A very slow 224 kilometres.

Yokohama truck follows us as we leave the Agip petrol station in Slovakia

We leave Slovakia on the Monday morning and drive to the Agip garage, near Medvidov. We have to return the Slovakia truck toll box and get our 50 Euro deposit back. Last year, I mentioned how much time it takes to process all the paperwork and this year was no different. The total cost for driving our truck in Slovakia was 7.75 Euros, but the cost to print out the 10 pages of A4 paper must cost the government much more!!
It is just a short journey to the Hungarian border and when we arrive, the police direct us to the weighbridge. After the truck has been weighed, we stop to buy the Hungarian truck vignette. When I go to the small office that I have used before, I am told that they no longer sell the vignette here so we have to get back in the truck and drive another 6km to a petrol station where we can buy the tax. 15000 Florins for a 10 day truck vignette and we are on our way to the the Hungaroring.
We drive into the town off Gyor but have to take a diversion around the side of the town as trucks are not allowed into the town centre. From here, it should be a steady drive on the Hungarian motorways, to the race track.
NO SUCH LUCK FOR US.
As we reach Budapest, again we are forced to take a diversion around the city due to weight restrictions and some very low bridges. The M0 motorway has been under reconstruction for the last 4 years and is still not finished. With a combination of roadworks and an accident blocking part of the motorway, it is a very long and slow journey for 25km. When we finally arrive at the Hungaroring, it has taken us 6 hours to drive 224km. SLOW, SLOW, SLOW.

Entering the town of Gyor,  notice the "NO TRUCKS" on the sign on the right.

We ask if we can park the trucks outside our garage at the Hungaroring as some teams have done already. But our team is suffering from poor communications and we leave them on at a separate paddock area. As I write this, we have just received a phone call to go and move the trucks to our team garages. In this age of mobile telephones, email and even talking in person, we can still make a simple job into a difficult one.
At the back of my hotel is a very large banner with pictures of famous Hungarians. I think that the Hungarian driver, Norbert Michelisz, will soon need to be added to this as we are again expecting a huge crowd attendance to cheer on their hero.

Pictures of famous Hungarians.