26/07/2012
NEWS STORY
The FIA has confirmed that the DRS detection zone at the Hungaroring this weekend will be on the entry to Turn 14 with activation shortly after on main start/finish straight.
The only change to the circuit - the eight oldest track on this year's Formula 1 calendar - since last year's event is that Turn 14 has been resurfaced.
A feature of the F1 calendar since 1986, this year marks the 27th running of the race. Michael Schumacher has won here more times than any other driver, with four wins to his credit, one ahead of Ayrton Senna.
Despite the lack of overtaking opportunities, pole position does not guarantee a win. Since 2005 there’ has been just one winner from pole (Lewis Hamilton in 2007). Conversely, in the five years before the ’205 race, the race was won from pole four times (the only exception being 2000 when Mika Hakkinen won from third on the grid).
The Hungaroring was the scene of Fernando Alonso’s first grand prix win, in 2003. At the time, it made the Spaniard the sport’s youngest winner, at 22 years 26 days, some 78 days younger than previous record holder Bruce McLaren. The New Zealander's record had stood for 43 years. Alonso’s reign would last just two: Sebastian Vettel broke it with victory in Italy in 2008, aged just 21 years and 73 days.
The stewards this weekend include Danny Sullivan, the American who made his F1 debut with Tyrrell in the 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix. Sullivan raced just one season in F1, scoring a best result of fifth at the Monaco Grand Prix.
In 1984, he returned to the US where he resumed a successful Indy Car career. He is perhaps best known for his 'spin and win' victory at the 1985 Indianapolis 500, where he passed leader Mario Andretti, survived a 360 degree spin, and then caught and re-passed Andretti to claim the Borg-Warner Trophy.
He won the Indy Car World Series title in 1988. After 17 victories from 170 Indy Car starts he drew a line under his open-wheel career in 1995. He made four starts at Le Mans, the most recent being 2004, a year he also competed in the European Le Mans Series and ALMS. His best result at Le Mans being third in 1994.
Sullivan is joined by Dr Gerd Ennser, member of the BMSB's Executive Committee for Automobile Sport, F1 and DTM steward, and Radovan Novak, Sec General of the Autoclub of the Czech Republic (ACCR) and World Motor Sport Council member.
To check out the official circuit map, click here.
To experience a lap of the Hungaroring, click here