Formula 1 returns to grassroots level around the 'go-kart' Hungaroring

It's the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend, and the Formula 1 circus is ready for another jolt around a circuit favoured by the drivers.

The Hungaroring hosted its first race in 1986, but it almost didn't come to be as the Hungarian government had other ideas.

Officials wanted to revive and rejuvenate the old Nepliget Park circuit in Budapest but, thankfully, opted against it.

It was then decided to build a new facility - the Hungaroring - to attract F1 to the country. It worked, and Nelson Piquet won the inaugural race there with Williams.

Is the track any good?

Though the Hungaroring is vastly different to the Monaco street circuit, it requires high levels of downforce just like the race around the Principality.

The main straight along Turns 14 and 1 presents the best overtaking opportunity, but the ensuing run to Turn 2 is another chance for it.

The DRS detection is ahead of Turn 14, with drivers able to activate it until Turn 2's braking point.

The circuit's design and layout mimic a go-kart track, meaning a car with a good chassis will likely perform better. Engine power is not a big issue around the Hungaroring, given the short straights and strung-together corners.

"The twisting nature of the track does not allow anyone or anything to catch their breath," says Mario Isola, Pirelli's motorsport director.

"There's a fairly long pit straight, which provides the only real overtaking opportunity under braking into the first right-hand corner.

"Then there are 13 more corners - seven right-handers and six left-handers - on a circuit that is second only to Monte Carlo in terms of slowest average speed, to the extent that the cars use similar downforce settings to Monaco."

The Grand Prix is run over 70 laps for a total race