HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2022

This race was so disappointing for George but even more so for Charles that by the last laps drama, it was just exhausting. It was an eventful race, but was weirdly quiet. to me. Another classic Ferrari destroying the race for themselves situation. This was just so typical. Happy that Max won from p10 though! Max is sooo happy with this win he did not expect and that is so sweet.

Free Practice 1 and 2 were incredibly uneventful

Free Practice 3

- before this weekend, Seb got an Instagram account for the first time only to announce he’s retiring at the end of the season

- This session is super rainy

- Charles does another perfect 360 spin in the rain and it’s SO impressive

- Seb crashes and red flags, it’s just wet out there still

- Seb has a tiny Lego version of himself on his helmet

Qualifying

- WOW those are some dark and scary storm clouds

- Out in Q1: Yuki, Albon, Seb, Gasly, and Latifi lol

- Out in Q2: Perez, Zhou, Magnussen, Stroll, Lil Schu

- Perez got out because Kevin blocked him

- Max reports no power in the last 2 minutes and they can’t fix it so he will start 10th!! A shocking qualifying for Red Bull

- It looked like Sainz is gonna get pole which was going to make me mad with Charles in second BUT THEN GEORGE puts in a great consistent all green lap and GETS HIS FIRST POLE and Hamilton pits so he isn’t gonna start near the top and it’s so great for George, he is so happy!!

Race

- ahhh it’s overcast and drizzling

- The Red Bulls changed their mguk after problems but no penalties

- The Red Bulls are slow getting away for the formation lap… so that’s worrying

- George retains the lead after both Ferraris super challenge him, but weirdly neither Red Bull is able to get a lot of positions made up so they’re still in 8 and 9 by the end of lap 1

- Virtual safety car for debris from Stroll colliding with Albon

- A number of cars had small contact incidents on the first lap, first few corners, including Seb, Albon, Stroll, and Kevin

- Alonso is furious at Ocon for getting majorly in his way on the start and says never in his life have I seen a defense like that

- 4/70 Perez reports a strange noise from the engine at high gears but they say they checked it and it’s okay

- Black and orange flag to have Kevin pit so he can get rid of damage

- Lovely moves from Max biding his time passing both Alpines

- 13/70 Max reports clutch slip issue, they give him a fail code to follow, but that is very frustrating

- Both Russell and Sainz have slow stops. Ferrari could have benefited from Russell’s slow stop but of course Ferrari ruined it by also having a slow stop themselves

- Charles over cuts Sainz in the pit stop! Now Charles is second and has had way more pace than Sainz this whole race

- 24/60 Ok Ocon gets MAJORLY in Alonso’s way AGAIN and everyone knows that Alonso has got to be furious and in the squabble, Daniel gets past them into 10th

- 31/70 Charles passes George for the lead!! Some great racing from the both of them and Charles did an awesome move to get by

- 33/70 Max reports it’s drizzling more now

- 35/70 Yuki has a ridiculous spin in the middle of the track, come on

- Red Bull gets George with a double undercut so Russell is behind

- 40/70 Ferrari pits Charles and puts him on HARD TIRES which has been TERRIBLE for everyone this whole time AND right as it’s starting to drizzle and get slippery

- Max gets past Charles

- 43/70 max has a bizarre 360 spin on a slippery part of the track and perfectly recovers it but it was weird, so now Charles is ahead again

- 45/70 Max gets past Charles again because the tires Ferrari put on Charles are soooooooo awful, so usual Ferrari

- Ferrari has another 5 second stop for Sainz

- Daniel hits Stroll on a corner and will probably get a penalty

- Ughhh then it becomes Hamilton in third and second squabble and of course Hamilton gets second because I am sure the team ensured that and toto has this little smile, ugh

- Now it’s reported rain coming on the last lap

- I am so done at this point, somehow it has become a Hamilton praise sorry

- Bottas pulls over with no power and triggers a virtual safety car which neutralizes the end of the race

- Charles radios "is the car okay?" Like he hears a problem which he probably does but of course ferrari says yes of course ugh

- Real rain arrives in the last lap

- Max wins! P10 to P1. Then Hamilton, then Russell, Sainz, Perez, Leclerc. And Charles was the fastest one out there but Ferrari just ruined it for him again. They are breaking his spirit and it is horrible to watch