The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend has so far proven to be a tough challenge for the Red Bull Formula 1 team.Max Verstappen will start from eighth on the grid, while Yuki Tsunoda previously set to line up 16th – but now due to start from the pitlane. This underlines the ongoingContinue Reading
The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend has so far proven to be a tough challenge for the Red Bull Formula 1 team.Max Verstappen will start from eighth on the grid, while Yuki Tsunoda is lining up in P16. This underlines the ongoing struggles this weekend, with technical director Pierre Wache summarizingContinue Reading
But for a snap of oversteer midway through the Hungaroring’s final corner, George Russell could have been on pole for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix. His last ‘push lap’ ended up just 0.053s slower than surprise polesitter Charles Leclerc for Ferrari.The picture of relative performance in the final part ofContinue Reading
At a circuit packed with medium speed corners, where downforce is king, it would have been silly to bet against one of the McLaren cars grabbing a comfortable pole. Silly… yet correct. Until Q2, though, the prospect of a McLaren defeat looked remote. Lando Norris headed Oscar Piastri by half aContinue Reading
If anyone was to profess to expecting anything other than McLaren domination in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, then they’re simply telling porkies; Charles Leclerc was completely blindsided by the revelation he’d secured his first Formula 1 pole of the year. He was quite content in his aim toContinue Reading
Aston Martin is a rare sight in Q3 this season. Until this weekend, Fernando Alonso had reached the final phase of a 2025 Formula 1 qualifying session just four times, team-mate Lance Stroll only once.Only at Imola back in May have both cars started in the top 10. In SpaContinue Reading
Max Verstappen lamented the regression Red Bull has taken compared to last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix as he qualified only eighth for Sunday’s Formula 1 contest – claiming “nothing works”.The reigning, four-time world champion qualified third at the Hungaroring last year, but has been far from the frontrunners this weekendContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc was left distinctly flabbergasted by his own run to a “most surprising” Formula 1 pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix, having claimed that qualifying had felt “horrible” until he’d managed to reach Q3.The Monegasque was on the cusp of the drop zone during Q2, but managed to digContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton reckons Ferrari needs to “change driver” after his early exit in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix while Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole.The seven-time world champion will start 12th for Sunday’s contest at the Hungaroring, while Ferrari stablemate Leclerc stormed to pole with his final lapContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc took a sensational and surprise pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as McLaren’s dominant pace so far across the weekend evaporated at the climax of Formula 1 qualifying.The McLarens led both Q1 and Q2 by some margin, plus went 1-2 in every practice outing, and Lando NorrisContinue Reading