Saturday, July 27, 2013

A few words after the practice and qualifying sessions

I was very surprised about Räikkönen's position. He is usually better than Grosjean but for some reason not in Hungary. Last year Romain took the second place at qualifying but in the race Kimi overtook him after the second pitstops leaving him in 3rd place.

Tomorrow Romain has a very good chance to challenge both Hamilton and Vettel. I still think that Räikkönen is going to be higher up than Grosjean. Kimi has no problems overtaking Romain and even if he had I think that Lotus wants to be extra nice to him right now when he is deciding what to do next year.

I believe there will be a lot of action in the start. Kimi and Fernando will do everything they can to get higher up. They are the drivers everybody should keep their eyes on. Both of them has won this race ones before but Kimi has been more times on the podium than Fernando.

I was surprised that Button lost to Perez cause he really likes this track. He has also won here two times before. Jenson even took his maiden vistory with Honda here in 2006 like I wrote before on Sunday.

The disappointment was Williams' lack of pace. At first it really looked like they had found some new speed but in the end they fell down to the places where we are usually seeing them (this season).

But just like Kimi always says "the race is on Sunday" and nothing really matters what happens on Friday and Saturday. It seems that in the long runs Lotus and Ferrari are strong when it's hot weather and Mercedes is not.

I have nothing against this driver and I used to cheer for him but it would be boring to see Vettel win again. I like seasons where it's really tight from the beginning till the end.

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)?

Romain Grosjean, Lotus



The Hungarian Grand Prix's qualifying session

110Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:20.3631:19.8621:19.38815
21Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:20.6461:19.9921:19.42612
38Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:20.4471:20.1011:19.59515
49Nico RosbergMercedes1:20.3501:19.7781:19.72016
53Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:20.6521:20.1831:19.79115
67Kimi RäikkönenLotus-Renault1:20.8671:20.2431:19.85117
74Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.0041:20.4601:19.92915
819Daniel RicciardoSTR-Ferrari1:21.1811:20.5271:20.64114
96Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.6121:20.5451:22.39816
102Mark WebberRed Bull Racing-Renault1:21.2641:20.503No time13
1115Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:21.4711:20.56917
1211Nico HulkenbergSauber-Ferrari1:21.0281:20.58013
135Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.1311:20.77710
1418Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Ferrari1:21.3451:21.02912
1516Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:20.8161:21.13315
1617Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault1:21.1351:21.21913
1712Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:21.72411
1814Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:22.04311
1920Charles PicCaterham-Renault1:23.0078
2021Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault1:23.3337
2122Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth1:23.7878
2223Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth1:23.9978

The Hungarian Grand Prix's third practice session

18Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:20.73020
23Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:20.8980.16813
36Sergio PerezMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.0520.32210
41Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:21.1250.39527
54Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.1510.42114
610Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:21.1580.42819
72Mark WebberRed Bull Racing-Renault1:21.2540.52417
89Nico RosbergMercedes1:21.3560.62623
95Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.4990.76915
1015Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:21.5190.78920
117Kimi RäikkönenLotus-Renault1:21.5890.85917
1216Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:21.6460.91619
1314Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:21.9631.23321
1411Nico HulkenbergSauber-Ferrari1:21.9641.23421
1519Daniel RicciardoSTR-Ferrari1:22.1801.45018
1618Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Ferrari1:22.4231.69319
1717Valtteri BottasWilliams-Renault1:23.0282.29816
1821Giedo van der GardeCaterham-Renault1:23.9753.24521
1920Charles PicCaterham-Renault1:23.9873.25719
2022Jules BianchiMarussia-Cosworth1:24.2983.56820
2123Max ChiltonMarussia-Cosworth1:25.1224.39220
2212Esteban GutierrezSauber-FerrariNo time2