From an outside threat against McLaren posed by Charles Leclerc to Aston Martin in a strong position for big points, and from multiple World Champions facing challenging recovery drives to another threat of wet weather ahead of the race, here are a few things to look out for when the lights go out at the Hungaroring.
Leclerc against the McLarens
When they introduced it in Belgium, Ferrari were clear that their new rear suspension would take time to understand and extract performance from. The way their weekend panned out at Spa-Francorchamps really added to that viewpoint, as the car became more competitive the longer the weekend went on and they gathered more data.
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