Hungarian Grand Prix 2016 Preview: Start Time, TV Info, Weather, Schedule, Odds

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Published: July 20, 2016

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The Hungarian Grand Prix outside Budapest is the beginning of the third set of back-to-back race weekends on the Formula One calendar leading up to the traditional summer break in August. 

After Canada and Azerbaijan, the teams had a week to regroup before Austria and Britain, followed by another off week leading up to the Hungarian race.

This also marks the halfway point of the season, as the Hungarian Grand Prix is the 11th race on this year's bloated, 21-race calendar.

Lewis Hamilton is back on his championship form from the previous two years, having won four of the last five grands prix, including a dominant performance in his home race at Silverstone. He is also tied with Michael Schumacher for the most career Hungarian Grand Prix victories with four.

After taking his second penalty in as many weeks, Nico Rosberg dropped from second to third place in the British Grand Prix classification, costing him three championship points. That leaves him one point ahead of Hamilton, his Mercedes team-mate and the only other man with a realistic chance of winning the drivers' championship this season.

But as dominant as Mercedes have been this year, the Hungarian Grand Prix has a recent tradition of producing unexpected results.

The last time the championship-leading driver or team won in Hungary was the 2010 race, when Mark Webber won for Red Bull. Likewise, the eventual drivers' champion has not won in Hungary since Schumacher way back in 2004.

Speaking of Red Bull, Max Verstappen yet again benefited from Rosberg's misfortune at the British Grand Prix, snapping up his second straight second-place finish. Meanwhile, Ferrari suffered just their second podium-less race at Silverstone, and the Bulls are growing larger in their rearview mirrors, just six points adrift in the constructors' standings.

The narrow, serpentine Hungaroring should play to Red Bull's strengths, and it...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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