Hungarian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen scored an unlikely Formula 1 victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix to head both Mercedes as Ferrari threw away a win with further questionable ...

- - - - - - - - - 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.

Max Verstappen won the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix from P10 with pitch-perfect execution of Red Bull's strategy, while Lewis Hamilton finished second ahead of ...

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.

Starting from 10th after a loss of power in qualifying, the Red Bull driver tore through the field at the Hungaroring in Budapest to secure his second straight ...

Hopefully, we can bring some more into the second half of the season and start fighting with them." It was a crazy race but, of course, very happy we won it." "I'm sure there's a lot I will look over and I could have done better ... we pitted quite early on both stints, so you're trying to eat the tire out to the end, trying to push as hard as possible at the same time. A bit of a challenging position to be in but nevertheless pleased to come away with a podium." Though Leclerc seized upon the slip to jump ahead, Verstappen had taken the place back two laps later and never looked back. "I was battling a lot of guys and it was a lot of fun out there.

Several curious decisions on pit row let Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc down, as the pair finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively. F1 ...

Ferrari’s awful strategy led to them being the butt of many jokes on social media. However, this has been a curious run on Ferrari’s part, as seemingly every week they’re the subject of chaos. The growth of the sport as a whole has led to many junior strategists on Twitter’s end.

Mercedes placed both its cars on the podium for the second straight race; seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton carved his way from seventh to a second-place ...

Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin was 10th. Russell, who started from the pole for the first time in his career, led 30 laps until Leclerc passed him on the outside as dark clouds rolled over the Hungaroring circuit and a light rain began to fall. Formula One champion Max Verstappen overcame a spin and his worst starting spot of the season to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. His eighth win of the season pushed Verstappen’s lead to 80 points over Charles Leclerc as F1 heads into its mid-season break.

Hungaroring, Sunday 31 July. Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after the Hungarian ...

I managed to hold off Stroll for a bit on the Medium and then, when we came out on the Hard, and he came out on a Soft, we simply had no grip. The upgrade we introduced at Paul Ricard – and improved our understanding of here – put us into position to be the fourth fastest team, which is a great achievement. So, it was a bit of a mess on the first lap. I was able to make a nice double-move on the Alpines, which was fun. The launch felt good but then I dropped a bit after that and I was almost middle braking into Turn One. I felt like I was in a decent spot but I remember an Alpine coming up high on the exit of Turn One and I ran out of room, so I had to get out of that, otherwise I was going to lose a wing. Tough in places but seventh was the best we could have done for the points today, and we were ahead of our rivals.”

Pierre Gasly will start the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix from the pit lane, after taking a new power unit aboard his AlphaTauri AT03 – but having done so ...

And the Frenchman will be set for a long afternoon’s work at the famously hard-to-overtake-at Hungaroring. Gasly to start Hungarian Grand Prix from pit lane as Red Bull drivers take on new power units But while Gasly’s changes would ordinarily require a back-of-the-grid start, according to the stewards: “All the PU components for Pierre Gasly have been replaced without the approval of the FIA technical delegate and this is not in accordance with Article 40.3 of the 2022 Formula One Sporting Regulations. Therefore car number 10 should now be required to start the Race from the pit lane according to Article 40.9 b) of the 2022 Formula One Sporting Regulations.”

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Unfortunately, the rain was never enough to affect the race and with both cars suffering damage on the 1st lap, ...

It’s been a tricky weekend for us, but it has been a good learning weekend, continuing to understand the strengths and the weaknesses of the new package. It has been a challenging weekend and we are now looking forward to a break from the track. We opted to avoid the Hard tyre, which offered poor pace, and this required a very disciplined race from both drivers.

Max Verstappen produced a brilliant drive to come from a P10 start on the grid to seal his eighth victory of the season at this weekend's Hungarian Grand ...

Lewis Hamilton made his way up from seventh at the start, to seal a second-place finish – his fifth podium finish in a row. It was another lost win for Charles Leclerc, who suffered from a stint on the hard tyre, forcing him to pit again, but was made to settle for sixth place. We also saw a collision between Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll, for which the McLaren driver received a five-second timed penalty.

The 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix got under way beneath grey skies in Budapest, with George Russell holding off the attack of Carlos Sainz to maintain his lead ...