Kimi Antonelli has been given a three-place grid drop for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix after being penalised for not heeding yellow flags.Antonelli took fourth on the grid at the Hungaroring as Mercedes was beaten by both McLaren’s polesitter Lando Norris and the two Ferraris. On his final qualifying run, Read more
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton has been handed a three-place grid drop for impeding McLaren driver Oscar Piastri in Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying.Towards the end of the final Q3 shootout, Hamilton was driving slowly on the main straight while Piastri was approaching behind him on a flying lap.Unaware the Australian Read more
Mercedes driver George Russell will take a fresh V6 engine for the Hungarian GP following a water leak in qualifying, but will keep his seventh place on the grid.Russell qualified a distant seventh at the Hungaroring after both he and team-mate Kimi Antonelli looked adrift in qualifying, with Mercedes struggling Read more
Qualifying at the Hungaroring turned out to be a disappointing affair for Red Bull. Ahead of the weekend, team principal Laurent Mekies hoped that the energy-rich circuit near Budapest would suit the RB22 slightly better, but reality proved far more difficult than expected.Verstappen will start Sunday’s race from fourth on Read more
Aston Martin seems to be happy with the performance of the upgraded AMR26, which the team brought to Hungary. Although Lance Stroll endured another difficult day, with a suspension failure not only costing him time in FP1 but also ruling him out of FP2 – as the team couldn’t repair Read more
Lewis Hamilton has ended Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix second practice session on top, pipping Ferrari stablemate Charles Leclerc at a slippery Hungaroring circuit.George Russell reported a “dreadful” rear balance, Kimi Antonelli suffered rear locking, Charles Leclerc locked up the front in Turn 1, while Pierre Gasly was convinced something was wrong Read more
During Friday’s technical viewing in the Hungaroring pitlane, all eyes were on the revised Aston Martin AMR26 Formula 1 car. After what Adrian Newey has described as a “nightmare” and a “disastrous start to the season”, the team’s upgrade package for the Hungarian Grand Prix was eagerly anticipated.According to the official Read more
Technical changes implemented ahead of this year’s Miami Grand Prix mollified some of the complaints about Formula 1’s new format, but these have resurfaced after two successive events at ‘energy-starved’ venues.A key question is whether the many layers of technology are harming the spectacle by interfering with the work of Read more
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc topped opening practice at Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, his early benchmark proving over four tenths quicker than Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and team-mate Lewis Hamilton.Leclerc headed Hamilton in the opening stages of practice as Ferrari adorned its ‘Macarena’ wing with an eye-catching three-piece winglet on top Read more
Following the race weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, and particularly Oscar Piastri’s strong comments, one topic dominates media day in Budapest: energy management, more specifically the self-learning aspects of the 2026 power unit.Piastri called it “crap” that drivers can be caught out by forward-thinking algorithms which adapt based on what they learn over Read more