Is Hungary on the calendar until 2037?

The Hungarian Grand Prix is linked to Formula 1 by a contract until 2032, but in recent days, a preliminary agreement has been reached between the Hungaroring and F1. This agreement would allow the Hungarian circuit to host races for an additional 5 years.

As part of this new agreement, the Hungaroring will have to undergo a facelift to meet current standards. New stands will be built, as well as new facilities in the paddock.

We are satisfied with the 2037 date. There are very good things happening in Hungarian motorsport at the moment and one of them is the renewal of the circuit with F1, said Hungaroring CEO Zsolt Gyulay.

The plans (for the work) will be ready in September and the renovation will be done in three phases. The first one is the office building and the main entrance, with a store, a café, and everything that goes with it.

The second phase will involve the grandstand and the 10,000 square meters of event space behind it, and the third phase will involve the paddock and the main building, he added.

The Hungarian Minister of Innovation and Technology, Laszlo Palkovics, assured that he wanted Formula 1 to stay in Hungary after 2032 and that for this, the renovation of the infrastructure was inevitable.

« I assured the CEO of F1 (Stefano Domenicali) that the Hungarian government is committed to hosting Formula 1 in Hungary. We have a financial agreement until 2032 and I suggested that we would like to extend it by 5 or 10 years. He agreed that after 2032, we would have this option until 2037, so we will have F1 in Hungary until 2037.

« Of course, there is still a lot to be done, this track was built in 1986, it is rustic and it is a relic of the past, it no longer meets modern standards.

If Hungary remains on the calendar until 2037, the Hungaroring could become one of the only GPs, along with France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany, to have been organized more than 50 times.