F1 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix review! Thank you Valtteri Bottas... - a podcast by Jump The Start Racing

from 2020-07-22T21:38:20

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The boys get together to discuss the action packed weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix involving some thrills (wheel to wheel action), spills (Max, what was that!) and drama (penalties galore!). Huge win for Hamilton to sieze the lead on the WCC and impressive showing by Racing Point. Is Ferrari back? Below is the outline of what was discussed.



 



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  • Major stories coming into the weekend
    • Aston Martin seat not settled yet with rumors still pointing to Vettel replacing Checo


    • Also not settled is the situation with the Renault protest of Racing Point





  • Race weekend:
    • Team reviews:
      • Mercedes
        • 1-4 in qualifying if counting the Racing Points


        • Works Mercedes cars 8 tenths up on next nearest competitors


        • During the race Ham pulls out to insurmountable lead right away


        • Bottas jumps the start, fights way back


        • First and third place finish


        • Can anyone beat them?





      • Red Bull
        • All RB cars had problems all weekend


        • Highest qualifier was Max at 7th on a track they were expected to dominate


        • George Russell defending Albon


        • Max crashing the car prior to the race 


        • Bottas never caught Max who finished 2nd





      • Racing Point
        • RP being protested again, Szafnaur saying he has plenty of evidence showing it is a legal car


        • 3 and 4 qualy finishes after rapid practices showing its not just the engine that is improved


        • Per Toto Wolff: “Racing point faster than Mercedes through some corners”


        • Bad start to the race putting them in situation where they had to overtake and not just rely on the car


        • Stroll finishes 4th Perez 7th





      • Ferrari
        • Qualify 5th and 6th, 1 full second behind the Merc works cars


        • Strong starts from both ferraris with the Bottas jump start


        • Leclerc pits first onto softs, Vettel calls for mediums


        • Vettel passes Leclerc. Leclerc then leads a train of cars stuck behind him until he pits


        • Leclerc battles with Albon and Norris


        • Vettel finishes 6th but lapped by Ham





      • McLaren
        • Disappointing session after action packed first two weeks


        • Sainz 9th place overall and Norris 13th


        • Norris and Leclerc battle





      • Renault
        • Non-descript weekend.


        • Ricciardo finishes 8th in a car that appears to be absolutely nowhere compared to the others.





      • Haas
        • Qualified 16th and 18th completely at the back of the grid


        • Made themselves rockstars by pitting prior to the race start


        • Bogus penalty did not affect them


        • Grosjean receives front end damage while getting passed by Albon


        • KMag literally told to avoid everyone





      • Alfa Romeo
        • Season going to be really ugly for them


        • Kimi penalty


        • Kimi qualifies last but finishes 15th





      • Alpha Tauri
        • Honda/RB problems all weekend long especially Gasly


        • Evident in qualifying but Gasly managed to finish 10th there. 


        • Daniil Kvyat asks to pit but does not get a response


        • Pierre Gasly retires with his car on fire





      • Williams
        • Qualifying 12th and 15th


        • Latifi insane start to get him to 10th


        • Unsafe release into Carlos Sainz that causes a puncture effectively ending race (5 laps down)





      • Final race thoughts





    • Stewards and Penalties
      • Bottas non-penalty


      • Haas penalties for pitting


      • Drying of patch underneath tires for Albon


      • Latifi 5 second penalty for unsafe release


      • Kimi penalty point for not lining up properly








  • Hamilton, F1, and the BLM movement
    • Ham upset FIA rushed the kneeling photo


    • Had words for Grosjean who he felt didn’t respect it enough


    • Mario Andretti stating Ham creating a problem that doesn’t exist





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