Ups and downs, tops and flops of the 2023 Hungarian GP

Despite Hamilton’s half-miracle in Saturday’s qualifying, the Hungarian GP also ended with Verstappen’s unbroken dominance. So here it is that we also bow to this year’s trend, in this case with the Dutch omnivore. Let’s finish bleaching our hair like Hulkenberg and then head off to discover the worst of the Budapest weekend, Verstappen.

Let’s open an episode with strong Verstappenian colours, somewhat like the 2023 World Championship, in short, with the very candid soulful response that MV Megusta himself reserved for a naïve man who kept asking him from a distance ”Hey Max, what a monotony, how many victories do you think you will give up to others between now and the end of the year!?!”. Verstappen replied generously – given the trend – “1”, conveyed by raising his middle finger. When it was pointed out that he could also use other fingers to answer, the Dutchman replied this time using a cultured quote. virtue in the middle

F1 2023, Hungarian GP: middle (finger) in stat vertus

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max verstappen: Another outstanding Sunday for MV Megusta, an even greater launch towards a record-breaking season. The Dutchman had to cover a few hundred meters to recover the wrong pole position stolen from him by Hamilton on Saturday, an incident which in any case angered him greatly. In fact, at the end of qualifying, Verstappen sat alone in the Red Bull box for a long time, contemplating what had happened and cursing at anyone who tried to get near him. The situation risked getting worse when, in countless attempts to contact, MV responded with a famous sentence from a Venetian journalist that went viral on the web because of his anger: ”If you come forward again, I’ll punch you!‘” The full right hand was shown menacingly. germax moskonnappen

F1 2023, Hungarian GP: Germax Mosknappen

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lando norris: For the second race in a row, Ferlando proved to be the closest man to Alian Verstappen. A situation that pleases him, but also like all of us, he broke the Dutchman’s dominance and broke the winner’s cup to take revenge on the podium. A curious episode which MV Megusta initially laughed at, but shortly afterwards took its revenge. In fact, during the press conference, he offered Norris a can of Red Bull recovered from behind the sofa and told him that this was the secret of his speed. After the Englishman greedily took a huge sip, Verstappen put on a very satisfied expression: indeed, the can contained a large amount of Gutmax laxative that forced poor Ferlando to spend the evening bent over the toilet bowl. purge norris

F1 2023, Hungarian GP: The Gutmax moment

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Ferrari: Another pretty muddy weekend for Prancing Horse. The Hungarian Tour, the eleventh station of the Via Crucis 2023, included, among other things, the elimination of Sainz already in Q2, a pit stop in the style of a stop on the autogrill for Leclerc, a penalty for speeding in the pit lane of Monegasque and the latter’s various outbursts towards his track engineer, then justified by talking about problems with the radio apparently not working for 3-4 hoodlums now . Grandpa’s Fiat Regatta Weekend stuff from the Ferrari SF-23 over. Truth or simple excuse, the end result is for Leclerc to be a picture of the frustration of Ferrari fans (photo below): 7th and 8th over a minute behind Verstappen. bad bug

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Sergio Perez: Thanks to Red Bull’s race pace and the incredible speed of the mechanics in the pit stop (another tire change record of 1.9 seconds!), Checo once again fixed his weekend in a race that had started in the worst possible way. A crash on the first lap of free practice and a tragic ninth-place finish in qualifying confirmed his torrid moment, made worse by the return of bogeyman Ricciardo to the race. The Mexican is now obsessed with the Australian Fluffy, to the point that he becomes depressed whenever he hears her laugh from afar, which happens 300 times a weekend. As if this was not enough, he was bullied by Helmut Marko, who once appeared before him with a happy picture of Ricciardo in the AlphaTauri suit, another time he applauded him by spoiling the name of the driver of the day award given to him by the enthusiasts. daniel of the day

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F1 2023, Hungarian GP: Checo was taken very badly

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guanyu zhou: Authentic Maldonadien masterpiece made by the Chinese at the start of the Hungarian GP. After a surprising fifth-place finish in qualifying, “Guao” Zhou asked Bottas for some advice on the start, to which the rogue Valtterio responded by showing him the mess he created at the start of the 2021 edition of the Gippão, when he took out half the grid with a strike involving both Red Bulls. The student wanted to at least imitate the master and, after initially making a hue and cry, used Ricciardo’s Alphatauri as bowling balls to attack the two Alpines. Poor Gasly and Ocon were forced to retire, while Zhou celebrated the coup against the Transalpine team by appearing in the yellow jersey for the interview. all of france

F1 2023, Hungarian GP: “Pastoron Approva” Award

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Ricciardo, who returned for the first weekend of cohabitation inside the AlphaTauri box, got the better of Tsunoda in both qualifying and the race. However, the Japanese were not particularly interested in the story, preferring to spend time with any female bipeds that the prolific Hungarians gave them nearby, even asking if it was possible to move the team’s headquarters to Budapest. Tsubionda

F1 2023, Hungarian GP: Tsubionda

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Weekend sure to be bittersweet for Nicolao Rosberg, who over two days in Budapest managed to underline the aura of his bad luck to the level of a Mazonian memory: on Saturday he took a selfie in front of Verstappen’s garage before qualifying and the Dutchman jokingly lost pole position after winning the last 5, while on Sunday he took a selfie in front of the scrutineering judge in front of Hamilton’s garage after his former teammate failed to even make it onto the podium despite starting first. So far, when you take a picture in front of a garage, fans of the targeted driver criticize him in the comments, reminding him how unlucky he is and asking him to delete the post. As if that weren’t enough, she also had to collect the tirade of a little girl on live TV who called her “Britney” twice, reopening the trauma of the evil nickname Weber gave her in 2006 for comparing her to Britney Spears and which has haunted her to this day. britney baby one more time

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And we end the episode with the pilot mentioned in the intro, whose name is Nico Hulkenberg. The German, who boasts vast career experience as a substitute for unavailable pilots, arrived in Budapest with bright blonde hair, without hiding his desire to replace Ryan Gosling in the next film dedicated to the world of Barbie. His team principal Günther Steiner was not particularly impressed, but promised him to star in another film – based on another childhood idol of many – the first time he would be able to confirm the top 10 performances he managed to achieve in each qualifying race. super seas

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