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Let us return on the various events organized during this week…

Monday…

1. Possible reconversion ?

Nick Heidfeld was at the Nürbürgring to test Troy Corser's superbike. The australian driver tested the F1.09. http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/bilder/cat.php?bps=999&sort=1&Submit.x=10&Submit.y=12&c=09nhsbk

Wednesday…

1. Guest-stars…

Nelson Piquet Jr participated at the broadcast « Reggeli » on RTL (hungarian TV channel). This is the video : http://www.rtlklub.hu/musorok/reggeli/cikk/274214 Then, he gave a second interview before to test a race simulator for Renault. There are his pics : http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/18888938.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1248341483&Signature=WY0k4gqFRUJ8Ow13DJOcFts%2Bt0w%3D ; http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/18889139.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1248341387&Signature=zbw4lvhOcGSgBjCDnK8VfDfHj5I%3D ; http://f1-gallery.gportal.hu/gindex.php?pg=3585214&nid=5145124 During this time, Fernando Alonso was in Madrid for the Cajastur Scholarships. There are some pics : http://picture.belga.be/belgapicture/editorial/all/coverage/1105719.html

Thursday…

1. Shoesmania

In the forenoon, Nico Rosberg visited the Vaas shoes in Budapest. http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090724/z1248423632.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090724/1248423616.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090724/1248424209.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090724/1248423686.jpg

1. Press conference…

At 3pm, Jaime Alguersuari, Robert Kubiça, Kimi Räikkönen and Mark Webber was invited in press room.

1. Press conference

Kimi Räikkönen was in press conference for his personal support, Tag Heuer. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8282/raikk3.jpg ; http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1466/raikk2.jpg ; http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6782/raikk1.jpg ; http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2784/raikk0.jpg

1. Viva España...

Franz Tost presented officially to the press the new STR driver, Jaime Alguersuari. http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203366.jpg

1. And the winner is…

Jenson Button received an award for his hungarian victory of 2006. http://www.sutton-images.com/previews/d09hun235.jpg

1. Goal !

Giancarlo Fisichella played soccer with the bulgarian TV. http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203325.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203327.jpg

1. Autographs session

The autographs session was organized with all the drivers.

Friday…

1. Press conference…

At 4pm, Stefano Domenicali, Norbert Haug, Christian Horner and Franz Tost answered to journalists' questions.

1. Smile (if possible)…

Nelson Piquet Jr. and Fernando Alonso attended at a promotional operation for Renault. http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq106/axi91/4-1.jpg ; http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq106/axi91/3-1.jpg ; http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8853/guest600.jpg ; http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2268/guest600y.jpg ; http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/33/guest600ztv.jpg

Saturday…

1. Photoshoot

Williams did a family photo in the pits. http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203991.jpg

1. Happy Birthday !

Nelson Piquet Jr. is 24 years old.

Sunday…

1. Drivers parade : http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/2009/090726/z1248606686.jpg

1. Solidarity

Ferrari honoured Felipe Massa who is in hospital. « Forza Felipe, siamo con ti ! » (Go Felipe, we are with you !) http://www.formula1.com/photos/597x478/sutton/2009/d09hun1520.jpg

Gossip page…

1. The last weekend, Williams organized his traditional summer celebration in the factory.
2. Nico Rosberg, Giancarlo Fisichella and Flavio Briatore spent these two last weeks in Sardinia. The Captain of Grove rented a yacht with some friends. Fisico and Flavio Briatore have each their own boat.
3. The last week, Flavio Briatore gave a party and « Fisico » was there.
4. Robert Kubiça will still wear BMW's colors in 2010.
5. Friday, Sébastien Buemi received a fine of 1,800€ for excessive speed in the pits.
6. Campos Meta1 is interested by Marc Gené and Pedro de la Rosa for 2010.
7. USF1 GP wants Alexander Wurz the next year.
8. Arlan Kaltenegger wrote a song to Sebastian Vettel, « Drive on ».
9. Saturday evening, Luis Antonio, Ana Elena et Rafaela Massa left São Paulo to join Felipe Massa at the hospital of Budapest.

They said…

This weekend, we'll follow Mark Webber's and Jaime Alguersuari's evolution.

It was friday…

“We’ve had a good day so far. It’s normal for Budapest to be pretty warm, so we’ve experienced the normal characteristics and the problems that Budapest throws at the engineers and drivers. The car seems to be going okay at the moment - we’ll see what fuel loads people are running as usual tomorrow and on Sunday. We’ve got a bit of work to do with our car but, in general, it’s been a reasonably positive day, with the exception of stopping towards the end of the second session with a hydraulic problem.” Mark Webber

“I am quite happy with how today has gone, especially this morning, when I had a good pace and felt quite confident. In the second session, my lap time could have been better, but I didn’t get a clean lap on the option tyre. I am learning all the time. The hardest part was the entry into the high speed corners, which I need to take much faster, but that will come as my confidence grows and I do more kilometres. Every time I went out from the garage, I was learning and felt more comfortable with the situation.” Jaime Alguersuari

It was saturday…

“Not a great session for me in Q3, as I made a mistake in Turn 2. Sebastian did a clean lap and it should be a good race between all of us tomorrow. Well done to Fernando too, it’s good for Renault to have another engine up here and to be on pole. Rubens (Barrichello) didn’t make it through into Q3, so Sebastian and I are in a good position to capitalise on that and hopefully get some points. The KERS cars will be arriving on the straight somewhere, we don’t know when, but that’s how it is.” Mark Webber

"Finishing qualifying with a failure is never good - I had a problem with the throttle control system - but we have to be content because I didnt make any mistakes so far this weekend. On my first two sets of tyres I did a good job. As for the race, I am really looking forward to it and I will be happy if I finish." Jaime Alguersuari

The race…

''“I expected us to be a little bit quicker after our running on Friday, but to be honest we expected these guys (McLaren and Ferrari) to be around us. We knew it would be a more difficult venue for us and that we wouldn’t have the advantage that we maybe had at the last two events so, all-in-all, I’m happy to get the result we did today. I think we would have had a better chance to fight with Kimi (Raikkonen) if we’d made a slightly different pit stop and chose a different tyre for the middle stint, but that was my call. I was worried about how long the middle stint was, so it was quite difficult to know which tyre to put on. Overall we still have a lot of positives to take away from here - we’re still up there, we’re in the hunt and know that we can take our car to a lot of venues and be competitive. Red Bull and Renault have a lot to be proud of, we’re still a strong force and it’s a positive day.”' Mark Webber

“I am very happy to have finished, but the last five laps were very difficult from the physical point of view. I found it hard to keep the car on the pace, but I am very satisfied. P15 is not so bad, but the main objective was to complete the 70 laps, with no mistakes, maintaining my pace. I have learned a lot but I have to say there are some aspects of F1 which made me think, ‘this is tough’.” Jaime Alguersuari

Paddock side…

This column will be dedicated to the drivers’ families, the VIP, the paddock’s beauties and the men of the weekend...

1. F1-circus' families

Norbert & Fabian Vettel ( Seb's dad & brother), the clan Alguersuari (Jaime's parents & his sister), Ann Neal, Jessica Michibata, Antoine Buemi (Sébastien's dad), Nelson Piquet, Dudu Massa, Anthony Hamilton, Nicole Scherzinger, Patricia Papen, are there this weekend.

Vettel(s) : http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4526/d09hun15.jpg

Nelson(s) : http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3195/wri00002992025.jpg

Jessica : http://motorsport.com/photos/f1/2009/hun/f1-2009-hun-xp-0004.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203666.jpg

Nicole : http://www.formula1.com/photos/597x478/sutton/2009/d09hun1703.jpg

Patricia : http://www.f1-live.com/f1/photos/2009/gphungaroring/diapo_461.jpg

1. Guest-stars

Jacques Villeneuve, DC, Ari Vatanen, Fred Opert, Peter Windsor, Colin Syn, Willi Weber, Thomas Frank, Mr Moko and his girlfriend, Sir Franck Williams, Vicky Chandhok, Johnny Herbert, Zolt Baumgartner, John Bullough, Dieter Mateschitz, attended at Hungary GP.

1. The prettiest ladies of weekend

http://www.f1-live.com/f1/photos/2009/gphungaroring/diapo_416.jpg ; Laia : http://www.f1-live.com/f1/photos/2009/gphungaroring/diapo_408.jpg ; http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/images/500/q_75/sw_adrivo/se_sutton/0203515.jpg ; http://www.f1-live.com/f1/photos/2009/gphungaroring/diapo_423.jpg

1. The men of weekend

Lewis Hamilton & Timo Glock : McLaren finds back the success way finally. Having dominated the practices and the grand prix, Lewis Hamilton wins. It's his first victory since Shanghaï 2008. Timo Glock takes three points after a very beautiful race.