FIA podium interview and post-race press conference - Hungary

OK! So you have probably seen the interviews after the race on the podium. But if you didn't see the press conference after the podium then here is a link where you can read every question and answer:

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/7/14857.html

At first there is the podium interview and after that the press conference. Unfortunately I didn't find a video of this but it's still something. Check it out!

What to do when the F1 summer break starts

I promised I would tell you what to do when the summer break starts. So here goes..

If you are an ordinary person who loves to watch F1 but you are not a hardcore fan then just enjoy the rest of the summer thinking about something else.

But if you are a super F1 fan like myself then get your videos ready! Buy, order and find DVD's, blu-rays or even VHS's that have something to do with F1 or GP-racing in general.

It depends where you live but where I live we don't really have any F1-shops or anything like that. I buy my DVD's etc. from eBay, amazon, dukevideo, secondhand stores and flea markets. When I am abroad I always look for F1-related shops as well.

Here is all of my F1-related DVD's and blu-ray's that I found today:

I have bought most of these from England, Finland and the Arab Emirates. I also have a whole bunch of VHS tapes from the 90's and 80's. Mostly season reviews and races taped years ago that I have now been transferring to my computer. In fact today I have all GP's from 1978-2009 on a hard drive. Mostly with english commentators but also some in finnish, japanese and portuguese.

So if I watch every single GP from 1978 it means that I have seen more F1 than any man in my age.
I have watched a lot already but there is so much to see! It is extremely interesting to see old races like that. It almost feels like it's live cause I don't always know the results. I just know who is champion that year etc.

If you aren't this lucky to have this many GP's on a hard drive or DVD's etc. you should get your butt to YouTube. You can not believe how much old GP's you can find there! And documentaries as well!

No worries! You will have plenty of F1 to watch until the next GP in Spa. I will also post some YouTube-videos here every day starting tomorrow so you don't even have to look for them.

I already posted the McLaren cartoons earlier so start from them and check out my blog tomorrow for more F1.

McLaren Tooned Episodes 1-12 in one clip

I don't know if you have heard about these cartoons but if you haven't then here is some Formula one you can watch with your kids.

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are starring as themselves. The new episodes has Sergio Perez instead of Lewis but I haven't seen those yet at all.

(Click on the "YouTube"-logo so that you can watch it in full screen @ YouTube)

2013 Hungarian Grand Prix -review of the race

First of all congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for his maiden victory with Mercedes. He really deserved it after a lot of bad luck with the tires and other stuff trough the season. Is Lewis going to be a strong competitor for the rest of the season? Does he really have a chance for the title this year? I would say no but you never know what is going to happen.

Second thing I really enjoyed was Kimi's and Sebastian's fight for 2nd place. Even though Red Bull is a better car Kimi showed that he can beat Sebastian if the chance comes. I must say that I lost a little respect for Sebastian when he told his team that Kimi didn't give him enough room when he tried to overtake. That was rubbish from my point of view. Maybe Sebastian just couldn't keep his head cool like the Iceman did. It's amazing how Kimi never breaks under pressure.

Third thing that I wan't to say is congratulations to Williams for their first point of the season! Sad that Bottas had to retire for the first time of his career in F1 but I think the team gets over it quickly.

Fourth thing that comes to my mind is Grosjean. Sad that he could not take advantage of a good opportunity. I really had faith that he could be fighting for the victory.

Now let's see what I said earlier about the race and if it came true:

"I still think that Räikkönen is going to be higher up than Grosjean" YES

"in the long runs Lotus and Ferrari are strong when it's hot weather and Mercedes is not." YES and NO

-Lotus was good just like I suspected but Ferrari wasn't. Rosberg's Mercedes engine overheated but Hamilton won!

"Let's hope that we see a new winner tomorrow or somebody who hasn't won in a while.

Maybe someone like Kimi (last victory in Australia), Lewis (never won with Mercedes) or Romain (never won a race)?" YES 

-Lewis took his first victory for Mercedes.

"Which drivers are usually good in this race? -Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton" YES

-Kimi was 2nd and Lewis won again!

My race predictions: 

1 - Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus

2 - Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

3 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

YES and NO -The drivers were all correct but in wrong order.

Fastest Lap - Fernando Alonso NO

-Fernando did the 8th fastest lap and Mark Webber was fastest.

Possible surprises - I believe McLaren will remind us that they are still in this sport.

-They did pretty ok but in my opinion the biggest surprise was the lack of Ferrari's speed.

Tomorrow I shall talk about the F1 break and how to survive without Formula One for a month.

2013 team standings/points after the Hungarian GP

1	Red Bull Racing-Renault	277
2	Mercedes	208
3	Ferrari	194
4	Lotus-Renault	183
5	Force India-Mercedes	59
6	McLaren-Mercedes	57
7	STR-Ferrari	24
8	Sauber-Ferrari	7
9	Williams-Renault	1
10	Marussia-Cosworth	0
11	Caterham-Renault	0

2013 driver standings/points after the Hungarian GP

1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Red Bull Racing-Renault	172
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Lotus-Renault	134
3	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	133
4	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	124
5	Mark Webber	Australian	Red Bull Racing-Renault	105
6	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	84
7	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	61
8	Romain Grosjean	French	Lotus-Renault	49
9	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	39
10	Paul di Resta	British	Force India-Mercedes	36
11	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	23
12	Sergio Perez	Mexican	McLaren-Mercedes	18
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	French	STR-Ferrari	13
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	STR-Ferrari	11
15	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Sauber-Ferrari	7
16	Pastor Maldonado	Venezuelan	Williams-Renault	1
17	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams-Renault	0
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Sauber-Ferrari	0
19	Jules Bianchi	French	Marussia-Cosworth	0
20	Charles Pic	French	Caterham-Renault	0
21	Giedo van der Garde	Dutch	Caterham-Renault	0
22	Max Chilton	British	Marussia-Cosworth	0

The 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix race results

1	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	Winner	1	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	70	+10.9 secs	6	18
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	70	+12.4 secs	2	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	70	+18.0 secs	10	12
5	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	+31.4 secs	5	10
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	70	+32.2 secs	3	8
7	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+53.8 secs	13	6
8	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+56.4 secs	7	4
9	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1 Lap	9	2
10	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	69	+1 Lap	15	1
11	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	12
12	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	14
13	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	8
14	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	68	+2 Laps	20
15	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	68	+2 Laps	19
16	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	67	+3 Laps	21
17	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	67	+3 Laps	22
18	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	66	+4 Laps	18
19	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	64	+6 Laps	4
Ret	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	42	+28 Laps	16
Ret	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	28	+42 Laps	17
Ret	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	19	+51 Laps	11