2012 Hungarian GP: Race Thread (in which Greig says he wanted Kimi to win)

**Katu** · 29th July 2012, 08:53

Lee McKenzie ‏@LeeMcKenzieF1

The storms predicted have arrived in Budapest. Thunder, lots of rain and this weather is expected to hang around for much of today!

seems like we get a wet race

**steelstallions** · 29th July 2012, 09:15

A wet race is just what Ferrari ordered

**Hornet** · 29th July 2012, 09:18

Good day everyone

From what I can gather, Lee posted that 2 hours ago, and some forumer have reported that the rain is stopped and its sunny morning.
Hopefully we get more updates from anyone in Budapest today

I hope at least the rain have wash away any dust and rubber on the starting grid so there's no dirty side now.

Edit:
Here's one update found on twitter

@radarguruf1
#F1 radar update 08:48 CET: Rain clearing and it will dry out for a while now w/some sunshine. One further shower to the SW of Budapest.

**Greig** · 29th July 2012, 09:25

It's drying out, GP3 are on slicks now

**Ree** · 29th July 2012, 09:40

I have to miss the race today.... the first race I will have missed since Monza 2001

Hope our cars get a good start and stay out of trouble and that I come back home to hear of a Ferrari either winning or top 3

**bonzo** · 29th July 2012, 09:44

http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:00000.1.12843
No more rain today. The clouds are gone. Dry race expected. High temp in the 30ies. All in favor of maccas and lotus.

**Greig** · 29th July 2012, 09:47

Originally Posted by Ree

I have to miss the race today.... the first race I will have missed since Monza 2001

Hope our cars get a good start and stay out of trouble and that I come back home to hear of a Ferrari either winning or top 3

Part timer

**bonzo** · 29th July 2012, 09:59

Would love to see Seb and Ham colide in the first coner

**eugene22n** · 29th July 2012, 10:00

rain came too soon. best hope now for us is going to be a good start and better pit stops.

**Kingdom Hearts** · 29th July 2012, 10:19

I don't want rain, rain is not going to save our ass if we don't have a fast car after august. Let's have a safe and dry race and face how slow or fast it's our car. Maybe the team despite being always realistic needs a "bad race" to work even harder.

Secretly hoping for Grosjean 1st and Fernando 3rd, also I want Massa to do great too.

**Greig** · 29th July 2012, 10:21

The team knows how much work they have to do, a bad race won't change that. So if rain was to give us more points then let it rain today and for the rest of the season

AndrewBensonF1 The teams expect it to rain in the Hungarian GP - thundery, downpour-style rain, with aquaplaning and potential stoppages

**sav_pap** · 29th July 2012, 10:36

Thought that edit operation didn't work only on me.

**laci63** · 29th July 2012, 10:37

A better radar is here http://www.idokep.hu/radar Hungaroring is somewhere between Budapest and Hatvan

**Fer12** · 29th July 2012, 10:48

the rain earlier would have atleast cleaned the track,so there wont be a clean and dirty side on the track.Hope alonso can take adv of this n get one more of the German gp starts.

**Alessandra** · 29th July 2012, 11:07

[QUOTE=Ree;740468]I have to miss the race today.... the first race I will have missed since Monza 2001

Not going to th Olympics are you? That would be the height of disloyalty

Good luck to all. A clutch of good points seems to be all we can ask for at this stage so Go Fernando! Go Felipe! Go Ferrari!

**Alessandra** · 29th July 2012, 11:07

[QUOTE=Ree;740468]I have to miss the race today.... the first race I will have missed since Monza 2001

Not going to th Olympics are you? That would be the height of disloyalty

Good luck to all. A clutch of good points seems to be all we can ask for at this stage so Go Fernando! Go Felipe! Go Ferrari!

**eugene22n** · 29th July 2012, 11:09

wonder which FW we'll see in the race

**Paulo Goncalves** · 29th July 2012, 11:11

3rd place would be great

**F1BUZZ** · 29th July 2012, 11:12

Three am in the morning here, looking forward to a good race from our boys in red.

**Paulo Goncalves** · 29th July 2012, 11:15

Commentator on my broadcast says that Hamster have two pairs of soft new, how much do we have, with only one lap on Q3??

**Greig** · 29th July 2012, 11:17

Don't think we have any new soft tyres left, seems the medium is the tyre to race on though.

**Alonsomaniac** · 29th July 2012, 11:18

Originally Posted by F1BUZZ

Three am in the morning here, looking forward to a good race from our boys in red.

Well goodmorning! If you're awake at three am then you're a real fan!
I have a good feeling about this one. Not a win but good points for both cars is what I expect.

**scuderiafan** · 29th July 2012, 11:18

So I guess the grid has been washed. No advantage on either side?

Good

**Alonsomaniac** · 29th July 2012, 11:22

I still have the feeling I had yesterday already: that Vettel will be impatient and tries to win the race in the first corner......with Hamilton and Grosjean there it could well end in tears.
If I were a RB fan I would be nervous.....but fortunately I'm a Ferrarifan

**Pekka** · 29th July 2012, 11:25

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns24365.html

Räikkönen back to Ferrari (rumor)

**F1BUZZ** · 29th July 2012, 11:26

Originally Posted by Alonsomaniac

Well goodmorning! If you're awake at three am then you're a real fan!
I have a good feeling about this one. Not a win but good points for both cars is what I expect.

Yep, F1 fan for as long as I can remember, started watching with my father when I was a wee one some forty years ago.

And good morning to you as well!

**Greig** · 29th July 2012, 11:27

Originally Posted by Pekka

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns24365.html

Räikkönen back to Ferrari (rumor)

Importantly, he is also believed to be agreeable to Alonso.

hahaha seriously who wrote this?

**Alonsomaniac** · 29th July 2012, 11:30

Originally Posted by Pekka

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns24365.html

Räikkönen back to Ferrari (rumor)

I think even if Ferrari wanted him he would not come back. Kimi is not the character that agrees to be 2nd man on forehand. Kimi only races for himself.
So it's a rumour and that's all it's going to be I think. There will be many more to come.....