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Important Facts
Circuit Hungaroring:
Circuit Length: 4,381 km
Laps: 70
Race length: 306.663 km
Lap Record: Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - 1 min 19.071
The Circuit
The Hungaroring circuit is located 19 km from the centre of Budapest, alongside the M3 motorway at the border of the village, Mogyoród. With this exceptional natural advantage, almost 80 percent of the racetrack is visible from any point. This is one of the reasons it is called "The Shallow Plate", as the spectators are watching the races sitting by the side of an imaginary plate.
At the Grand Opening, the total length of the Hungaroring was 4013,786 meters. A minor correction was made during 1989, as a result of cutting an S-curve combination, the circuit then became faster giving an extra overtaking opportunity to the drivers; but the full track length was reduced to 3,968 meters.
The full length of the start-finish line is 700 meters; the top speed here is approximately 320 km/h. The track is at its widest at 15 meters, elsewhere the width varies between 10 and 11 meters, relative to the possible highest speed.
The surface structure is a triple layer of asphalt, 5 cm thick each on 20-cm thick rubble and 20-cm thick concrete. The relative level difference between the highest and lowest point of the Ring is 36 meters. The greatest slope is 6,4% while the largest descent is as much as 6,7%.
The Hungaroring circuit meets the highest technical requirements and has become one of safest racetracks in the world. Due to the reconstruction works being carried out at Hungaroring Circuit, which were agreed with the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile), FOM (Formula One Management Ltd.) and the local ASN, the National Automobile Sport Federation of Hungary - in the year 2003 the start-straight became a 202 meters longer while the circuit length changed to 4384,08 meters.
The 2006 Grand Prix was the first to be held at this circuit in wet conditions. It also saw Mansell's seventeen-year-old record of winning from 12th broken, as Button took his victory from 14th place on the grid.