rFactor1 ING Magyiar Grand Prix - Budapest - Comment

It was clear since the practise that rF1 Magyiar Grand Prix was going to be a really hard race, maybe because of the particular track layout.
In qualify, again a Pole position for Corigliano, with Cabiddu 2nd and Baroni 3rd.
Best qualify of the season for Greg (5th) and Wariof (6th) while GM Serra was not able to make his fastes lap showed in Friday. Penalties "+5 pos in grid" for Luty (changed the gearbox) and Nieto (from accident in German GP).

GM Serra is back to podium: 6th time in 9 races, now he is only 6 points from leader Baroni.

At the start, Cabiddu tried to take the lead, but fought too much with the poleman and Baroni overtook both. Great start for GM Serra, who redeems itself after the bad performance in qualifying, taking the 5th place and undermining Zingalus fourth place.
In the middle of the group, contacts between Smith and Giaky Serra and Wariof and Luty.
At the end of the first lap, pits for Smith, Giaky Serra and Bianchi.
Third lap, quite bad accident for Bianchi (Renault) at corner 6: the driver is ok. In same lap, pitstop for Bernard after a contact in the middle of the track: he will have another pit in the following lap.


Finally a great race for Luty, 4th place for the polish driver.

Fifth lap, second pit for Giaky Serra and first for Nieto with Brawn.
Three laps later, pit for Nieto's teammate Greg, who showed he qualified with empty tank.
Starting from 10th lap, and for the following five laps, we saw the pitstops of Vacca, GM Serra, Iudicello, Burdisso, Baroni, Corigliano, Wariof, Zingalus, Smith, Cabiddu and Luty. After pitstop, the new standing saw Cabiddu leading, Zingalus second, Corigliano and Baroni behind them.In these laps, Luty is fighting in points zone.

Cabiddu wins again: here his celebration on podium with Zingalus.

In sixteenth lap, second pit for Greg and third for Giaky Serra.
Two laps later, second pitstop for Baroni, but his pitmen were not ready and he wasn't able to complete the stop .
At 22nd lap, the most important accident of the race: in first corner, Baroni completely missed the brake and hit Corigliano, with BMW driver who is still in hospital for check. In same corner, few second before, Wariof spun off and hit the wall with his Ferrari (retired).
Last three laps are just a "red carpet" for first three drivers, with Cabiddu taking his second win, Zingalus again second and GM Serra (just 6 points from the leader without any win) again third. Points for Luty, Iudicello, Greg, Burdisso and Smith, after a very difficult race.