Over the bank holiday weekend (27th-1st) there were a lot of things going on in Budapest. Vodafone was hosting a weekend of activities to mark the improvement of their network within Hungary.
This culminated on Tuesday with a little bit of street racing in downtown Buda, featuring Hungarian drivers from various different motor sports and the special guest of Jenson Button in his McLaren F1 car!
One of the roads that was closed & barriers erected along was actually the road that my friends live on - Alkotmány Utca so that was quite handy. We did have the option of watching from their balcony but chose to stand on the street to feel part of the atmosphere & also to catch a few rays of sunshine!
We got to see Jenson drive by in his F1 car several times and he even slowed down & did a few burnouts on Alkotmány Utca meaning that we got a good close up of his car and our eardrums were nearly blown from the noise of his car!
After Jenson had driven by there were various runs made by Hungarian & British drivers in different cars - Rally cars, Porsches, Lotus's, Motorbikes....Off road vehicles. The Hungarians in the side lines all gave loud cheers when the recognized a famous driver! After they showed off - including doing a number of donuts in the middle of the street.
Jenson also did a drive by in a big van with the door open so we got to see him smiling and waving at us as he drove by. Unfortunately I had to give my camera to my little brother and thus was only left with the camera on my phone which is less than efficient. Thus I tried to take a picture of Jenson driving by but only managed to capture one which included his arm. Though - an arm is better than nothing!
It was a beautifully sunny day in Buda and I was definitely sweltering - out came the shorts and the bare white British legs. Something most definitely to be proud of here in Hungary!
This culminated on Tuesday with a little bit of street racing in downtown Buda, featuring Hungarian drivers from various different motor sports and the special guest of Jenson Button in his McLaren F1 car!
One of the roads that was closed & barriers erected along was actually the road that my friends live on - Alkotmány Utca so that was quite handy. We did have the option of watching from their balcony but chose to stand on the street to feel part of the atmosphere & also to catch a few rays of sunshine!
We got to see Jenson drive by in his F1 car several times and he even slowed down & did a few burnouts on Alkotmány Utca meaning that we got a good close up of his car and our eardrums were nearly blown from the noise of his car!
Jenson also did a drive by in a big van with the door open so we got to see him smiling and waving at us as he drove by. Unfortunately I had to give my camera to my little brother and thus was only left with the camera on my phone which is less than efficient. Thus I tried to take a picture of Jenson driving by but only managed to capture one which included his arm. Though - an arm is better than nothing!
It was a beautifully sunny day in Buda and I was definitely sweltering - out came the shorts and the bare white British legs. Something most definitely to be proud of here in Hungary!
