Hungarian Grand Prix

Rains set to wreak havoc over the Hungaroring circuit on Saturday as F1 preps up for potential FP3 and qualifying cancelation.

As of now, looking at the pace difference between Red Bull and Ferrari, rain remains the only factor that could spill a bit of mystery into the weekend. ADVERTISEMENT Well, heading into the final practice session, we’ve got good news and bad news.

Low light at the Hungaroring. Hungary, July 2022. Sebastian Vettel has urged Aston Martin to “up our game” ahead of what is forecast to be a very wet qualifying ...

“Obviously we’ll try to make the car faster. I probably witnessed just the end of it when I joined a long time ago! So fingers crossed.

Follow the build-up to qualifying in heavy rain at the Hungaroring as the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend continues.

From being the fastest man on track, Leclerc suddenly had no speed, and he was gobbled up by Verstappen, who started 10th, at the start of lap 40. But the Monegasque’s afternoon was wrecked – and his championship hopes dealt an almost irreversible blow – when Ferrari elected to put their star driver on the hardest rubber. From there, Verstappen’s eighth win of his championship defence never appeared in danger, with a second title in as many years looking increasingly likely. From being the fastest man at the Hungaroring, Leclerc suddenly had no speed, and he was gobbled up by Verstappen at the start of lap 40. Leclerc finished sixth and now trails Verstappen by 80 points heading into the sport’s summer break. Verstappen spun at the penultimate corner on the same lap to allow Leclerc back in front. Lewis Hamilton started seventh and finished second – following his late charge through the field – with pole-sitter George Russell third. It was a strategy dismissed by tyre supplier Pirelli, and one Verstappen said his Red Bull team did not even consider. A fearsome combination of faultless strategy calls and composed overtaking manoeuvres – alongside eye-catching control of his Red Bull during a heart-thumping 360 – saw the 24-year-old extend his lead in Budapest to 80 points with nine races left. Evans in particular was left heartbroken after a mechanical failure saw his car power down with just minutes left from the race sitting in fourth. It is understood Alonso initially staged informal talks with the British team earlier this year, before agreeing terms on a contract which could run to as many as three seasons. The Hungaroring wasn’t meant to suit Red Bull, so the build-up said.

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A doctor friend had to come to the hospital and argue with them to release me.“ “Some of the races were prolific from the pain but adrenalin overcomes everything. He finally went under the knife following the last race of the ’92 season which ended in another crash, this time after being taken out by Senna as the pair battled for the lead. The burley Brummie felt he had been losing up to half-a-second lap to some of his rivals. “I said ‘hang on a minute, how long’s the recovery?’ They said three to four months. But he finally realised his dream at the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, where his second place behind Senna sealed the title with five races to spare.

This weekend brings the final race before Formula 1 takes its summer break. The Hungarian Grand Prix wraps up a string of European events, having visited.

The team apparently has found a unique way to interpret the rules that should give it a decent advantage over the mid-field teams this weekend. As a writer and editor, Ava anchors the Formula 1 coverage for the site, while working through many of its biggest columns. This storyline will be a fascinating one to follow as Aston Martin may find that putting Nico Hulkenberg behind the wheel for 2023 would be a preferable stopgap and cause little upheaval. Or filling the seat might be a decision that shakes up Silly Season like a carbonated beverage hitting the ground. Both are hitting the track as though they feel no pressure, and it is showing in how they outperform Ferrari even when the car might not be better. Closing out the trifecta of confusing results, Leclerc crashed out of the French GP and basically gifted the win to Verstappen, and then the team botched its strategy with Sainz, taking away a potential podium and placing him fifth.

Lewis Hamilton expects "a struggle" for him and his Mercedes team at the Hungarian Grand Prix after finishing a lowly 11th place in practice.

It's going to be a tough weekend, but we'll give it everything we have got." It's a bit loose and not doing what we want it to do -- so a difficult day. "We were trying quite a few things with the car, using it as a bit of a test session, because to be honest you can try and optimise everything today, but there's no use in that at all for the rest of the weekend.

Nicholas Latifi surprisingly set the pace in a rain-affected third practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Check out the full results from FP3 at the ...

Plenty of drivers were seen sliding around as they struggled for grip, and the session was red-flagged with eight minutes to go as Sebastian Vettel spun into the barriers at Turn 10. Heavy rain before the start ensured the drivers all started the session on Wet tyres, but the track had dried enough for Intermediate rubber towards the end of the hour, and Latifi's best lap came right at the end of the session. Nicholas Latifi took advantage of a drying track to top the timesheets in final practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Nicholas Latifi set a towering benchmark for Williams in a soaked FP3 session in Hungary, leaving Charles Leclerc second by 0.661s – and the other Williams ...

He set his lap on intermediates but 12th-placed Mick Schumacher’s benchmark was set on wets. George Russell finished fifth for Mercedes, both of the Silver Arrows finding tyre warm-up particularly difficult in the soaked conditions. Albon finished third, leaving Max Verstappen fourth, over eight-tenths behind the Thai driver.

Nicholas Latifi sprung a major surprise as the Williams driver took advantage of a drying track to beat Charles Leclerc to the fastest time in final ...

More rainfall then fell, preventing him - or anyone else - from improving the leading time. Nicholas Latifi sprung a major surprise as the Williams driver took advantage of a drying track to beat Charles Leclerc to the fastest time in final practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Nicholas Latifi tops a practice session for the first time in F1 as the Williams driver takes advantage of a drying track to top Charles Leclerc; Watch Hungarian GP Qualifying live on Sky Sports F1 from 2:30pm on Saturday

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I can’t be happy.” Yuki Tsunoda of AlphaTauri also went out in 16th along with Alex Albon in the second Williams. “I have no power,” said Verstappen, on his out-lap. “Ok, stand by,” replied his Red Bull team. Leclerc crashed out while leading last Sunday’s French Grand Prix. “I struggled to put a lap together. We were still here at 11pm and not sure what direction to go in.” Sainz was quick to congratulate him. Charles Leclerc was third in the second Ferrari, one-tenth adrift.

Nicholas Latifi remarkably snatched top spot right at the end of a wet FP3 at the Hungarian GP, interrupted by a Sebastian Vettel crash.

Just 10 minutes in, Leclerc considered the track ready for intermediate tyres, whereas his team-mate Carlos Sainz expressed it was “not worth the risk”, with Alpine‘s Fernando Alonso the first to go out on the green-marked rubber. There was still time for the drivers to go back out for one last run though and, timing his effort to perfection, Latifi jumped to the top of the leaderboard as the chequered flag fell. The full FP1 timesheet is below and click here for the full FP1 session report. Leclerc, who had sat at the top of the timesheet for most of the session, survived a 360-degree spin and as blue sky and the sun finally broke through the gloom, Vettel lost the rear end of his Aston Martin and went into the barrier to red-flag the session. The Spaniard was only fifth fastest of the 17 runners on the inters, however, and stopped for a set of full wets. Lewis Hamilton only emerged from the garage just before the halfway mark of the session – and the two Red Bulls had yet to appear at that point, but as the conditions dried up and the field switched to inters, out came Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

Nicholas Latifi took advantage of a drying track on Saturday to top the times for Williams ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in a rain-hit third and final ...

He was cross, but unhurt. After a heavy downpour during the morning before the session began, Leclerc was the first man to venture out, followed by Sainz. The Spaniard was initially quickest before Leclerc went top in 1:43.364, an advantage of nine-tenths ahead of his team-mate. Lewis Hamilton was 11th for Mercedes after a difficult session in which both he and Russell struggled to generate any heat in their tyres while Sergio Perez also had problems and wound up 20th in the second Red Bull.

Qualifying in Hungary could well be one of the most compelling qualifying sessions of 2022 F1 season. A huge shower of rain is expected on Saturday, ...

After Friday, the Ferrari's seem to be the big favourites for victory and pole position. On Friday, it was the Ferraris who looked fastest at the Hungaroring, but with rain forecast for Saturday, things could be very different in qualifying. A huge shower of rain is expected on Saturday, which could well shake up the Formula One grid.

Sebastian Vettel, who earlier this week announced he is retiring from Formula One at the end of the year, crashed out.

— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing)July 30, 2022 A downpour ahead of Saturday’s session contributed to a mixed-up order, with Latifi upsetting the odds to cross the line six tenths ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, with Williams team-mate Alex Albon third. — Formula 1 (@F1)July 30, 2022

The Formula One season takes a month-long break after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Here is the latest from qualifying.

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The Mercedes driver was quicker than Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, while Championship leader Max Verstappen was 10th after losing power.

A technically challenging circuit with a preponderance of medium and slow-speed corners, the Hungaroring has to be managed with absolute precision. The Austrian GP was marred by accusations of sexist catcalling, inappropriate touching of female fans and homophobic and racist abuse, while social media has seen an increase in the often vitriolic and offensive discourse between fans of different drivers. As late as last night he and the team were still furiously searching for ways to bring it up to speed. “Yesterday was probably our toughest Friday of the whole season,” he said. His car has been down on pace all season and he had looked to be more than half a second back on the leaders at best. While Russell, the 24-year-old who is always careful to keep a tight rein on his emotions, was lit up with pleasure.

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"Congratulations to George, he did an amazing job and that is a great result for the team. We can win this." "We have just got to be fast. It would have been awesome to get a front row for the team but these things happen. "Yesterday was probably our toughest Friday of the whole season and we were all here until 11pm last night scratching our heads. I don't think I'll ever have qualifyings that will ever come close to these two feelings."

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"Obviously going into the summer break and qualifying like this was huge. "He was the one that kept being positive about things and together these two drivers at different stages of their career were a tremendous force to keep the spirits high." Typically this year, the Mercedes has been a quicker race car, relative to Red Bull and Ferrari, than in qualifying. Russell admitted that the Mercedes' race pace was: "A total unknown. "Our high-fuel pace was probably the worst it's ever been yesterday. "I think we just got it perfectly in the window on the last lap," Russell said. "There were more chats of overall philosophy and if we're going in the right direction. And yesterday we tried things that didn't work at all, but which gave us a direction for today." "And then to have a day like today… Team principal Toto Wolff said: "The first sector [time] came in and we saw the delta time running. This year, that sobriquet has become "Mr Consistency", for his record of finishing in the top five in every race. So, it's difficult to compare, very different conditions, but for pure driving, probably the one today."

Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi's speed qualified P17 and P20 for the Hungarian Grand Prix, but their performance in the rain shows there's plenty to play ...

“Both drivers came close to perfect, but both struggled in the final long corners. We obviously showed good pace in the wet, which was encouraging and enjoyable. It’s frustrating to make a mistake in the final corner with snap of oversteer on entry after a big tailwind. However, we’re still missing downforce from the package, so we know where we need to improve. “The wet conditions for FP3 were not unexpected and with the rain potentially lasting into Qualifying, we opted to run on both the full wet and the intermediate tyres in FP3. Nicky saw the positives from the day, especially in Free Practice: “After a positive FP3 in the wet, we had to reset the expectations for Qualifying with it being dry.”

George Russell will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix after topping qualifying. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

In the United Kingdom Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of the Hungarian GP at 6:30pm BST on Sunday evening. Current weather forecasts predict cloudy and cool conditions at the Hungaroring in Budapest, with a low chance of rain. Will the F1 Hungarian GP be on the radio? Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £33.99p per month. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will be live broadcasting the Hungarian GP, with the race shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Pre-race coverage will be starting on Sky Sports F1 at 12:30pm and Sky Sports Main Event at 1:55pm BST ahead of the race start at 2:00pm BST.

The British driver posted a sensational final flying lap to edge out Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.

“I am over the moon,” said Russell. “That last lap was mega. “Nothing works,” he yelled, unable to improve on his first Q3 attempt. Vettel worked alongside his mechanics to repair his wounded machine in time for qualifying, but the German failed to make it out of Q1, qualifying 18th. Sebastian Vettel announced he will bring the curtain down on his Formula One career at the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi on November 20. Mercedes struggled for pace in practice but Russell pulled out one of the laps of his career – finishing eight tenths clear of Hamilton – to take the front spot for Sunday’s 70-lap race. “Come on, whoooo, come on, yes, you beauty, you beauty,” said Russell over the radio, unable to hide his delight at his maiden pole and Mercedes’ first of the season.

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That all adds up to it being tougher to understand how the tyres will react and choose a strategy. Starting on the medium tyre, a more aggressive first stint would be possible before pitting for hards between Lap 20 and Lap 25. This one-stop is only predicted to be three to four seconds slower than the quickest two-stop strategy, showing how tempting it will be for teams to prioritise the lower number of pit stops. It’s still a long stint that drivers will have to manage on the hard and tyre wear could become a limiting factor if they are sliding around even more than on Friday, but despite the slower pace they are likely to be able to defend their position. The opportunity to make up positions would then be followed by a first stint of between 16-21 laps before switching to the medium compound tyre. The teams have been caught out a little bit this weekend after struggling with the hard compound, as it was sliding and wearing in hot conditions on Friday, making it comfortably slower than the medium and soft.

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Ricciardo was involved in a multiple car fight at the front involving Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel but given his experience and car – still in his first year at Red Bull – he appeared to be the outside bet. Late on the brakes and almost collecting Alonso into Turn 1, the Red Bull driver dived up the inside to grab the lead with three laps to go and cap a simply stunning grand prix. He pitted Schumacher again on lap 43 of 77, but short-fuelled the German’s car in a bid to gain track position on Coulthard. That level of self-control is rarely seen today, but it had to be relied upon in a car that he felt was never good enough to pull away. It had already been a notably unusual weekend as Schumacher and his title rival, Fernando Alonso, were starting well down the order after penalties for practice infringements. "I drove as slowly as possible, that's why the gap was never big," he told this writer in 2020 to commemorate the race's 30th anniversary. And in 1990, there was to be no denying poleman Thierry Boutsen, whose non-stop strategy defied the very best that Ayrton Senna could throw at him - but only just. Two tours later he was by Caffi and cutting the gap to the top four of Patrese, Senna, Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) and Alain Prost’s McLaren. Senna had to momentarily back off, Mansell kept coming and they briefly ran three abreast as the Ferrari swept into the lead. Two tours later, he braked around the outside of Senna, turned in absolutely sideways, somehow controlled the moment and accelerated away to victory. Senna stayed out much longer, nursing the Lotus’s rubber, and when he pitted he re-emerged in front. Piquet wasted little time in asserting himself over Mansell, and it soon became apparent that the Briton was struggling.

George Russell will lead the field away as the Hungarian Grand Prix begins, having claimed a shock maiden pole position at the Hungaroring.

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45 minutes to lights out: So it's Russell from the front today for the first time and he may be aided by the weather this afternoon as he goes for his maiden race win. Lap 29: Russell and Leclerc are locked in an enthralling battle for the lead of this race. Leclerc comes out of the pits on hard tyres much to everyones surprise and he's struggling to warm them up. After some staunch defence, Leclerc finally darts past Russell on the start/finish straight to move up into P1 in this race. Lap 49: Sainz is into the pits but it's a slow stop. Lap 56: Russell dives past Leclerc to take P2 and Ferrari respond by pitting Leclerc. Staggering stuff from the Italian team who seem to be in strategy disarray of late. Lap 61: Sainz is struggling with his traction out there and Hamilton is very close to getting DRS on the Ferrari driver. It seems inevitable that the Brit will past him to get back up into P3 as Ferrari seem to have pulled another strategy blunder with Leclerc. He could honestly win this race still as Verstappen has much older tyres on and will need to nurse them towards the end. Lap 68: The virtual safety car is back out as Bottas is forced to retire from this race with only two laps remaining. Lap 65: Hamilton is up into P2! It seems like Mercedes don't want to make the call so they allow their drivers to fight for position. Mercedes pair Hamilton and Russell complete the podium places as Ferrari fail to inspire yet again with some poor strategy calls.

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Russell soon found himself in the clutches of his team mate and now we had an intra-team battle for P2 at Mercedes, Hamilton getting a better exit from Turn 1 on Lap 65 and prying the place away – team boss Toto Wolff watching on from the Mercedes garage. Russell was right on the diffuser of Leclerc’s Ferrari in the fight for P3, and on Lap 54 he made the move for P2 with ease around the outside of Turn 1. At the penultimate corner, a puff of smoke signalled that all was not right as Verstappen got on the throttle and spun 360 degrees, putting him back behind Leclerc and allowing Russell a chance to overtake Verstappen at Turn 1. It was then that Verstappen broke the seal and went for an aggressive undercut strategy by pitting for another set of mediums, Leclerc reacting to pit for hards on Lap 40 and Russell changing to mediums a few seconds later. Hamilton decided to pit at the end of that tour, diving in for a set of softs and emerging fifth ahead of Perez. Sainz chose to take his second stop on Lap 48 for softs, but the tyre change was slow and saw him emerge fifth ahead of Perez – who had stopped five laps prior. Russell’s lead over Leclerc was dropping as the Monegasque driver turned up the pace and on Lap 27 the Ferrari was in DRS range of the Mercedes, having a look but declining not to pass into Turn 1. They say that when it rains, it pours, and Russell now had Sainz and Verstappen catching up to his rear wing – while numerous drivers began to report drizzle on their visors at the halfway mark. The lights went out to end the feverous anticipation, Russell holding off a charging Sainz, who tried to pry the lead around the outside of Turn 1 while Hamilton cleared the Alpines – Fernando Alonso baulking at Esteban Ocon squeezing him at Turn 1 – to go into fifth, Verstappen up to eighth and Perez ninth after Lap 1. Sainz took his stop on Lap 17 but it wasn’t ideal either and he was released between the Alpines in P6, with Alonso and Verstappen behind him. Russell led on soft tyres and pitted on Lap 15, soft-shod Verstappen pitting from P5 a lap later to force Carlos Sainz to pit from the lead. Alonso exclaimed that he was “much faster” than Ocon but on Lap 5 the two-time champion ran wide at Turn 3 and Verstappen swept by for P7.

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix after another Ferrari strategy blunder cost Charles Leclerc a probable victory.

He left the pits in fifth, but passed Sainz with seven laps left and then moved ahead of team-mate Russell with five to run, finishing the race with the fastest lap. Sainz and Leclerc started to claw Russell back in but after the first round of stops, Russell's lead remained at two seconds. After overcoming 30 laps of pole man Russell's resistance to take the lead with a brilliant move around the outside of the Mercedes at Turn 1, Leclerc looked on course to take the chequered flag.

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- - - - - - - - - But Leclerc was given a second chance, despite blasting the state of the tyres. Then on lap 31, Leclerc made it stick. As the lap counter hit the high teens, Leclerc's pace was declining.