Great Race IV on the 1st of May – Terrestrial and aerial parade in Budapest
Can you imagine race cars, race motors and even race trucks in the heart of Budapest? This is the Great Race, which is not only a unique spectacle (it’s almost point of honour that the best of these “professions” perform) but it also tries to bring the audience closer to technical sports. Just like in previous years, it will be worth going to the Danube shore on the public holiday.
The event is almost like a tradition in Budapest and it is definitely a curiosity as fans can get so close to drivers, race cars, motors and trucks that they wouldn’t be able to do so in a closed track. The terrestrial and aerial parade is a special experience for the lovers of technical sports on the 1st of May. Get ready for shows by Nascar and DTM cars, rally, cross-country rally and drift race machines on the Castle Garden Bazaar – Clark Adam Square – Elizabeth Bridge – Ferenciek Square circuit.
Red Bull’s classic planes and significant characters of aviation are usually in the limelight of the air-show. Some members of the Boeing B737/Airbus A320 family also paid their duty in the previous years. Airshowinfo.hu suggests finding a high-altitude spot on the Buda side so you’ll have the beautiful cityscape as a background of the show.
There’s also going to be a zeroth day at the Budaörs Airport with the lanes and shows of Flying Bulls. This year one of the special guests will be the legendary Austrian Formula-1 pilot, Gerhard Berger.
The only problem is the weather: according to the forecast it is very probable that it’s going to rain on Sunday. If the weather will be graceful enough, then szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu collected the programmes you can enjoy at the Great Race:
Motorsport programmes:
11:00 – 11:05 – Opening
11:05 – 11:25 – Procession with the pilots and drivers
11:30 – 11:38 – Audi TT + Audi R8 LMS show (Rahel Frey)
11:40 – 11:48 – Classic Fromula-1 car show
F1 Sauber C14 (Karl Wendlinger) + F1 BRM (Gerhard Berger)
11:50 – 11:58 – DTM car show (Audi – Miguel Molina, Mercedes – Lucas Auer, BMW – Marco Wittmann)
12:00 – 12:08 – Rally car show (Krisztián Ruszkó, János Balogh, Dávid Botka, Frigyes Turán)
12:10 – 12:18 – Dakar + ETRC truck and jeep show (Zsolt Darázsi, Miklós Kovács, Balázs Szalay, Erik Korda)
12:20 – 12:28 – Norbert Michelisz Honda show
12:30 – 12:38 – Nascar show (Patrick Friesacher, Gerhard Berger, Bernard Aumger)
12:40 – 12:48 – Rallycross show (Krisztián Szabó, Tamás Kárai), Autocross show (Károly Ábrahám, Marcell Kovács), KTM X-BOW, GT4 show
12:50 – 12:58 – GT car show (Ferrari, Blancpain) + BRM + Lamborghini
13:00 – 13:08 – Formula Renault 3.5 show (Roy Nissany and Zsolt Baumgartner)
13:10 – 13:18 – Drift show, Nissan Skyline, BMW M5 (Ádám Kerényi, Szilárd Szabó, Lőrincz Nagyházi, János Radák)
13:20 – 13:28 – Dragster Show
13:45 – 14:15 – F1 Russain Grand Prix start on screens
Aerial shows:
14:15 – 14:25 – MH parachute show
14:26 – 14:36 – Péter Besenyei’s aerobatic show
14:36 – 14:51 – Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team show: 4 XA-42
14:51 – 15:10 – Flying Bulls show: B-25, F4U-4, P38—L, AlphaJet
15:10 – 15:22 – Flying Bulls helicopter show: Bell Cobra, BO 105
15:22 – 15:32 – Gold Timer show: PO-2, R-18C Kánya, LI-2
15:32 – 15:40 – Illés Tamás’ show: Extra 330 C
15:41 – 15:51 – Wizzair Airbus A-321 lowpass
15:50 – 16:00 – F1 Russian Grand Prix finish on screens
16:00 – 16:20 – Baltic Bees show: 6 L-39C Albatros
16:20 – 16:28 – Pannon band show: DA 42, DA 40, DA 20
16:28 – 16:36 – MI-2 helicopter show
16:36 – 16:55 – Zoltán Veres’ show and Guinness World Record try: MXS
16:56 – 16:57 – Labour Day formation: B-25, F4U4, P38, AlphaJet, Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team, XA—42
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