The general view in the Hungarian paddock, from media as well as drivers, was that Scuderia Toro Rosso’s new boy, Jaime Alguersuari would be a danger to others and when he proved over the two days of qualifying that was not the case, the next piece of accepted wisdom was that he wouldn’t be able to finish this physically demanding race, because his neck wouldn’t be strong enough to hold his head up for 70 laps. Wrong again. In short, Jaime ticked all the boxes this weekend, learning and improving with every lap of the track.

Naturally, as the newest and youngest kid on the block, he was the focus of media attention, but let’s not forget that his teammate is not exactly the world’s most experienced F1 driver, with just ten F1 starts under his belt. He didn’t have a great day, not helped by debris damaging his front wing early on, but he is mature enough to admit to having made mistakes and that is not something racing drivers find easy to do!

We now have to wait four weeks to resume battle in Valencia and for two of those, the Formula One World Championship takes its first ever official holiday in its 59-year history. It’s going to be frustrating for the designers and engineers champing at the bit to carry on moving forward with the development of TR4, but at least their kids might recognise them now and their pets might not growl when they walk in the front door at home!

As the next round is in Spain, the media spotlight will again fall on Alguersuari, as one of two Spanish drivers on the grid. Before getting there, Jaime will probably be the only F1 driver to get some cockpit time, as he is competing in another round of the World Series by Renault at the Algarve circuit Portimao this weekend.

As for the team, they’ll be itching to get back to work as they will be bringing another important component with them to Spain – a new front wing.