Sainz led the way after the first Q3 runs on the Hungaroring and as his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc failed to beat his time, Sainz then improved again to seemingly cement a certain pole position. But Sainz’s bid for a second career pole was thwarted in the dying seconds of the top-10 shootout by Mercedes’ […]
The Mercedes driver put in a stunning late lap in qualifying to claim his maiden F1 pole position, beating Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by 0.044s to top spot. The pole lap appeared to surprise Russell himself after qualifying, as Mercedes’ pace transformed having struggled throughout practice. With Sainz leading Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in third, it […]
The Canadian set the fastest time in the wet-but-drying FP3 session with a late run on intermediate tyres that put him 0.661s clear of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, with the second Williams of Alex Albon in third. It marked the first time a Williams had topped an official timed session at a grand prix since Monza […]
The Canadian, who is fighting for a new contract to remain on the grid with the Grove team, surprisingly bolted to the top in the dying moments of a slippery FP3 to pip second practice pacesetter Leclerc. Alex Albon, who had taken the flag moments before his Williams team-mate, secured third ahead of his former […]
The move by F1 comes in the wake of reports of fans facing racist and homophobic abuse as well as sexual harassment over the Austrian Grand Prix earlier this month, prompting calls for action. The new campaign was launched via a video featuring all the drivers, F1 boss Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben […]
The Silverstone-based team introduced an intriguing wing design in Budapest on Friday, having seemingly found a loophole in the wording of the regulations and been given the go-ahead by the FIA to pursue its novel interpretation. Vettel suggested the wing did not represent a “massive step in performance” and added that the team had been […]
After a gruelling run of 13 races in 20 weeks, the Formula 1 paddock heads into a summer break in August immediately after the Hungarian GP. There will be no official F1 track action for an entire month, with the teams reconvening at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps on the 26-28 August. That means […]
Ferrari enjoyed a dominant day at the Hungaroring, with Carlos Sainz leading first practice before team-mate Leclerc took over at the top in FP2. The Monegasque driver, who will look to bounce back from crashing out of the lead of the French GP last weekend, led from surprise package Lando Norris in the McLaren by […]
Carlos Sainz was fastest in FP1 before his Ferrari team-mate Leclerc topped FP2, the second of the pair of one-hour sessions. Hungarian Grand Prix FP1 results: Sainz fastest from Verstappen What happened in Hungarian GP Free Practice 1? Verstappen set the early pace at 1m21.235s on soft tyres, before Sainz produced 1m20.696s and then Leclerc […]
The new regulations had hoped to bid farewell to the traditional endplate and wing interaction of the past, with a curved transition between the elements. This was designed to reduce the strength of the tip vortex, thereby limiting airflow disruption and help in the overall goal of making it easier for cars to follow one […]