Formula 1: Stark climate between Red Bull and Mercedes - Kicker

In the glowing hot Budapest stands the bitter title fight before the boiling point. In the stimulus climate after the 1.5 million euros expensive crash of Silverstone, Red Bull drags the rivals of Mercedes even in front of the racing communities. The hope: a subsequent and harder punishment for Lewis Hamilton. "Everyone has his own opinion on the events in Silverstone and it was a very polarizing incident," Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said in the preview of the silver arrows.

On this Thursday afternoon by videoconference, the hearing takes place. Colleague Christian Horner, who rose little opportunities to put the Mercedes team after the victory of Hamilton in his home race in the role of the bad winner, will also be there. If he can not provide new evidence against Hamilton with his crew, the matter would be done quickly - at least before the racing commissioners.

On the track she will move in the hard-known World Cup duel of the title-style 23 year old max stages and the 36-year-old seven world champion Hamilton without a doubt ride the entire season. The summer break will not change the summer break after the Grand Prix in the Puszta. "The team can take care of the official things and everything that is still to be done after the accident", stressed stages: "My job is the same as usual: give the best and try to win on Sunday."

Trapping completes 24-hour simulation race

In order to check his fitness after the heavy impact of 51g, trapped trapping even a 24-hour simulation race. "It was a good test to see how my body reacts to sit in a position and behind a screen for a long time," emphasized the Dutch, who has the chance of the first title for longer this season. His race car works almost on all tracks, on the near-Kartbahn northeast of Budapest he should be very fast.

Hamilton is in Hungary record winner

"The course is likely to be better to our competitors than us," Wolff acknowledged. Nevertheless, record winner on the course, which has since 1986 in the racing calendar of Formula 1 a regular site, is Hamilton.

Eight times the Brite won in Hungary, most recently three times in series. If he succeeds in a second place of stages - as in the previous year - Hamilton also needs the counter for the fastest race round to equal to stages after points. Before the eleventh season race, the Dutcher leads with eight meters, he won with five half of the Grand Prix this year, Hamilton won four times. Once triumphed staked teammate Sergio Perez (Baku).

Horner refers to Hamilton as the "Aggressor"

The accident of Silverstone, as Hamilton with his car touched the car of stages so that he lost control and crashed with force into the tire stacks, the already charged duel of the two and also their racing stalls was significantly tightened. Red Bulls MotorsportChef Helmut Marko, especially versed in the Verbalattacke department, had already requested a lock for Hamilton. Horner recently laid in his column on the team homepage and called Hamilton as the "Aggressor".

The Brit can celebrate the 100th victory in his career in Hungary. Ultimately, it is a generation-endive, said ex-world champion and Hamilton-Bezwinger Nico Rosberg at the Sky Sports F1 station and prophesied: "You will not even have a centimeter place."

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