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F1 in Hungary: Strategy and fast tire changes make all the difference

F1 now takes a monthlong summer break, but what’s the state of the championship?

Just 2.7 miles (4.3 km) long, the layout features a lot of medium-speed corners one after another that make overtaking more than a little challenging—to the extent that people call it "Monaco without the walls," something you'll hear so often over the course of a Hungarian Grand Prix weekend you'll want to scream. Hill started third and eventually passed both Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve to lead the race until a hydraulic leak toward the end robbed him of victory and left him with second place. Hopes that this new generation of ground-effect car would allow one to follow another closely through corners faded after the teams couldn't really get a handle on the porpoising without raising the ride heights and making the front wings more important again.

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