Rivals claim Ferrari has the most agile chassis in Formula 1, if not the best engine or aerodynamics, so its SF-26 is generally expected to shine at circuits where straightline speed is less valuable than an ability to carry high speeds into slow corners.And yet neither Lewis Hamilton nor Charles Read more
Lando Norris claims he was “just better in every sense” relative to McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri on his way to a resounding victory in Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix.After snatching pole position by 0.012s over Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, Norris lost the lead to Piastri on lap one as he slid Read more
Honda has announced it will debut its new Formula 1 power unit at an Aston Martin filming day this Wednesday at the Hungaroring.Fresh from a confidence-boosting Hungarian Grand Prix where Aston Martin released its B-spec AMR26 F1 car with a clear pace improvement in both qualifying and race trim, Honda will Read more
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained the Formula 1 squad’s thinking behind its second pitstop sequence in the Hungarian Grand Prix amid frustration from Oscar Piastri over his run-in with backmarker Carlos Sainz.In their quest to deliver a first grand prix win of the season, both Piastri and team-mate Read more
The Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix stewards have explained why they were more lenient with Carlos Sainz, issuing only a five-second penalty for his collision with Oscar Piastri.Piastri, who was leading the race in Budapest during the opening phase, was nearly taken out by Sainz on lap 38 while the Spaniard was Read more
A sudden, unexpected wave of Formula 1 drivers ignoring blue flags in the Hungarian Grand Prix was caused by a system failure.Flag signalling has evolved along with technology with F1. Previously, it was just physical flags being waved trackside, but more visible light panels were subsequently added, and drivers now see Read more
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was hugely frustrated by being hit by a lapped Carlos Sainz in Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, but saw no bones in McLaren’s strategy.Piastri pitted from the lead for his second stop and was put into lapped traffic, behind Williams driver Sainz and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso scrapping 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
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
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