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Aston Martin has been a mainstay of the Q1 elimination zone across the 2026 Formula 1 season, never once progressing to Q2 during the first 10 grand prix qualifying sessions of the year. Fernando Alonso broke into the s…
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…
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 slo…
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 a…
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 bette…
Fernando Alonso reckons qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix was an “important” boost for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team after his first Q2 appearance in grand prix qualifying in the 2026 campaign. The two-time F1 wo…
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli is set to be investigated by the FIA stewards for a suspected yellow flag rule infringement in qualifying for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Antonelli took fourth on the grid at the H…
The FIA stewards have summoned Lewis Hamilton regarding an incident involving the Ferrari driver and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in Q3 at Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Piastri lay fifth following his first run in Q3 and…
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris claimed his first pole of the 2026 season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, beating Lewis Hamilton by 0.012s, as Mercedes suffered its first grand prix qualifying loss of the ye…
McLaren driver Lando Norris has led a three-team fight to top final practice at Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix, setting up an intriguing qualifying session in Budapest. Norris' late 1m18.939s flyer was just over a ten…
Turn 1 at the Hungaroring has been partially resurfaced overnight in response to driver complaints after the first day of practice for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. It’s understood that some areas of the track hav…
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 F…
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,…
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",…
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…
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 heade…
The Malaysian government is conducting a feasibility study into organising a last-minute Formula 1 grand prix as the Middle Eastern conflict continues to throw plans into disarray. The US-Israeli war on Iran prevented F…
Drivers have been vocal about how the complex energy deployment needs of the 2026 generation of Formula 1 cars have impacted how they have to be driven, with the reliance on energy harvesting causing a big mental shift…
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 po…
George Russell believes that he and Mercedes have found the root cause for his recent Formula 1 struggles, and that he no longer needs to focus on adapting his driving to get the most from his car. The Briton endured a…
George Russell will have to wait until the Italian Grand Prix to find out whether Mercedes has truly identified the cause of the anomalies that hampered him between Silverstone and Spa, as the team identifies the source…
As Fernando Alonso turns 45 on 29 July, one wonders what motivates a two-time Formula 1 champion to keep going amid Aston Martin's unprecedented slump. It's clearly not just success, otherwise he would have thrown in th…
When the assembled media gathered in the McLaren hospitality on Saturday for Andrea Stella's session, the team boss shared one of the most revealing quotes of this Formula 1 season. "When we try to analyse this, it gets…
Six wins, six pole positions and the Formula 1 championship lead. While one year ago Kimi Antonelli had faced one of his toughest weekends in F1, he has now taken a sweet revenge, claiming a victory that will mathematic…
Lewis Hamilton took "full responsibility" for his inability to challenge for the podium at the Belgian Grand Prix, which he reckoned was traceable to his Formula 1 practice crash in FP3. In the last moments of the final…