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Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Grand
Prix race held on June 21, 1936 at Népliget Park in Budapest. The first
Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungarian: Magyar Nagydíj) was held on June 21,
1936 over a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) track laid out in Népliget, a park in
Budapest. The Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and Ferrari teams all sent
three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and
the ensuing war meant the end of Grand Prix motor racing in the country
for fifty years. A major coup by Bernie Ecclestone, the 1986 Hungarian
Grand Prix was the first Formula One race to take place behind the Iron
Curtain. Held at the twisty Hungaroring near Budapest, the race has been
a mainstay of the racing calendar. Run in the heat of a central European
summer, it also held the distinction of being the only current Grand
Prix venue that had never seen a wet race up until the 2006 Hungarian
Grand Prix. The first Grand Prix saw 200,000 people spectating, although
tickets were expensive at the time.
