Footage from the current check at Balaton Park has given us our first have a look at the circuit which can host the Hungarian MotoGP later this 12 months.
Hungary was final on the bike grand prix calendar in 1992, when the Hungaroring hosted the second of its two races, having first appeared in 1990.
However the Balaton Park circuit is ready to revive the Hungarian Grand Prix this 12 months on 22–24 August. The circuit can even host WorldSBK for the primary time on 25–27 July.
Forward of that World Superbike spherical, plenty of riders from the manufacturing by-product sequence headed there for a check on inventory bikes.
A type of was Michael van der Mark, who handily positioned a digital camera on his BMW M1000 RR, permitting us to see the monitor for the primary time from an on-board perspective.
Whereas there are sections of the format the place pace builds up, it seems to be one dominated by tight, gradual sections and chicanes.
It’s additionally a circuit that Honda’s Iker Lecuona admitted he didn’t like after driving it, and his staff supervisor at Honda HRC, Jose Escamez, additionally referred to as into query the security of the monitor after the check.
MotoGP bikes have additionally been on-track at Balaton this week: Augusto Fernandez was there on the Yamaha YZR-M1, Stefan Bradl aboard the Honda RC213V, Michele Pirro on the Ducati Desmosedici GP, Matteo Baiocco on the Aprilia RS-GP, and Pol Espargaro with the KTM RC16.
Bradl shared the same opinion on the format to his HRC colleagues from WorldSBK, and complained in regards to the lack of alternatives to make use of a MotoGP bike to its full capability by way of straight line efficiency.
“Driving a MotoGP bike on this monitor is an actual wrestle,” the HRC MotoGP check rider instructed Italian publication GPOne.
“There are numerous left-handers after which right-handers, together with many chicanes and a complete of 4 first-gear corners, greater than at Motegi.
“The monitor format is extraordinarily gradual for MotoGP; there isn’t a fluidity, there are not any quick and flowing sections. It is actually onerous.
“Nobody will go there and say, ‘Wow, what a lovely monitor!’
“The monitor jogs my memory a little bit of the KymiRing, however no less than that had a protracted straight. Right here in Hungary it isn’t like that: you do not even enter sixth gear as soon as.”
Bradl added that he has issues in regards to the circuit in a race state of affairs.
“It’s a very tortuous monitor, in no way fluid,” he stated.
“I am curious to see if the GP weekend will go effectively. In the event you make a small mistake beneath braking on this tight monitor, you’ll be able to simply drag three or 4 opponents with you into an accident.”
