Get a glimpse behind the scenes at the Hungarian Grand Prix. @AnthonyFrench rounds up what the teams and drivers shared on Twitter during the race weekend.
Thursday
Teams and drivers immersed themselves in the sights and experiences of the old Budapest city while preparing for the last race of the first half of the season.
Adrian Sutil became the latest F1 driver to join Twitter ahead of his 100th race start, leaving Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen the only drivers in the current field not using the social network.
Now that's a sight en route to work in the morning… just stunning #Budapest #F1 pic.twitter.com/W1RiPyKpQT
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 25, 2013
Inside L1 race truck pic.twitter.com/FCYPSP28VK
— Dickie Stanford (@dickiestanford) July 25, 2013
Hey, @danielricciardo! That's cheating you know… get back here! #PedalPower #F1 pic.twitter.com/ZslXBV6LsC
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 25, 2013
Spares are zoned into areas they're assembled on the car. 30,000 parts at every race, enough for 2 1/2 cars #F1tour pic.twitter.com/wklBB5rEwv
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 25, 2013
Fuel is cooled to 5 degrees below ambient temperature – takes up less space and burns more aggressively. #F1tour pic.twitter.com/MAerVBZLAf
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 25, 2013
No Formula 1 car would go anywhere without one of these, the start lance. 24V power to bring the car to life #F1tour pic.twitter.com/mPu5evheSP
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 25, 2013
Meeting hundreds of fans at the autograph session at the end of pitlane – always nice to get contact with you guys! pic.twitter.com/zTjPlBtKJB
— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) July 25, 2013
Good day at the track… Looking forward to tomorrow! Just back in the hotel, look whats in my room.. Nice!!! pic.twitter.com/LuWd4i6BXk
— Giedo van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) July 25, 2013
Friday
Red Bull led the way in first and second practice as Sebastian Vettel set fastest times in both sessions, while McLaren and Williams seemed to have made progress after last week’s Young Drivers Test at Silverstone.
Our stunt double helps to keep the seat warm in between runs pic.twitter.com/q8u0sLJupC
— Marussia F1 Team (@Marussia_F1Team) July 26, 2013
Rocquelin: "Sebastian we might have an anomaly with the braking system. Nothing dangerous, just be careful." Vettel: "Yeah, I notice." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 26, 2013
The view from motorhome terrace… Well hello there @LewisHamilton #FP1 #F1 #Hungary pic.twitter.com/zTtIpt0Hi5
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) July 26, 2013
Van der Garde on brake locking: "I am 51% to the rear. It's like rain. The front locking is terrible. Last week I had nothing like this" #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 26, 2013
#socialfriday @Judging_Jester Heh, we once left a SENIOR team member in a layby in Korea once! We had to turn the coach round…
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) July 26, 2013
@CroftyF1 @antdavidson You see what us test drivers can do. The car is now amazing. Hehe
— Gary Paffett (@GaryPaffett) July 26, 2013
Quick pic from last night – Checo catching up with fans at the Hugo Boss store in Budapest's Heroes Square. pic.twitter.com/yXcVa1Tp7w
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) July 26, 2013
There's that lovely BUT GRO PER combo on the monitors #HungaroKings pic.twitter.com/6jeVdCtxKi
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 26, 2013
And Radio Raikkonen reports he's got water on his foot and wants that sorted out. Was that really what he said?
— Sarah Holt (@sarahholtf1) July 26, 2013
The @Lotus_F1Team ministry of misinformation just told @tedkravitz that we have 'more reflective' mirrors. Will he buy it? #HungaroKings
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 26, 2013
We have Malaysia's Caterham Racing Academy driver @weirontan with us this weekend, learning what F1 life is like. pic.twitter.com/YDGcYt89RB
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 26, 2013
And here is the "helmet" that marshals must wear on the pitwall…hmmm…curious :-) pic.twitter.com/4DVP2HYeT1
— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) July 26, 2013
Saturday
Romain Grosjean headed the times in final practice but it was Hamilton and Mercedes who duly took pole by a slender margin from Vettel.
The office; #F1 style! Very business like… #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/3JQOPT99t5
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 27, 2013
Our biggest fan… lucky he's here really; 31 degrees air temperature, 40% humidity at 11am #Hot #F1 #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/sZziZT9lTH
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 27, 2013
Adrian is wearing one of the two special-design helmets to commemorate his 100th race in Formula One! #SuperSutil100 pic.twitter.com/Z2H9r4cTAG
— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) July 27, 2013
Radio Chilton reports he hit pit-lane limiter instead of Kers. Praps he thought he was back in his GP2 car. He won 2012 feature race here.
— Sarah Holt (@sarahholtf1) July 27, 2013
Lambiase: "That is us out actually Paul. We have a bit of work to do." Di Resta: "Where did that go? Where did the grip go?" #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 27, 2013
"P16, Valtteri, Pastor P15, a tenth in front." Maldonado is asked if he was held up by Vergne: "No, just too much understeer". #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 27, 2013
Someone else misunderstood the push to pass concept #HungaroKings pic.twitter.com/fbHtzl5PY6
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 27, 2013
That's Hamilton's fourth pole position, more than any other driver this year. No win yet, though. #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) July 27, 2013
Happy 75th, I mean 70th Birthday John Button! pic.twitter.com/g531HoefSQ
— Pedro de la Rosa (@PedrodelaRosa1) July 27, 2013
A perfect lap of @NicoHulkenberg !!! So close to Q3! Tomorrow he'll show more of his driver qualities!!
— Florian Eschrich (@Real_Flo) July 27, 2013
@AussieGrit 'bloody' #keepboxing mate, long race tomorrow #tyres #topsteps
— Lee Stevenson (@leestevo1) July 27, 2013
Sunday
Lewis Hamilton finally secured his maiden win for Mercedes despite concerns over tyre wear, thanks in part to Vettel getting stuck behind Button. The Red Bull driver finished the race in third place behind Kimi Raikkonen.
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— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) July 28, 2013
Here's the target @RGrosjean and #Kimi – let's make it happen! #HungaroKings #F1 pic.twitter.com/3A0hrGpAta
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 28, 2013
The hot seat @Charles_Pic1 pic.twitter.com/444KGnsVsO
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 28, 2013
CT03 ready for Hungarian race action @GvanderGarde pic.twitter.com/0My273eLN9
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) July 28, 2013
Before qualifying 61% picked Vettel to win the race, 21% went for Raikkonen, 7% for Alonso: http://t.co/7a9Mpu3qQF #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) July 28, 2013
Grosjean wants to have minus two turns on his front wing at the first pit stop. Believe he can go quicker than Hamilton and Vettel. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 28, 2013
I wonder of Vettel will subscribe to Claro Video after having it advertised in his face @McLarenF1
— Mark Gallagher (@MarkGallagher62) July 28, 2013
Button told: "Front wing is all good, Orange E2 and down on diff." He was also told to race Grosjean at the pit exit. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 28, 2013
Drive through for @RGrosjean. Arse. #HungaroKings
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 28, 2013
Lewis Hamilton scores his first win for Mercedes in the Hungarian Grand Prix! #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) July 28, 2013
"OK Kimi you need to stop at the pit exit, pull over and stop. Fantastic drive." "Yeah thanks guys. Have a good holiday everybody." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) July 28, 2013
Good race today.. Really enjoyed that, thanks a lot to @MyCaterhamF1 .. Little holiday and than prepare for the second half of the year..
— Giedo van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) July 28, 2013
Very unlucky race today for me, problem with the car since first stint and then DNF caused by hydraylic problem.. Next time!!
— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) July 28, 2013
Very impressed with Seb Vettel. Pre podium we were both in the gents. He calmly washed his hands to before collecting his third place pot.
— Martin Brundle (@MBrundleF1) July 28, 2013
Vettel has just been asked if he was first into T1, would the race have been different. – Where do these people come from???
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) July 28, 2013
Wonderful controlled drive from Lewis, could not have predicted that race pace before. Kimi and Seb had a lovely battle too.
— Paul Hembery (@PaulHembery) July 28, 2013
So it's goodnight from the Hungaroring – can't wait to come back next year #HungaroKings pic.twitter.com/KiuZ63HTfD
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) July 28, 2013
Difficult weekend we just had. Got some work to do after the break at Spa. I have confidence in @clubforce and my team to bounce back.
— Paul Di Resta (@pauldirestaf1) July 28, 2013
Maximum effort today. Fight and defend position the all race. We arrived at half championship! Now work hard to catch up ..
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) July 28, 2013
#F1 Hungary parc ferme on Sunday night – the world's coolest car park? Apart from the red Citroen… pic.twitter.com/3JJPEKf6Gj
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperf1) July 29, 2013
Share any other great Tweets you spotted during the Hungarian Grand Prix in the comments.
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2013 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Chris (@tophercheese21)
30th July 2013, 10:27
Lolled so hard at Ricciardo flipping off the Lotus camera guy AHAHAHAH
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
30th July 2013, 10:48
Κimi hasn’t even stopped his car and says have a nice holiday!!!
Ninjenius (@ninjenius)
30th July 2013, 10:53
To elaborate on Lotus’ childish but admittedly funny tweet… “Alo But Groper! We bros?”
PhilEReid (@philereid)
30th July 2013, 13:07
I cringe at a lot of the tweets that Lotus come up with, but I have to admit this one did make me laugh. I think they had it similar a few races ago too.
eljueta (@eljueta)
30th July 2013, 15:40
That one was cool, but the biggest fan one…god kill it with fire
Dj xo2 (@dj-xo2)
30th July 2013, 11:42
That Sunday night parc ferme pic is awesome! Anyone know what the time for a gp is from first time a team hits the ground to the time they leave? Do they have two sets of gear and leap frog to each gp? Would one car run two races in a row
George (@george)
30th July 2013, 12:15
This seems like a fair question to me, they basically asked if he had the speed to beat Hamilton. Cool article as always :)
andae23 (@andae23)
30th July 2013, 14:56
Loved the little tour Caterham gave us on Thursday afternoon. :)
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
30th July 2013, 15:12
I swear that I just saw Alex Roy sitting in the cockpit of a Marussia F1 car! Perhaps the NY to LA run can go sub-31 hours now? The trick is where to place the navigation systems and the gyro-stabilized binoculars (nevermind the laser jammers).
Libellula (@ladyf1fanatic)
30th July 2013, 18:19
I really fail to see why Lewis/Mercedes’s 1st win can due to Vettel being stuck behind Jenson’s McLaren!
That guy & his team were hungry for the win, they didn’t waste time behind anybody this week-end went for any overtake possible and maximize on the strategy. Kimi got his Lotus up there to second place too, one have to wonder what would happen if he qualifies higher on Saturday. His team-mate Grosjean has had some great overtakes too but also the stewardship was really harsh on him this week-end. Someone’s got too much used to cruise and collect mode from pole to win and hasn’t mastered overtaking skills yet (but running in dirty air didn’t help)!
BasCB (@bascb)
31st July 2013, 9:29
I would say Hamilton getting past Button and later getting past Webber quickly (2x) gave him that little air to spare the car, to do his own speed etc, so it defenitely was key to winning @ladyf1fanatic, but don’t take that as saying it was Vettels to lose, just that its nice to see how Hamilton made the difference with decisive moves on track, not just being faster and keeping a gap.