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Formula 1 Hungarian GP
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The Hungaroring produced Formula 1's newest Grand Prix winner and numerous flashpoints along the way. Here we analyse the factors that will make the 2024 race a memorable one, and not just for the victorious Oscar Piastri
Alex Kalinauckas
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The Hungaroring had held 38 Formula 1 races. Some have been utter stinkers. Others, total thrillers. And, although McLaren scored a 1-2 from a front row lockout – Oscar Piastri leading home Lando Norris to score his first grand prix victory in the 39th contest – this was certainly the latter.
It was a contest bursting with narratives. At every stage, something enough to fill a 3000-word race report alone on other more predictable days occurred. That’s what made it so compelling. The emotional core of many of these elements only enhanced everything.
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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.
A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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