The circuit
The Hungaroring is 4.38km long and has 14 curves. Drivers will race a total of 70 laps, which will make them go 306'6km. The main straight is 900m long and drivers reach speeds of upto 320 km/h. The first braking before taking corner number one is a good overtaking point. The corner is a right-hander, the first of 8, very tight in the beginning and with a high kerb and more open at the exit, which brings drivers to another small straight. DRS can be used there, as the second activation point is located at the exit of the Turn 1. The second corner, to the left, is a rounded turn which drivers need to take from the interior and hold on there until they are out of the curve, being careful with the bumped surface. The exit from that corner is very important, they need to maintain the line in order to have a good grip for the next section of the track. Drivers find corner number 3 here, taken at full throttle and followed by a straight where they have to take the kerbs. The track here goes uphill.Sector 2 starts with a quite blind turn number 4, where it is difficult to see the apex. The exit is also blind, and drivers need to be careful not to oversteer at the same time they move to the left to take the next corner, the number 5. This is a right-hander taken at 140 km/h. The track continues uphill and very bumped just before the right-left medium speed chicane. Right after there is a short straight and a little braking before the corner number 8 to the left. A small mistake here can compromise the lap time; the rhythm in this section of the track is very important for the overall lap time. Now, a long section of linked curves follows. Turn 9 to the right, quite open and taken at 140 km/h gives start to the downhill part of the circuit. A good exit from that corner is very important because a fast section comes with corner number 10, almost inexistent, and number 11 to the right, which need to be attacked from the interior.Sector three starts with a straight ending in the turn 12, where the DRS detection point is located. The corner, a tight 90º one to the right, asks drivers to take little kerb. Then, a heavy braking before taking the turn 13 to the left, passed through at 100 km/h. It is the second slowest corner of the circuit and it brings drivers to the last curve, the number 14; a right-hander taken at 120 km/h followed by the main straight, where the first DRS activation point is located.
Tires and technical requirements
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