Hungarian GP

A week after the exceedingly dull German GP this one was more eventful. Until the safety car was deployed I felt a bit like falling asleep, to be honest, but when some parts lying on the track prompted the safety car, I quickly woke up. The mess in the pits with loose wheels flying around and cars colliding because of the errors of the mechanics… that was definitely something to see.

Soon the race resumed its normal course, and the main question was whether Webber would lose much over the fact that he wasn’t called to the pit box when everyone else was. Our commentator Alexey Popov predicted a complete failure… well, he was wrong. Webber could stay long enough on his soft tyres to gain advantage over everyone else and eventually win. Vettel received a penalty for violating a rule that had never been broken, and was visibly angry about it after the race, making me suspect that he fell a victim to team orders.

Schumacher showed the worst of him in his battle with Barrichello. Some of his fans are not too happy about the ten place grid penalty Michael received for the next race for his not very gentleman-like treatment of the former team-mate – but let’s face it, it was indeed dangerous. Barrichello yelling on team radio actually wanted a black flag for Michael – guess he received a real shock, but won the battle for the 10th position and the point that goes with it.

Michael, I love you, but you were really rude this time.

Lewis retired, but Vitaly brought me some consolation when he came the 5th – the best result in his career. Go Russia!

Now a long break before Belgium. Belgium is never boring.