Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies assessed a tricky but rewarding 2026 F1 Hungarian GP, with Max Verstappen in P2 and Isack Hadjar in P6. Through Friday and Saturday, the Dutch and French drivers were extremely unhappy with the feeling of their RB22s, bemoaning grip issues and struggling to find any kind of good balance. Having…
Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has found himself in a position where F1 penalties kept piling up by the time the race in Hungary was done. A fourth sanction in three race weekends is an unusually steep for a driver of his calibre. The 41-year-old did not hide frustration when questioned about it. Lewis Hamilton’s…
Oscar Piastri left the Hungaroring with a lingering sense of displeasure after the McLaren driver went from leading the race for over 20 laps to making contact with Williams’ Carlos Sainz and eventually retiring from the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP due to suspected gearbox issues. The Aussie moved up to third on the grid after…
The 2026 F1 Hungarian GP was a tough weekend for Mercedes, with Team Principal Toto Wolff admitting that the team “should have done better”. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, who started the race in P7, had a strong drive and clinched the final podium spot in P3. Meanwhile, George Russell had to recover from a dreadful…
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,…
