Behind the scenes in Hungary
AUTOSPORT's group F1 editor Jonathan Noble brings more tales from the paddock after the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend
The Hungarian Grand Prix might have been the 11th of this 19-race season, but with Formula 1's summer break looming, it actually felt like the halfway point of the campaign.
Discussion in the paddock inevitably focused on what people were going to be up to during the break - with drivers set to be all over the place.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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