Winter returns to Hungary.

The Zengo team have been in contact to let me know that despite the snow, they will not have to worry about their racetruck and the new Honda car struggling to get to Monza. The team have left the truck in Italy after the recent test session. This was obviously a very good idea as you can see from the pictures that they sent to me.
The weather in Hungary has taken a turn for the worse with major snowstorm and violent gusts of wind forcing thousands of people to spend the night in their cars or roadside buildings after being stranded on major Hungarian motorways. Snowdrifts up to 3 meters (10 feet) high and strong winds blocked off major roads across the country Multiple crashes across the M1 and M7 highways between Budapest and Vienna led to the traffic jams. Today, rescuers cut across guardrails to allow vehicles to leave the jammed highway onto makeshift roads. Army and police tanks were being used to help the rescue efforts. Some 5,700 cars were stranded on the roads and queues were over 12km long.
They do have some concerns for the travel arrangements for the junior team which is racing in the ETCC at the same event as the WTCC but the Hungarians are used to dealing with big snow falls. As we all know, you cannot predict the weather 100% but I hope that all of the Zengo team will arrive safely in Monza next week. It is going to be a great, season opening race with 25 cars on the grid, new teams and last years world champion, Rob Huff in a car that he is going to have to drive hard to be at the front.