Hungarian GP - Preview
25.07.2011
It is just past the half way mark in the season and before the summer break there is the 11th of the 19 Grands Prix on the agenda. The Sauber F1 Team is packing up at a rainy Nürburgring, and is hoping for warmer weather which should give the Sauber C30-Ferraris more grip next week in Budapest.
11th of 19 Rounds of the FIA Formula One World Championship, 29th to 31st July 2011
Kamui Kobayashi (car number 16):
“I have good memories of Budapest from last year. I started from 23rd on the grid and was able to overtake quite a few competitors and end up ninth. It was really a brilliant race. It’s a very technical track with mainly medium speed and slow corners. The straight is quite short, therefore in the past it was very difficult to overtake, but this year we have the DRS which will help us to put on a more exciting race for the fans. Often the temperatures in Budapest are very high, so tyre management will be crucial and tricky. But so far this season our car has been quite kind to its tyres, so we should be in a strong position to score a good result.”
Sergio Pérez (car number 17):
“To me the Hungaroring is a very good, technical and slow circuit. Traction and braking stability are very important. It is physically pretty demanding, and it has a really nice atmosphere. I believe it should be a good track for us, and I definitely want to score points there before the summer break. Last year I was fighting for the GP2 championship at the Hungaroring, and I must admit it wasn't such a good weekend. I finished third in the first race, but crashed in the second. Off the track I also like the city a lot, as it is a very nice and enjoyable place to be.”
James Key, Technical Director:
“The Hungaroring is a long established circuit which the teams know well. It’s a fairly low speed track with lots of medium and low speed corners, but all of them are quite flowing rather than stop start. It’s one of the high downforce circuits during the year. Not as high as Monaco, but certainly higher than the majority of circuits. It’s one of those tracks which is either a favourite of teams and drivers or not. But generally for me it’s a place I enjoy going to. It will be an interesting event because we will have the soft and super soft tyre compounds, which we haven’t run since Canada. These are tyres which I think will work very well there. It is usually fairly hot there, so the ambient and track temperatures play a role in the way the tyres work and how you have to operate your car. It’s also a track which has never been particularly easy for overtaking, so qualifying and race strategy will probably play quite an important part. If the temperatures are high, and tyre degradation is also high we could well see a number of different strategies being played out. We will have the same configuration of car as at the Nürburgring because it’s only one week later, but we feel it’s probably a circuit where the car could work well with the right conditions, and we are looking forward to going there.”
Circuit: Hungaroring / 4.381 km
Race distance: 70 laps / 306.630 km
Schedule: Qualifying and Race at 14:00 hrs local time (12:00 hrs GMT)
Kamui Kobayashi
Born: 13.09.1986 Amagasaki (JP)
Marital statu: Single
Height / Weight: 1.68 m / 58 kg
First GP: Brazil 2009 (9th)
GP started: 31
Best race result: 5th (Monaco 2011)
Best qualifying: 8th (Silverstone 2011)
Fastest race laps: -
Points in total: 62 (3 in 2009, 32 in 2010)
Points in 2011: 27 (11th overall)
Sergio Pérez
Born: 26.01.1990 Guadalajara (MX)
Marital status: Single
Height / Weight: 1.73 m / 63 kg
First GP: Australia 2011(7th/disqualified)
GP started: 8
Best race result: 7th (Silverstone 2011)
Best qualifying: 10th (Monaco 2011)
Fastest race laps: -
Points in total: 8
Points in 2011: 8 (14th overall)
With 35 points the Sauber F1 Team is currently 6th in the Constructors‘ Championship
Schedule for the group interview sessions during the weekend:
Thursday:
13:30-13:40 – Sergio Pérez – TV (Spanish, then English)
13:40-13:50 – Sergio Pérez – written media (Spanish)
13:50-14:00 – Sergio Pérez – written media (English)
14:00-14:10 – Kamui Kobayashi – TV (Japanese, then English)
14:10-14:20 – Kamui Kobayashi – written media (Japanese)
14:20-14:30 – Kamui Kobayashi – written media (English)
17:00-17:20 – Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn – all media (German and English)
Friday:
16:45-16:55 – Kamui Kobayashi – TV (Japanese, then English)
16:45-16:55 – Sergio Pérez – TV (Spanish, then English)
Saturday:
16:45-16:55 – Kamui Kobayashi – TV (Japanese, then English)
16:55-17:05 – Kamui Kobayashi – written media (Japanese)
17:05-17:15 – Kamui Kobayashi – written media (English)
16:45-16:55 – Sergio Pérez – written media (Spanish)
16:55-17:05 – Sergio Pérez – written media (English)
17:05-17:15 – Sergio Pérez – TV (Spanish, then English)
18:00-18:30 – Esteban Gutièrrez (on request)
Sunday:
After the race the drivers will be available in the mixed zone set up by the FIA. Peter Sauber, Monisha Kaltenborn and James Key will be available in the team’s area.
Credit: Sauber F1 Team (www.sauberf1team.com)
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