{"id":15029,"date":"2023-07-19T08:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=15029"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T15:38:03","slug":"f2-hungary-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/07\/19\/f2-hungary-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"F2: Hungary Preview, Predictions and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Formula 2 is back in Hungary. Will Vesti extend his lead in the championship battle or is Pourchaire going to be able to catch him?<\/h3>\n<p>After Silverstone, the championship battle seems to have reignited with Pourchaire just six points behind Vesti. The Dane in the past gp had to retire after a contact during the feature race while Pourchaire came in third, collecting important points for the championship. Despite a 5-second penalty, Martins won the race, bringing home his first victory in Formula 2 and another 30 points. Bearman and Martis have equal points in the drivers\u2019 standings but things can change after the Hungarian GP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/01\/f2-5-takeaways-from-hungary\/\" target=\"_self\">The Hungaroring<\/a> could be a turning point for the championship where every point is important. We could witness some twists and turns this weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heading to the Hungaroring \ud83d\udeeb<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HungarianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HungarianGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#F2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Prb4YzPlud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Prb4YzPlud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Formula 2 (@Formula2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Formula2\/status\/1680870254224760836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">The Circuit &#8211; The Hungaroring\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Hungaroring is 4.381 km with 14 turns. This circuit is known for its few straights therefore overtaking has always proved a challenge, due to the tight layout of the circuit. This is why a good position on the grid during the qualifying session on Friday is very important for the drivers.<\/p>\n<h3>F2 Championship standings<\/h3>\n<p>After the Hungarian GP there is just one race before the summer break and we\u2019re also getting near the end of the championship. Behind the Vesti and Pourchaire, there is an impatient Iwasa who hopes to return to the podium after some disappointing weekends.<\/p>\n<h4>Drivers<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Fredrick Vesti \u2013 135 points<\/li>\n<li>Theo Pourchaire \u2013 129 points<\/li>\n<li>Ayum Iwasa\u2013 111 points<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Bearman \u2013 88 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Prema Racing \u2013 223 points<\/li>\n<li>ART Grand Prix \u2013 217 points<\/li>\n<li>DAMS \u2013 150 points<\/li>\n<li>Rodin Carlin\u2013 134 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Forecast<\/h3>\n<p>The forecast for the first day of the weekend is slightly rainy during the free practice and more intense rain during the qualifying session.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The weather should get worse on Saturday but not during the Sprint Race, with a risk of rain of only 23%.\u00a0Luckily on Sunday, the sky should be clear with good temperatures for the start of the Feature Race<\/p>\n<h3>Predictions (Feature Race\/Sprint Race)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pole: Vesti\/ Iwasa<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>P1: Vesti\/ Fittipaldi<\/li>\n<li>P2: Martins\/ Iwasa<\/li>\n<li>P3: Pourchaire\/Bearman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to watch Formula 2 this weekend (EDT)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free Pratice <\/strong><strong>07\/<\/strong><strong>21<\/strong><em>:\u00a0<\/em> 05:05 AM- 05:50 AM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualifying 07\/21:<\/strong> 10:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sprint Race 07\/22:<\/strong> 08:15 AM &#8211; 09:00 AM<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Feature Race 07\/23:<\/strong> 04:05 AM &#8211; 05:05 AM<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can watch the race on <a href=\"https:\/\/f1tv.formula1.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F1Tv,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espnplayer.com\/packages\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ESPN+<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkySportF1<\/a>. There are local broadcasters listed here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula2.com\/About\/5KKoOKrH2MbJlUgtRMYDQy\/where-to-watch-us-f2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F2 Where to Watch<\/a> and it\u2019s possible to follow the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula2.com\/livetiming\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> live timing<\/a> of each session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 2 is back in Hungary. Will Vesti extend his lead in the championship battle or is Pourchaire going to be able to catch him? After Silverstone, the championship battle seems to have reignited with Pourchaire just six points behind Vesti. The Dane in the past gp had to retire after a contact during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4754,"featured_media":15038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"424","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,544],"tags":[1725,1917,989,112,1687],"class_list":["post-15029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-2","tag-ayumu-iwasa","tag-frederick-vesti","tag-hungarian-gp","tag-prema-racing","tag-theo-pourchaire"],"modified_by":"Vincent van der Hoek","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}