Great Race In Budapest, 30 April - 1 May

  • 27 Apr 2017 2:00 AM
Great Race In Budapest, 30 April - 1 May
Race cars, performance motorbikes and some special trucks will speed through the heart of the Hungarian capital on May 1st. The annual 'Nagy Futam' event has the aim of bringing motorsport 'closer to the people', and it delivers a spectacular sight for spectators who may never visit a race circuit. Read on for a detailed program including when the international drivers will be introduced, plus a map and advice about which parts of Budapest will be closed to regular traffic.

Sunday 30 April:

10am – 8 pm Spectators can admire the cars and meet the drivers in the 'Paddock' at Városháza park in downtown Budapest.

Monday 1 May:

10.00 – Introduction of the drivers
10.10 – 11.25 – Introduction of cars, autocross, rallycross, terrain, rally, truck and drift racers
11.25 – 11.35 – DTM – Robert Wickens, Timo Glock, Nico Müller
11.35 – 11.45 – NASCAR – Gerhard Berger
11.50 – 12.00 – F1 Sauber C14 1995 – Karl Wendlinger Formula Renault 3.5 – Roy Nissany and Kis Pál Tamás
12.00 – 12.10 – WTCC Honda – Norbert Michelisz and the drivers of Zengő Motorsport
12.10 – 12.20 – Introduction of Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas
12.20 – 12.35 – Red Bull Racing – Daniel Ricciardo
12.35 – 12.50 – Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport – Valtteri Bottas
14.00 – 14.15 – Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport – Valtteri Bottas
14.15 – 14.25 – Mercdes street cars
14.25 – 14.35 – WTCC Honda – Norbert Michelisz and the drivers of Zengő Motorsport
14.35 – 14.45 – DTM – Robert Wickens, Timo Glock, Nico Müller
14.45 – 15.40 – Introduction of cars, autocross, rallycross, rally, truck and drift racers
15.40 – 15.50 – NASCAR – Gerhard Berger
15.55 – 16.05 – F1 Sauber C14 1995 – Karl Wendlinger Formula Renault 3.5 – Roy Nissany and Kis Pál Tamás
16.05 – 1620 – Red Bull Racing – Daniel Ricciardo



Pedestrians can get through the circuit at the following places:
Gerlóczy utca, Anker köz, Káldy utca, Dalszínház utca, Nagymező utca

Crossing will be possible at:
10:35, 11:20, 11:45, 12:50, 13:45, 14:55, 15:50

Parking restrictions
28 April from 18:00 until 3 May 06:00
Both sides of Andrássy út between Teréz krt and Bajcsy Zsilinszky junction

29 April 18:00 – 2 May 06:00
Both sides of Bajcsy Zsilinszky út between Andrássy út and Deák tér
Both sides of Károly krt. between Deák tér and Dob utca.

29 April 08:00 – 1 May 20:00
Hajós utca between Andrássy út and Révay utca
Bárczy I. utca between Deák tértől and Bárczy I. utca number 10.
Bajcsy Zsilinszky between Andrássy út and Révay utca

Cars parking / left on the above mentioned areas will be removed.

1 May between 07:00 and 18:00 the following street parts will be closed for traffic
Andrássy út between Teréz krt and Bajcsy Zsilinszky út
Bajcsy Zsilinszky út between Andrássy út and Deák tér
Károly krt. between Deák tér and Dob utca

Source: Hungaroring.hu

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