WTCC Race of Hungary - Preview
Round 5&6 – Budapest, Hungary
HUNGARORING CIRCUIT
Lap distance: 4.381 km
Race distance: 2 x 14 laps / 61.334 km
Location: 20 km
Press officer: Péter Petán – tel: +36 28 444444, fax: +36 28 441860, email: hgpmedia@hungaroring.hu
Airports:
Lap records:
Qualifying - 1:53.426/139.04 kph, Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze), 4 May 2013
Race - 1:55.801/136.19 kph, Yvan Muller (Chevrolet Cruze), 5 May 2013
DID YOU KNOW IT?
9 December 1983 – Hungary requested to host a Formula One Grand Prix; the first possible option was a street circuit inside Budapest’s Népliget Park that had hosted the 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix and rounds of the European Touring Car Championship from 1966 to 1970.
10 August 1986 – The Hungaroring, built in 1985, hosted the first Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, that was also the first Formula One race to be held behind the Iron Curtain
5 June 2011 – Not even the rain spoiled the first WTCC visit at the Hungaroring, as 60,000 fans crowded the grandstands on Sunday; Chevrolet drivers Alain Menu and Yvan Muller shared race victories.
6 May 2012 – Local hero Norbert Michelisz won the second race in the Zengö Motorsport BMW; Michelisz took the lead after a wonder start from the third row of the grid and drove Hungarian fans crazy.
5 May 2013 – Rob Huff’s SEAT León overtook Mehdi Bennani’s BMW 320 TC on the outside of Turn 1, at the end of a
WTCC TIMETABLE
Friday, 2 May
- 12.30– 13.00: Testing
- 17.30: Drivers’ briefing
Saturday, 3 May
- 09.00– 09.30: Free Practice 1
- 12.00– 12.30: Free Practice 2
- 14.30 – 14.50: Qualifying Q1
- 14.55 – 15.05: Qualifying Q2
- 15.10 – 15.30: Qualifying Q3
- 15.40 (est): Qualifying press conference
- 13.30: Race 1
- 14.00 (est): Race 1 podium ceremony
- 14.40: Race 2
- 15.05 (est): Race 2 podium ceremony
- 15.15 (est): Race press conference
FIA OFFICIALS
- Chairman of the Stewards: Silvia Bellot (ESP)
- 2nd International Steward: Zrinko Gregurek (HRV)
- Race Director: Miroslav Bartos (CZE)
- Assistant to the Race Director / FIA Coordinator: Rui Marques (PRT)
- Medical Delegate: Alain Chantegret (FRA)
- Technical Delegate: Manuel Leal (ESP)
- Press Delegate: Fabio Ravaioli (ITA)
- Chief Timekeeper: Mike Salmon (GBR)
- Incident Camera Delegate: Lionel Bérard (FRA)
- Safety Car Driver: Bruno Correia (PRT)
FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:
FIA WTCC RACE OF HUNGARY
Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:
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