The recent drama-packed race on the Nürburgring sparked memories of the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix on a similarly wet track. Budapest is the next stopping-off point for Formula One: on 5th August, the 11th of 17 World Championship rounds will be held on the tight and twisty Hungaroring.

In terms of the technical demands this winding track makes on cars, it bears closest comparison with the Monaco circuit. In the past the Budapest race has made a name for itself as a hot contest in the most literal sense, yet last year the Hungarian capital turned out to be cool and rainy.

Whereas back in Germany and Switzerland people were wondering whether they would see any more summer weather in 2007, the test team with Robert Kubica in Jerez were also able to prepare for potentially hot conditions in the high summer temperatures they encountered at the Spanish track.

This race holds special memories for the Polish driver as it was here, twelve months ago, where he made his F1 debut....

“It is good to be back in Hungary because I made my F1 debut there last year. I feel my first full season in Formula One will be completed. I am really looking forward to it, especially because it is close to my home country, so probably a lot of people will come. Last year I finished in the points, but we were disqualified,” Robert explained. “Honestly, I like the track. It is special because nearly all the time you have some steering angle, so you never have a break and the straights are very short.”

“I think it is a difficult track, but we performed very well in Monaco so I hope our performance in Hungary will be at least as good or even better. “If it is hot probably it will have been a good preparation for this at the Jerez test as I was driving there on all the days, so I will be well prepared and am not really worried. Of course it will make life harder and specially for tyre usage and degradation, but let’s see. Last year we were testing for very hot conditions and it was under 20 degrees and raining, so anything can happen.”