Washington, DC - On Sunday, July 26, three young Hungarian boys had the chance to attend the Formula 1 Grand Prix race and watch the Porsche Supercup from a VIP box. They got to meet a real international race car driver and even walk down to the pit to see the car up close. An opportunity like this does not come along often for anyone, let alone these young boys.

The boys participate in programs run by the Tudor Foundation, a GFC grantee partner in Hungary that works with gifted youth who do not have the means to develop their abilities or continue their education past the primary years. Tudor’s workshops help children build self-confidence, gain critical-thinking skills, and begin to set goals and form aspirations for the future. These boys were the lucky recipients of a prize for winning a competition put together by the Tudor Foundation.

This special opportunity for the boys was set up by GFC’s new partner, Porsche Supercup and the Sanitec racing team. Will Langhorne, the team’s captain and driver from the United States, spent time walking through the Porsche Supercup paddock with the boys, talking about his life and inspiring them to dream big.

In Budapest, William and Sanitec sponsored a very special event for local children.

“Together with my partner SANITEC, the Global Fund for Children and the National Child Relief organizations we try to give our young visitors a very special day at a motosports weekend to to take them out of their everyday and sometimes difficult lives”, says PMSC driver Will Langhorne when he arrived in the paddock on Saturday morning. For almost two hours he makes time for his young visitors. "The children will have a walk through the paddock and then they will visit me in the starting grid for the qualifying session. Later on the kids will watch Saturday's sessions of the Formula 1.”

Read more about Will's charity event on the Racecam website.

Despite a situation with his tires, William manages to gain on a course where moving up is virtually impossible.
It's a 10th place finish for the American!

Just outside Budapest, racing at the Hungaroring requires tires that can endure the high summer temperature as well as a strong qualifying finish, since the narrow circuit makes it difficult to overtake others during the race.

Good luck Team Sanitec!

Above, Will's Racing Report post-qualifying round in Budapest.
Listen to see if the camber calibration helped.

Will reports that the free practice setup wasn't quite right, the camber is off, and so he isn't getting maximum grip on the course.

They tweaked it and changed to a new set of tires for the qualifying round saturday. 

training takes place today from 5p - 5:45p local time.

above, Will in his newly-designed 2008 car and race suit.

Will has landed in Budapest ahead of his luggage...
And while all that gets straightened out he is focused on Friday's Free Practice.

The Hungaroring is built 12 miles north east of Budapest, and is set in a natural Amphitheatre. The track starts on one side, goes down into a valley before going down the far side, then turning and coming back in the opposite direction. Overtaking is virtually impossible here, as the track is narrow with many slow corners.
The circuit is generally dusty due to underuse throughout the season and being built on sandy soil. The track's being in a natural valley explains that about 80 percent of the racetrack is visible from any point.
The Hungaroring opened in 1986 and it held its first Formula One event in August that year.

Listen here to Will's race report after the  finals.
He got, in his words, 'punted' at the start.
Enough said!

Now it's summer break, so we'll see you August 26 in Istanbul, Turkey!

broken parts & mediocre tires hindered his performance in the past two races.

watch a video report from Will about the condition of the car coming out of Nurburgring practice and headed into the race.  

This week it's off to Budapest for the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix,
then on to Belgium for team testing on the car...

Here's the official daily schedule

Practice starts 03 Aug.  See you in Hungary!