The fact that the Hungaroring is not liked by many drivers, may result from its somehow unfortunate position in the schedule. Hockenheim with its long straights and slipstreaming all the time before, and Spa with its classic corners and high speed bends afterwards, would probably let every track look pretty bad on which a GP is held between those.
Anyway, overtaking is no pleasure here. Not only that the opportunities for overtaking are only a few, CCs tend to pile up at Hungary, worsing the situation. Hence, pretty often before the race lots of drivers gather on the grid praying for early retirements of CCs :-)
| Fastest Pole time: | 1995/96 | 1:10.819 ( = 125.356 mph / 201.698 kph) |
|---|---|---|
| Rene Smit (Nightmare on Pit Lane) | ||
| Fastest Race time | 1995/96 | 1h39m37.331s ( = 114.343 mph / 183.977 kph) |
| Stephen Leary (Cambusters) | ||
| Lap Record: | 1996/97 | 1:13.059 ( = 121.512 mph / 195.514 kph) |
| Nuno Maltez (Maverick) | ||
| Podiums of the past: | 1994 | 1. Mathias Kegelmann (Universal Arrows) |
| 2. James Thomas (Williams Flymo) | ||
| 3. Martin Kift (Team Blitz) | ||
| 1995 | 1. Rene Smit (Omega Fusion) | |
| 2. Robert Schaftlein (Mitsuhama Mugen) | ||
| 3. Rob Buis (The Flying Dutchmen) | ||
| 1995/96 | 1. Stephen Leary (Cambusters) | |
| 2. Donald Mcleod (Cambusters) | ||
| 3. Robert Schaftlein (Red Five Renault) | ||
| 1996/97 | 1. Oliver Roberts (Digitech) | |
| 2. Michal Janak (Digitech) | ||
| 3. Hans Gunnar Hansen (FORT-Jiuqi) | ||