this is the best I could come up with 🤓

#f1 #formula 1 #mercedes amg f1 #scuderia ferrari #aston martin racing #haas f1 team #mclaren f1 racing #alfa romeo racing #alpine f1 team #scuderia alpha tauri #williams racing #sir lewis hamilton #George Russell #Charles Leclerc #Carlos saint jr #sebastian vettel #lance stroll #mick schumacher #kevin Magnussen #daniel ricciardo #lando norris #zhou guanyu #valtteri bottas #esteban ocon #fernando Alonso #pierre gasly #yuki tsunoda #alex albon #nicholas latifi #formula 1 blog

[holdmyhopeinyourhands]

I just want to thank Este for being so concerned and worried about Lewis. Like he just won his first ever race. He's likely over the moon and having the best time of his life. And yet the second he notices how badly Lewis is doing he immediately checks up on him, helps him get on the podium, let Lewis hold onto his racesuit for support and quietly leans towards him to see if he's ok. Like that's so so kind and sweet. So thank you Este and I hope Lewis will be ok.

#esteban ocon #lewis hamilton #f1 #formula 1 #hungaroring gp 2021 #hungarian gp 2021 #alpine #mercedes #good man that esteban

[screechingpizzacoffee]

oh Max that was kinda sexy

#max verstappen #hungaroring gp 2021

[playinonaloop]

The fact that both of the Redbull cars have damage after spending 1.5 fucking million euros on Max his car is making me hope that the damage isn’t too bad but seeing Max driving 1.23.5 makes me lose hope

#max verstappen #f1 #hungaroring gp 2021 #hungaroring 2021 #hungaroring #damage

[f1newgems]

no Mick in quali, George out in Q1.... I don't like it

#f1 #hungaroring gp 2021

[sweetmi1ton]

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes GP walks in the Paddock before final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 31, 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.

#lewis hamilton #f1 #hungarian gp 2021 #fic ref

[goldfish-in-a-bowl]

a marriage proposal was happening at the circuit at the same time seb was leaving the track. He saw the proposal and went to congratulated the newly engaged couple.

the couple is Daniel and Veronica and they met at hungaroring four years ago and its only right to get in engaged there too right.

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #sebastian vettel #seb #hungaroring #hungarian gp 2021 #hungarian grand prix

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OSCARS AWARDS: The stunning stats behind Piastris stellar junior career as he gets set for F1 debut

Oscar Piastri will graduate to F1 with McLaren in 2023 – taking Daniel Ricciardo’s spot alongside Lando Norris – as he looks to build on an enviable racing record to date and perform on the big stage. Ahead of his Grand Prix debut, we decided to run through his motorsport exploits so far and look at the key stats and numbers he's notched up along the way… -- 3 -- Piastri has won three single-seater titles on his way to the F1 grid, claiming the Formula Renault Eurocup crown with French outfit R-ace GP in 2019 before landing back-to-back F2 and F3 championships with Italian squad Prema in 2020 and 2021. READ MORE: McLaren rookie Piastri explains why he chose #81 as his race number for 2023 He also finished second to British racer Jamie Caroline while contesting the 2017 British F4 championship with Arden Motorsport – the outfit co-created and formerly run by now Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. -- 14 -- With Piastri’s racing taking him across the UK, Europe and beyond, he won races at 14 tracks while climbing the ranks, starting with Oulton Park, Snetterton, Knockhill and Silverstone in British F4, before adding Spa-Francorchamps, the Nurburgring, the Hungaroring, and the Yas Marina Circuit in Formula Renault Eurocup. On his promotion to F3, Piastri grew the list with wins at the Red Bull Ring and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the Bahrain International Circuit, Monza, Sochi and Jeddah following in F2. It means he has already triumphed at nine current F1 venues. Piastri progresses to F1 with McLaren on the back of a glittering junior racing career -- 16 -- During his time in the aforementioned categories, Piastri delivered plenty of eye-catching qualifying laps to bag himself 16 pole positions. Six of those came in British F4 in 2017, five in Formula Renault Eurocup two years later, and five throughout the 2021 F2 campaign. -- 21 -- In addition to a healthy pole tally, Piastri raced his way to a total of 21 victories from 2016 to 2021, again hitting six in British F4, then taking seven in Formula Renault Eurocup, two in F3 and six in F2. The Australian also set 21 fastest laps during the same period. READ MORE: ‘He’s a very strong team mate to learn from’ – Piastri excited to work with Norris at McLaren -- 46 -- Given his victory record, Piastri unsurprisingly made plenty of podium appearances from F4 to F2, taking home 46 trophies in just over five years of competition. That gives him a 35% rostrum conversion rate for all the single-seater races he has contested up to this point. -- 60.5 -- After pipping Sauber junior Theo Pourchaire and fellow 2023 F1 rookie Logan Sargeant (now signed to Williams) to the F3 title, Piastri enjoyed a dominant victory margin in F2. He ended the 2021 season 60.5 points clear of Ferrari-backed Robert Shwartzman, with now Alfa Romeo racer Zhou Guanyu nine further back. This feature is currently not available because you need to provide consent to functional cookies. Please update your cookie preferences Oscar Piastri's best moments so far -- 105 -- Piastri was a scoring machine across his junior career, with 105 points finishes giving him an impressive conversion rate of 80%. However, this would have been even higher if a handful of guest appearances during the 2018 Formula Renault NEC championship had counted for points. -- 131 -- To put the above numbers into more context, Piastri’s points, podiums and wins until now have come from 131 races, spanning his first outing in F4 UAE at Yas Marina on December 16, 2016 to the F2 finale at the same venue on December 12, 2021. READ MORE: Why Ricciardo reckons his McLaren struggles can give replacement Piastri a ‘head start’ in his maiden season -- 1,343 -- Across those 131 races, and with various scoring systems in place, Piastri amassed a whopping 1,343 points, with attention now turning to what he can achieve when he arrives in F1 and begins the latest chapter of his burgeoning motorsport career. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

#F1 #OSCAR’S AWARDS: The stunning stats behind Piastri’s stellar junior career as he gets set for F1 debut #Formula 1

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seb podium art! so so happy and proud of the statement that he made with his attire 🏳️‍🌈

#yes ik he's disqualified but idc #seb p2 of the hungaroring in my heart #sebastain vettel #f1 #f1 art #gay rights #seb said gay rights #lgbt art #lgbt+ #lgbt artist #aston martin #hungarian gp 2021 #deevs art

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SIGNAL BOOST: HUNGARORING CLEAN UP 🌿🍃

hey guys!

most of you know that especially during sport events, where a lot of people come together for a few hours and where a lot of alcohol is involved, people tend to leave their trash behind. that does not only extend the hours of work for the staff but it also leads to an increase in the pollution of the environment.

i'm pretty sure all of us have seen the pictures of Seb staying behind during the last race to pick up trash the visitors have left behind, cleaning up the stands with help from the team. i know that media coverage or attention wasn't his objective with this, which makes this man even more amazing that he was before.

this week, F1 is at the Hungaroring and because i'll actually be there, me and @i--am-ironman are planning to follow Seb's lead. we're gonna get bags and gloves beforehand and stay behind after the race to clean up the stands. for one, because we wanted to show Seb that we see what he's doing and that we appreciate all the time and energy he puts into it. but secondly, of course, because littering is a huge problem and we're pretty sure, there will be a lot of trash to pick up after the race. we're hoping to be able to help the staff out but also to keep the trash from polluting the environment.

we'd love if some of you who are also going to the Hungaroring might wanna help us out as well! maybe we can meet up somewhere afterwards and do it together (that way we can talk about the race and just have a lot of fun) or we'll just do it seperately, but either way, i hope it might encourage people to think about littering and of not leaving their trash behind in the first place.

if you want to meet up with us or just have some thoughts about it, don't hesitate to ask!

thank you for reading and sharing ❤

#f1 #formula 1 #signal boost #hungaroring #2021 hungarian gp #hungarian gp 2021 #im gonna tag all the drivers on the grid im sorry but i think that way more people will actually see this! #lewis hamilton #valtteri bottas #max verstappen #sergio perez #charles leclerc #carlos sainz jr #lando norris #daniel ricciardo #pierre gasly #yuki tsunoda #sebastian vettel #lance stroll #kimi raikonnen #antonio giovinazzi #mick schumacher #george russell #nicholas latifi #esteban ocon #fernando alonso

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Nando spinning his son around T_T

#esteban ocon #fernando alonso #f1 #formula 1 #alpine #hungarian gp 2021 #hungaroring gp 2021 #i love this family #please I'm crying

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dear f1blr,

i'm asking for some help here so the news can travel faster and reach as many people as possible.

next week is the Hungarian Grand Prix and the organizers decided to impose new regulations without formally notifying anyone. i'm going to discuss these under cut so anyone who is attending the race can read it there.

please share this so a lot of people's lives will be easier next week. thank you!

so hopefully everyone knows that you can only enter the track if you have either Hungarian immunity certificate, EU Digital COVID Certificate, foreign certificates from certain countries or a negative PCR not older than 72hrs.

trick is, as it was "announced" today, that you have to collect a paper armband with your certificates that allow you to actually enter the venue. you can do that by:

buying your ticket at the track so that way they'll check out your ID and certificates and give you the armband, or

if you bought your tickets beforehand, you can only collect the armband at either of these two checkpoints: Akvárium Club at Deák Ferenc Street (Downtown Budapest) or Auchan Parking Lot in Fót (city outside the administrative skirts of Budapest, near Mogyoród where the track is). IMPORTANT: you can only pick up your own armband since the staff has to check your IDs therefore you cannot collect anyone else's armbands, not even family members'. The checkpoints are open in the following schedule: July 28-29 (Wednesday-Thursday): 8:00 - 20:00 July 30-31 (Friday-Saturday): 6:00 - 20:00 August 1 (Sunday): 6:00 - 15:00

i'm writing these down because i haven't seen any media coverage of this, nor posts on Facebook pages or events, and a lot of people's lives are going to become living hell if they (just like i would've did) innocently go to the track, travel hours just to be turned back. it's inevitable in a certain percentage but we can try to notify as many people as we can because the later they officially share the news the more people won't see it before the weekend.

for more information please head to the official website of the Hungaroring but fair warning: the pop-up message notifying you of this is in Hungarian because anything even remotely close to the government equals incompetence in this country. i have notified the organizers of this and the fact that around 60 000 people don't know how to enter the track. hopefully they'll react in time.

thank you for reading and sharing this! 💚

#gyerekek én úgy felbaszódtam ezen te jó ég #foci eb bullshit 2.0 #értem a karszalag lényegét de miért nem lehetett mogyoródon és szilasligeten kialakítani a két átvevőhelyet kérdem én #miért kell balfasznak lennünk minden téren honestly #i'm going to tag every driver on the grid sorry in advance but it needs to be seen by as many people as possible #f1 #f1 2021 #formula 1 #formula one #hungary #2021 hungarian gp #hungarian gp 2021 #hungary 2021 #hungary gp 2021 #hungary gp #hungarian gp #hungaroring #lewis hamilton #valtteri bottas #max verstappen #sergio perez #checo perez #lando norris #daniel ricciardo #carlos sainz #charles leclerc #sebastian vettel #lance stroll #fernando alonso #esteban ocon

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does anyone else feel so distant from the race and the drivers during the GP and as soon as they take off their visors you feel a rush of human emotions for the drivers and I wanna cry. somebody get lance stroll cookies. i love that boy.

#justice for my baby lance #hungaroring gp 2021 #f1blr #rant