hungarian gp

This cold seems to be hanging around longer than normal.

I don't feel bad, as such, but I still have a snotty nose and a bit of a cough.  It gets a bit better every day, but it's gotten to the point of just being annoying now.

It was the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.

It wasn't very exciting.

I mean, Lewis won and the Lotus's look particularly strong, with both finishing in the top three, but in terms of the actual race, very little really happened.

Apparently it's quite a fun circuit to drive and the spectators get quite a good view, but the circuit has a tendency to produce dull races.  On paper it does have some things to it that should make it enjoyable - it's quite short and there are quite a few sharp bends, including a couple of hairpins, for example.  But the trouble is for these to be effective overtaking spots you really need a good long straight beforehand for the cars to build up speed on.  This is particularly true where there are big bends that follow technical bits where drivers may make mistakes.

The main outcome of the race is probably to make the championship a bit closer.  Alonso is still quite a way ahead, but there's now a clutch of 4 drivers who could all potentially catch him.  However, it would probably take a spate of unreliability or lack of performance for Alonso for that to be likely.

There's also a very good chance, given the way the season has so far tended to play out that those drivers will actually all squabble over sins and second places, effectively taking points off each other.  That happened in the last couple of seasons and was a big part of why Vettel won.

It's now the big august break, when the teams are required to have two weeks where they close the factories and everyone takes a break.  It generally results in more than two weeks without races, though.

While it's good for me as it'll give me a chance to catch up, I have to say this year it would probably be better if they didn't have it.  The races will stretch out until November this year, and it's a bit silly if I'm honest.  Particularly as we'll probably start up again in March.