the finn Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota), current world champion of the WRCdevastated his rivals in the Estonian Rally to achieve his third consecutive victory in the Baltic test. After dominating the eight stages of the day on Saturday and obtaining an advantage of 34.9 seconds over the second classified, the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), Rovanperá, far from dosing himself and running defensively, continued his display on Sunday. Photo: @World / Red Bull Content Pool. The Nordic once again claimed victory in the four stages of the third day, making clear his superiority and finishing the rally with 52.7 seconds advantage over Neuville and 59.5 over his compatriot Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai), which completed the test podium. “Going in...
Lando Norris has starred in the most grotesque moment of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Once the trophy delivery ceremony was over, the McLaren driver proceeded to uncork the bottle of champagneand he did it, as is his custom, banging the bottle against the drawer. What he didn’t see is that Max Verstappen’s trophy was on the edge of the podium, so hitting the step, he fell to the ground and broke to piecessince the trophies in Hungary are made of porcelain. Upon realizing the damage, Norris and Verstappen looked at each other and began to laughleaving a moment that has quickly gone viral on social media and has sparked jokes from both Red Bull and McLaren.
Fernando Alonso he finished the Hungarian Grand Prix in ninth position, which is the worst result of the season. A painful resultespecially at the Hungaroring where there were high hopes for a great performance. However, it was a reality check. Alonso finished ninth and Stroll tenth, remaining as the fifth team in discord. A considerable drop from the start of the season when they were clearly the second best team. And this new reality has been assumed by Fernando Alonso himself. At the end of the race, he was very candid about the level of Aston Martin: “I’ve had a bit of a lonely career. There would be no rhythm to attack or great rivals from behind with which to fight We always lacked those three or four tenths. A lonely race.” “We have added fewer points than we...
Updated Monday, July 24, 2023 – 01:56 “It’s disappointing, but also a reality check,” admits Mike Krack, as the Spaniard laments the lack of grip. Alonso, during qualifying on Saturday at the Hungaroring.EFE The worst result of the year, with three points for its drivers, was not the only bad news for Aston Martin at the Hungaroring, where for the third consecutive race there was not even enough pace to fight for podium places. Because even worse than that meager baggage was the distance that yielded Fernando Alonso versus max verstappen and Lando Norristhe two fittest drivers in the World Championship: 75 seconds against the next world champion and 42 seconds with the young Briton. In a 70-lap race, with two stops at boxes Of all the favourites, the gulf between th...
Aston Martin collapses. After being the big surprise at the start of the season, achieving six podiums in the first ten racesin the last month it has been plunged into a crisis of results that has been confirmed in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Silverstone team He has been left without getting on the podium for the third consecutive Grand Prixbeing the worst result of the year by adding only three points with the ninth position by Fernando Alonso and the tenth by Lance Stroll. But there is a fact that is even more symptomatic of the bad moment that Aston Martin is going through. Alonso’s ninth place is his worst result in Hungary in the last decade. Even in the McLaren Honda years, the Asturian’s results were better than those obtained this weekend. After this bad result, Aston...
All Aston Martin fears have been confirmed in Hungary. The ninth position of Fernando Alonso and the tenth of Lance Stroll are the definitive proof that the performance of the Silverstone team has plummeted and that it was not due to a specific situation that could be attributed to the Spielberg or Silverstone circuits. After the race, Mike Krack, Aston Martin’s team manager, expressed his concern about the direction of the team. “The result is disappointing, but it is also a reality check. We’ve had a couple of races where we thought it was specific to the track and we thought we could be fast here and we haven’t been,” Krack told ‘DAZN’. The Luxembourg engineer does not evade his responsibility and admits that Aston Martin must react: “This...
Hennessey Performancethe famed Texas-based tuner, has just unveiled a package of high-performance upgrades for the new Ford S650 Mustang Dark Horsewhich increases engine power and improves the appearance of the latest version of the iconic pony car. He Mustang Dark Horse S650 It’s powered by the 5.0-liter Gen-4 Coyote V8 engine, albeit upgraded with connecting rods taken from the GT500 and a dual throttle body for 500 horsepower. This model can be ordered with either a Tremec 6-speed manual or a Ford 10-speed automatic transmission, plus upgraded Brembo multi-piston brakes. But now, Hennessey outdid itself with a new high-performance superchargera high-flow air induction system, upgraded fuel injectors, and a new fuel pump, all of which are managed electronica...
Esteban Ocon it lasted a couple of laps at the Hungarian GP. The Frenchman, who last year almost killed Fernando Alonso as soon as he started, had an accident with his teammate, Pierre Gasly, at the start of the Hungaroring event. In large part, thanks to Guanyu Zhou. Because the Chinese, who started fifth, stayed practically stopped at the exit. He braked late, very late, and tagged Ricciardo to start a domino effect that put the Alpines out. Now, the one from Évreux has recognized that the impact was stronger than it seemed at first: “My seat broke in two pieces.” “That was the strong blow. I got out of the car and I thought it was the suspension that broke… but no. It was the seat,” he says. And he continues, putting a lot on the ground of others in relatio...
Formula 1 has reached the middle of the season with the completion of the Hungarian Grand Prix that returned to the same winner as always: max verstappen. The Dutchman added another victory and allowed Red Bull to break the record for consecutive victories in the history of Formula 1, a streak that reaches 12 wins. The only thing that escaped him was the trophy, as it was accidentally smashed by Lando Norris in the podium celebration. Precisely the British finished in second position. The McLaren driver has confirmed the step forward of those from Woking and kept the other Red Bull at bay, Sergio Perezto add a new podium, the second this season. lewis hamilton he stayed close, but off the podium. The seven-time champion took pole to the surprise of the entire paddock, but in the second cor...
According to the National Water Commission (CONAGUA)for the 2023 rainy and tropical cyclone season, 30% more intense activity is forecast compared to the previous season in the Pacific, while in the Atlantic the average is expected to decrease by 10%. The rainy Torrential storms, as well as floods, landslides, and other effects such as tropical cyclones and hurricanes favor the occurrence of damage and the generation of risk situations, especially when driving any type of vehicle, which is why, in this rainy season, precautionary measures must be taken when driving. In Mexico, According to the Mexican Institute of Transport (IMT) in 2022, of the total traffic accidents by factor 5% correspond to “natural agents” such as rain, fog and other natural agents. ...
Updated Sunday, July 23, 2023 – 18:16 “It wasn’t totally my responsibility, because Max put it too close to the edge,” says the Briton after breaking the winner’s trophy. Verstappen, with his broken trophy at the Hungaroring.F1 The second podium finish of 2023, just two weeks after Silverstone, filled the Lando Norris, which at the Hungaroring once again extracted the full potential of the MCL60. The euphoria of the British pilot was transferred to the podium, where he opened the champagne in such an effusive way that he ended up breaking the trophy of max verstappenhandmade and valued at 40,000 euros. “It wasn’t totally my responsibility, because Max put it too close to the edge,” said the former teammate. Carlos Sainz shortly after the unfo...
It is increasingly clear who is the number 1 of Ferrari. Who is the right eye of the ‘Scuderia’. Who is the authentic leader of those from Maranello. Yes, looking at the World Cup classification it should not be like that, but the Italians’ commitment to Charles Leclerc instead of Carlos Sainz became more than evident at the Hungarian Grand Prix. From the beginning to the end. From an outcome in which Sainz stayed at 0.7 of a Monegasque sanctioned after the decision, controversial decision, by Ferrari. Because the transalpines decided. They decided to give advantage to the pilot who, of the two, was worse positioned at the Hungarian ring. With Sainz ahead of Charles, Ferrari sent Leclerc to the pits for exactly throw an ‘undercut’. So that Leclerc, after the f...