Track Torque: Silver arrows gain confidence
The race starts at 1pm on Sunday with qualifying taking place at the same time on Saturday.
AFTER a difficult start to the season Mercedes, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, have grown in confidence as their supremely disciplined work machine starts to deliver results.
Toto Wolf says that he is very pleased with the work ethic and the sense of inner confidence that has developed within the team.
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Their car has proved to be very good on all of the faster circuits with a question mark on the slow ones. This could be the result of its long wheel-based design.
This coming weekend we go to the Hungaroring for the Hungarian Grand Prix, which is a medium speed track so I think Mercedes and Ferrari will be more on a par with each other at this venue.
It will be interesting to see if Sebastian Vettel and inspired teammate Kimi Raikkonen can fight back for points.
It is very nearly even at the moment as we enter the midpoint of the season and the one month summer break after the Budapest race.
I expect Red Bull Renault to be very strong in Hungary, as their slight power disadvantage will be countered by, perhaps, the best handling of Formula One cars.
Max Verstappen should be very exciting to watch and he does bring out the very best in Daniel Ricciardo.
We should also see another good performance from the two Force India cars, driven by Sergio Perez and Esterban Ocon.
It will be interesting to see if Nico Hulkenberg can pick up the works Renault and run with it.
The same goes for McLaren Honda with Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne, although Alonso does have the handicap of a gearbox penalty to contend with.
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It really should be an interesting and exciting race to watch before we take our helmets off for a four-week break.
The race starts at 1pm on Sunday with qualifying taking place at the same time on Saturday.
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