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Passing comes at a premium in Hungary so grid position is especially important, but Ralf Schumacher will have the benefit of going out late after his points finish in Germany last weekend. That result was his third successive points finish and the German is coming good with more consistent results after a jittery start to the year.
"Budapest in July is one of the hottest venues that we go to during the year, so we can expect another sweltering weekend," Ralf predicted. "The circuit is not used much outside of the grand prix, so it is extremely dusty on the opening day of practice. The Hungaroring is famous for being one of the hardest circuits for overtaking on the entire calendar, so grid position is particularly important and going out late in the session is an advantage. If you are stuck for long periods in another car's slipstream your car's system temperatures can go up, so we sometimes have to back off during the race to let cooler air run through the car. But a couple of years ago they extended the straight so nothing is impossible. Hopefully we can extend our run of three straight finishes in the points."
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