World: Above this is spoken in the paddock in Hungary

Orban: "The battle between the left and the right is immigration and the question of the genre"

The nationalist and ultra-conservative leader exposed his vision on the challenges that his country is confronted: "there Has a war, an energy crisis and a galloping inflation, and all of this helps to divert us from real subjects on immigration and the question of gender. " © AP Viktor Orban at the top of NATO in Madrid, June 30, 2022. Viktor Orban was in Romania to address the important Hungarian community directly.

Who gets the pole position for Hungary's Grand Prix? On Saturday (4:00 p.m./Sky) it could be turbulent in qualification, because after hot summer days it should rain or even storm on the course near Budapest.

© Darko Bandic/AP/dpa Max Verstappen, the World Cup ranking leads before the Grand Prix of Hungary with 63 points ahead.

that should mix up the tableau. In the previous year, the Frenchman Esteban Ocon achieved his first career victory in a chaotic Grand Prix.

Farewell tour

The cancellation announcement by Sebastian Vettel is the dominant topic of the paddock. Without exception, all pilots regret the farewell of the four -time world champion after the current season. «We will miss him after so many years. He is a great champion and also a great person, with very strong values, »said ex-champion Fernando Alonso. Alpine's Spaniard also wished to continue to find Vettel in the paddock in the future. The 35-year-old Vettel from Aston Martin wants to take care of his wife and the three children from the end of November.

Viktor Orban ally resigns over 'pure Nazi' speech

A long time adviser to the Hungarian prime minister resigns over speech criticising "race mixing".Zsuzsa Hegedus, who has known the nationalist Mr Orban for 20 years, described the speech as a "pure Nazi text", according to Hungarian media.

title fight

has never led a driver so clearly in the World Cup ranking at that time and then did not become world champion in the end. Max Verstappen can take the remaining ten World Cup runs calmly - or not? "I don't look at the points, but only for the next race," said the Dutch Red Bull star. He lies 63 points in front of the second -placed Charles Leclerc in Ferrari, who wants to continue fighting hard and was very strong in training on Friday. "I believe in it until the end," said Leclerc about his chances of title.

on the Lauer

does the Hungarian specialist interfere in the fight for victory? With eight triumphs and eight pole positions, nobody has been as successful on Hungaroring as Lewis Hamilton. Three third places in succession and finally a second place in France indicate a very clear upward trend by the Mercedes star. Team boss Toto Wolff stacks before the 13th of a total of 22 season runs, but rather deeply, since the upgrades on the silver arrow recently did not ignite as desired. Even at the start in Hungary, things were not going well for his drivers. "We know that we still have a lot of work ahead of us," said the Austrian Wolff.

Hamilton: Vettel stood by me | He's a beautiful human being

Lewis Hamilton has praised rival Sebastian Vettel for supporting his anti-racism campaigning, after the four-time world champion announced his retirement from F1.Vettel announced on Thursday, ahead of this weekend's Hungarian GP, that he will sign off at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November, which will mark his 300th race.

not optimal

on the hunt for World Cup points is Mick Schumacher in the team internal Haas-Stall duel. The German has to do without technical improvements to his car at the weekend at the weekend. The Dane Kevin Magnussen, on the other hand, gets an update because it is in the World Cup ranking in front of Schumacher. The team from the USA had not managed to produce enough components for both cars. This is also due to Schumacher's accidents at the start of the season, which did significantly more work for the mechanics.

off on vacation

after the Grand Prix at the gates of Budapest, Formula 1 says goodbye to a good three -week break. The Belgian Spa only continues at the end of August. Later there is a demanding program with races in Singapore, Japan, the USA, Brazil, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates. "The first weeks of the second part of the season are hard," said Günther Steiner, team boss of Haas. It starts with three big prices in three weeks in Europe before the world tour continues.