Seven previous winners of the Hungarian Grand Prix, including six world champions, hold the promise of great excitement when they line up on the start grid this Sunday for the nation’s biggest sporting event of the year. The 2012 Formula 1 season has been one of the most unpredictable and exciting so far, with seven… Continue »

The nightmare that is traffic and transport during the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix is upon Budapest again this weekend as fans, media and teams make their way to and from Hungaroring during the three-day spectacle. Despite selected Volánbus coach services being free for F1 ticket holders, many are likely to find themselves in traffic… Continue »

Excitement and anticipation is coursing through the veins of Force India’s Paul di Resta as he prepares for his second Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. The young Scotsman burst on to the F1 scene last year with a promotion from test driver to full-time starter with Force India. After spending four successful years in the… Continue »

When Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone was looking to hold a race behind the Iron Curtain in the 1980s, Hungary was not his first choice. In fact the Brit was negotiating with the USSR to stage a Grand Prix in Moscow. But after what was described by many as a major coup for Hungary, Ecclestone… Continue »

Hungarian swimmer Zsuzsanna Jakabos warms up in London’s Olympic Park on Wednesday. Hungary’s 158-strong Olympic team will be hoping to maintain the country’s position as 8th in the world in terms of medals won since the first modern Olympiad in 1896. Continue »

Overly expensive tickets have been deterring fans from the Hungarian Grand Prix with numbers declining steadily since its heyday in the 1980s and early 1990s. This year the organisers of the Formula One race at Hungaroring, in cooperation with public transport operators MÁV, BKK and Volánbusz, are offering a series of reduced tickets in a… Continue »

Nearly four years have gone by but it seems much less since Mayor of London Boris Johnson was accused in the Chinese media of being “rude, arrogant and disrespectful” for accepting the Olympic flag from International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge in Beijing in 2008 with only one hand. Johnson was also pilloried for… Continue »

There are five members of the Hungarian team who are preparing for their fifth Olympic Games. All of them made their debut in Atlanta in 1996 and haven’t missed an Olympiad since. Two of them won three times – water polo player Tamás Kásás and kayak racer Zoltán Kammerer – but the other three –… Continue »

Oldest: Richárd Bognár Youngest: Liliána Szilágyi The age difference between the youngest and the oldest of the Hungarian delegation is 29 years, yet neither is even close in the competition of Olympiad’s freshest or eldest. At 45 years, three months and two days double trap shooter Richárd Bognár is the oldest member of team Hungary… Continue »

Based on the statements of Hungarian Olympic Committee president Zsolt Borkai, the executive would be satisfied if athletes repeat their performance of Beijing 2008, which would mean three first place finishes and 10 medals altogether. Borkai is seemingly being very cautious, with at least twice as many Hungarians being the favourite in their events. Among… Continue »