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Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar finished P6 in the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP as he had a pretty quiet and uneventful race on Sunday afternoon. Starting in 8th, he took advantage of George Russell‘s issues off the line to move into 7th. Unfortunately for the Frenchman, he could not stay in touch with the top…
After Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth and fifth, respectively, at the 2026 Hungarian GP, Team Principal Fred Vasseur opened up about why Ferrari underperformed on a track that was supposed to suit the SF-26, their pit stop strategy, and the positives he took away from the race weekend heading into the F1…
A software issue undid George Russell’s 2026 F1 Hungarian GP in an instant. Moments before the lights went out, his engine began revving erratically. The problem dropped him from sixth on the grid to the back of the field before the first corner. Down to 21st as Sergio Pérez had started from pit lane, the…
Charles Leclerc left the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP frustrated after finishing in P4 on Sunday. The Hungarian round delivered yet another confusing result for Ferrari, and Leclerc did not hide his disappointment afterward. Instead, he pointed to a pattern that has followed the team through the last three races. Following a grid penalty for Lewis…
Lewis Hamilton had to settle for a very disappointing P5 in the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP as a five-second penalty for speeding in the pits cost him 4th. A three-place grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri at the end of Q3 saw the seven-time World Champion start in 5th. He undid some of that damage…
Team Principal Andrea Stella has opened up about Oscar Piastri’s emotional outburst over team radio, McLaren’s rationale behind their second pit stop sequence at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, and the Australian’s run-in with backmarker Carlos Sainz in the latter half of the race. While Lando Norris converted pole position into victory at the Hungaroring,…
Kimi Antonelli believes Mercedes maximised its result at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP after the Championship leader recovered from seventh on the grid to claim the final spot on the podium. Antonelli made his first pit stop later than many of his rivals before eventually making his second stop with just 16 laps remaining. The…
Max Verstappen described his second-place finish at the 2026 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix (GP) as an “overperformance” after struggling with the same car issues that affected Red Bull throughout the weekend. Verstappen started the 70-lap race from fourth on the grid but made an impressive getaway to move into third, before later making a decisive…
For the first time since the 2025 São Paulo GP last year, F1 World Champion Lando Norris was victorious on a Sunday as he ultimately dominated the 2026 Hungarian race. Having made a very good start to keep P1 into the first corner, he got a little bit deep into turn 2. While in previous…
Oscar Piastri was running in the net lead of the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP when he had a run-in with Carlos Sainz’s Williams on lap 38, losing him valuable race time and the race lead to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who ultimately went on to win the race comfortably. Piastri was “pissed off” to be…
