Budapest’s Great Run: Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and other famous drivers on the street- PHOTOS, VIDEOS

Quarter a million people were eager to see Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo, says hvg.hu.

The two active Formula-1 drivers arrived in Budapest after the Sochi Grand Prix in order to give a show in the city centre. The Finnish driver of the current Constructors’ Champion Mercedes – Valtteri Bottas – made the spectators gape by a world champion car of 2014.

Daniel Ricciardo in Budapest, photo: MTI

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), photo: MTI

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), photo: MTI

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), photo: MTI

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), photo: MTI

The Australian Daniel Ricciardo also arrived at the event by a world champion Red Bull car of 2011.

Spectators could see race cars as well as autocross, rallycross, cross-country rally, rally, truck and even drift racers.

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) , photo: MTI

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) , photo: MTI

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) , photo: MTI

The programme of the fifth Great Run contained the shows of three fromer Formula-1 drivers: the only Hungarian driver who ever scored a point, Zsolt Baumgartner, the Austrian Karl Wendlinger and also Timo Glock, who is a driver of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at present. The German driver mentioned at the press conference preceding the event that organizing such a festival is praiseworthy, because he could hardly imagine a show like this in any other parts of the world including Germany.

Michelisz Norbert (HUN) – WTCC Team Honda, photo: MTI

The car of Nico Müller from DTM bursted into flames because of the overheated exhaust pipe in the afternoon stage, but the Swiss driver did not get injured.

Photo: MTI

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Source: hvg.hu