[Official] Rate the race: Hungarian Grand Prix

[Born Racer]

What score do you give the racing in Budapest this afternoon?

[FordCosworthPanoz]

7, Probably one of the best dry editions of the Hungarian Grand Prix ever but that really isn't saying much...

[PepsiVodka]

8 because normally this race is super boring without any overtake happening due to drivers being able to keep speed on the longgggg...... Run off areas without having to get wheel to wheel. But this version there was tons of action and excitement. The Grosjean controversy, Hamilton passing Webber, Alonso almost spinning while passing Button etc...

[jsTrecu]

7. Almost 8 but Hamilton had it a bit easy to give a higher rating.
Didn't expect that much overtaking, and they were good ones. Shows that you don't need tyres that fall apart to achieve it.

Edit : Gave it an 8 anyway...

[Born Racer]

I feel seven is "appropriate", but I enjoyed myself enough watching it to give it an eight.

I also like the circuit and think it's a good and surprisingly unusual layout (in that it's surprising that there are not more similar circuits on the calendar).

[Bononi]

7 for me.

[Marbot]

9 from me. No real idea who would win until well into the second half of the race. Certainly no real idea about who would get the final podium positions until the last few laps. Great race.

[bjohnsonsmith]

I quite enjoyed that. Shame the Grosjean/Vettel battle petered out but thoroughly enjoyed Kimi's excellent defensive driving; Vettel didn't have an answer. 7

[G.Walker]

I am going with the majority - 7

Certainly better than last year

[Aysedasi]

6 - quite enjoyed it. Great win for Hamilton. Nice to see Kimi 'stick two fingers up' to Vettel. And Vettel showed immediately afterwards that he can bleat as well as anyone else......

[Lancsbreaker]

Judging only from the BBC highlights, an entertaining race with a fair amount of decisive overtaking, and some close battles.

Gave it an 8.

[wnut]

Good race. 7 for me too.

[Razzzor]

The excitement was really only due to so many pit stops and different tyre strategies, and everyone being close together because it's difficult to pass. So it's a little artificial.

I think if it were easier to pass then we could have seen a good duel between Hamilton, Vettel, Grosjean for the victory. Perhaps Kimi as well.

So, I'm still not a fan of this track.

[F1Pete]

Anytime I start pacing at the end of a race and the outcome is good, I have to give at least an 8.

[andy666]

7 , Good racing and a little unpredictable .

[JamesH]

Originally Posted by Razzzor

The excitement was really only due to so many pit stops and different tyre strategies, and everyone being close together because it's difficult to pass. So it's a little artificial.

I think if it were easier to pass then we could have seen a good duel between Hamilton, Vettel, Grosjean for the victory. Perhaps Kimi as well.

So, I'm still not a fan of this track.

?Pitstops and tyre strategies are artificial?

[Knowlesy]

Very good. An 8.

Hungaroring is a track that is growing on me more and more. It has always been a track I want to go to for the GP, and has always had cool corners, but nowadays I enjoy it even on TV as a race in itself. So much more interesting than anything Bahrain/China/Abu Dhabi/South Korea/India/any other Tilkedrome serve up.

[GT6]

must have watched a different race not very exciting

[Tourer]

6 for me. Was a good race with plenty of tension but in all honesty not all that gripping IMHO.

[Bellof]

5 while the race was slightly more entertaining than usual on this track (in the dry), it's still one of the most boring circuits to me.

[stripedcat]

A 7. A pretty decent race - and I'm no fan of the circuit in question. I suppose because Hamilton got such a lead over Vettel that could count against it, but there was plenty of action. Hamilton was an overtaking machine there. Decent battles from Button, Vettel, Kimi, Alonso. Only Grosjean mucked up a bit - his overtake on Button was a bit misjudged.

[chillibowl]

8. this race really came together for me in an unexpected and very entertaining way.

one complaint is they never showed LH passing Button. it was probably done in the DRS zone (i think the commentators alluded to that) so a straightforward move but it turned out to be a crucial moment of the race and i dont think we even got a replay.

although my curiosity about it only added to my trying to figure out all the varying strategies even more so maybe not seeing it added to my enjoyment.

[IceMan_PJN]

8

I realli liked this. It helps that my driver won, but that aside I still found it fairly interesting.

[Razzzor]

Originally Posted by JamesH

?Pitstops and tyre strategies are artificial?

Yeah because most of the passes were only happening because of tyre life. Were there ANY passes during the race where drivers were on the same tyres?

[Mekola]

6 - Good race by the results but quite dull at moments.