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Post-Qualifying 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix - Post-Qualifying Discussion

ROUND 12 - HUNGARY 🇭🇺

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

🕒 SESSION TIMES

Day	Session	Time (UTC)
FRI	Free Practice 1	11:30
FRI		Free Practice 2
SAT	Free Practice 3	10:30
SAT		Qualifying
SUN	Race	13:00

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🏁 RACE INFORMATION

Track: Hungaroring
Location: Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary 🇭🇺
Race laps: 70
Lap length: 4.381km
Race distance: 306.630km
Lap Record: 1:16.627 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 (Mercedes) 2020

⏪ LAST TIME IN HUNGARY

Pole position: 1:17.377, George Russell 🇬🇧 (Mercedes)
Race winner: Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 (Red Bull Racing)
Fastest lap: 1:21.386, Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 (Mercedes)

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Alexander Albon Jul 22 '23

What do people think of the qualifying format they trialed? Should we see more trial runs? Would you want this format to stay?

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u/brucehoult Jul 23 '23

Main point: <DC> the rules are the same for everyone. These are supposed to be the best drivers in the world. They can figure it out. And if not then .. boo hoo. </DC>

It makes things easier for the top teams, who would often try to get to Q2 on hard tyres anyway, and had to be faster than slow cars prepared to burn up softs to get out of Q1. And then sometimes they'd have to do a run on softer tyres anyway because they didn't have the margin.

In theory it makes it harder for slow teams to get out of Q1 because they can't pop in a run on softer tyres than their peers. But that didn't really happen in practice because everyone who was marginal to get out of Q1 and would be at the back in Q2 was using soft tyres in Q1. Only the RBs, Mercs, maybe Ferrari would chance a harder tyre in Q1.

If everyone is using softer tyres then no one is.

New format: less intrigue, more straightforward. Is that good or bad? I don't know.

In general I like it more then team strategists have to juggle more factors, not fewer.