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Hydra A is arguably the most spectacular nearby radio galaxy showing very energetic interaction of the radio jets with the embedding intracluster medium openParICMclosePar of the A 780 host cluster. It has been the subject of several studies revealing many interesting features including signs of a precessing jet and multiple radio outbursts. However comma there are still crucial open questions. We want to improve our understanding of this benchmark system by studying the interaction of the precessing jet with the ICM and by testing a new scenario of multiple radio outburst events. What is urgently needed are deeper X-ray spectro-imaging observations for the detailed diagnostics and modeling of the ICM comma which we propose here with a net XMM-Newton exposure of 312 ks.