Hungarian Grand Prix: F1 race start time, weather, odds and how to watch
In 2022, Formula One came to the Hungary with at least some semblance of a championship fight going on, but this year the outlook is very different.
After a fine start to the season, Sergio Perez’s season has faded dramatically and he now trails Verstappen by 99 points. He won here in Hungary last year and will be massive favourite to do so again.
The fight behind him should be interesting, though, with McLaren entering the fight with Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari (and Perez, in fairness).
Friday’s running has given us a mixed picture, partly due to the weather. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the second practice session by 0.015sec ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
It was an unusual order to the classification with Verstappen down in 11th and team-mate Perez in 18th. George Russell was dead last for Mercedes, whilst Lewis Hamilton was 16th. The returning Daniel Ricciardo was 14th for AlphaTauri, albeit 0.451sec off team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.
In a rain-affected first practice session, Perez brought out the red flags early on by crashing into the barriers at turn five. It puts more pressure on a man who has endured a horrific previous five rounds.
When is it?
The 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix takes place from Friday July 21 until Sunday July 23 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, just outside of Budapest.
What time do the sessions start?
All times British Summer Time
Friday, July 21
Practice 1: 12.30pm
Practice 2: 4pm
Saturday, July 22
Practice 3: 11.30am
Qualifying: 3pm
Sunday, July 23
Race: 2pm
What were the times after second practice?
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari 1min16.686sec
- Lando Norris, McLaren +0.015sec
- Pierre Gasly, Alpine +0.232sec
- Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri +0.248sec
- Esteban Ocon, Alpine +0.359sec
- Nico Hulkenberg, Haas +0.372sec
- Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo +0.399sec
- Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +0.419sec
- Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo +0.422sec
- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari +0.496sec
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull +0.593sec
- Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +0.633sec
- Alexander Albon, Williams +0.691sec
- Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri +0.699sec
- Kevin Magnussen, Haas +0.818sec
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes +1.060sec
- Logan Sargeant, Williams +1.150sec
- Sergio Perez, Red Bull +1.292sec
- Oscar Piastri, McLaren +1.431sec
- George Russell, Mercedes +1.489sec
What TV channel is it on?
Sky Sports F1 have near-exclusive live coverage rights in the UK this year and indeed for the next few with their usual excellent team.
Sky’s qualifying coverage on Saturday begins at 2.15pm BST with their race program starting at 1.30pm on Sunday.
Channel 4 also has extended highlights for this round as well as the remaining ones.
Their qualifying program starts at 6.45pm with their race coverage at 6.30pm on Sunday.
What is the weather forecast?
After a showery Friday, Saturday should see similar highs of around 27c but looks to have more cloud cover in the afternoon, but very little chance of rain.
Sunday also looks clear with less than a five per cent chance of rain throughout the day and even less cloud cover.
- Circuit length: 4.381km
- First grand prix: 1986
- Laps: 70
- Race distance: 306.63km
- Race lap record: 1:16.627 (Lewis Hamilton, 2020)
- 2022 winner: Max Verstappen, Red Bull
- Number of corners: 14
- Overtaking chances: Pretty slim, to be honest. It’s (perhaps unfairly) known as Monaco without the walls. Still, it is not quite as bad as it used to be and going into turn one with the aid of DRS is the best place.
- Max Verstappen 4/5
- Lewis Hamilton 14/1
- Fernando Alonso 16/1
- Sergio Perez 16/1
- Charles Leclerc 17/1
- Lando Norris 20/1
- George Russell 25/1
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