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Lando Norris and McLaren claimed their first victory of the 2026 season in Hungary, leading home Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli on a dramatic Sunday afternoon. But who else impressed our Power Rankings judges at the Hungaroring? Check out the latest scores and overall leaderboard below...

Ollie Bearman admits that he "lost all level of confidence in the car" during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, as he and team mate Esteban Ocon failed to reach the points for Haas.

Ferrari and Peugeot have started testing the upgraded versions of their respective Le Mans Hypercars as they ramp up preparations for the 2027 World Endurance Championship.
Although the 2026 season is only halfway through, development work is already under way for next year's campaign, which is scheduled to begin in Qatar on 27 March 2027. 
On Tuesday, Ferrari released an image of a ...Keep reading

Porsche Penske Motorsport will contest this weekend’s IMSA SportsCar Championship event at Road America in two special retro liveries.
The #6 Porsche 963 LMDh shared by Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor will carry the blue-and-yellow Sunoco colour scheme made famous by the Porsche 917/30 in the 1970s. 
Meanwhile, Julien Andlauer and Felipe Nasr will revive the bright yellow livery of the ...Keep reading

The announcement that Formula 1's return to Malaysia this year would be branded as the Bahrain Grand Prix prompted both amusement and confusion. 
Sepang, after all, was the first of the Hermann Tilke-designed generation of modern F1 circuits in Asia, making Malaysia an important fixture on the calendar. Even after the country terminated its contract with FOM in 2017, the circuit has remained ...Keep reading

Former Red Bull mechanic Calum Nicholas has warned that Formula 1 personnel face "genuine professional burnout" amid the extensive calendar.
It was announced during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend that the Bahrain Grand Prix, which had previously been cancelled in April along with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to the conflict in the Middle East, will be held in Malaysia from 2-4 ...Keep reading

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur admitted his squad was caught out by Verstappen's 29-lap stint on soft tyres that yielded Red Bull second in Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix, with team principal Laurent Mekies praising his team for a "spicy" strategy call.
Verstappen clinched second in Budapest despite suffering another difficult weekend in the Red Bull, while both Ferrari drivers ...Keep reading

Alpine were the pick of the midfield for much of the first half of the season, sitting in fifth place in the Championship with a healthy margin to the rest. Racing Bulls jumped them in Hungary, as successful car development becomes ever more crucial.

The 2026 World Endurance Championship will conclude in Europe, with the planned events in the Middle East replaced by new races in Barcelona and Monza.
Following visits to Austin and Fuji in September, the championship was supposed to head to the Gulf in September, with the rescheduled Qatar 1812km race set for 24 October to be followed by the traditional Bahrain finale on 7 ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera will be back behind the wheel of a rally car after confirmation he will be taking part in demonstration runs at Rally Finland this week.  
The two-time world rally champion will be joined by his title winning co-driver Jonne Halttunen and the pair will drive Halttunen’s Toyota Corolla GT AE86 through the event’s Harju stage on Thursday and Friday.
Rally Finland is an ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz has shared his plans for the Formula 1 summer break, explaining that he will be in the Balearic Islands with his family.
Sainz finished 18th and two laps down at the Hungaroring on Sunday, a race won by McLaren's Lando Norris. The Spaniard's Hungarian Grand Prix was further compromised by a collision with Oscar Piastri while being lapped, which hampered the McLaren driver and ...Keep reading

It has been 14 years since Marc Marquez arrived in MotoGP and began rewriting the record books. 
What the Ducati star can do on track has been analysed endlessly. From his spectacular saves and his famous block passes, to his impressive racecraft, Marquez has become an important part of MotoGP’s folklore. 
Injuries have made him more determined than ever before to come back, and his ...Keep reading

With Mercedes' uncontested early season dominance now in the rearview mirror, Formula 1 2026 has finally turned into the development war it was always promising to be.
The ebb and flow of teams bringing significant aerodynamic upgrades keeps changing the pecking order week to week.
Following rafts of improvements from Red Bull and especially Ferrari in recent weeks, it was McLaren's turn to ...Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Hungarian Grand Prix.

On this week's episode of the Door Bumper Clear podcast, Tommy Baldwin Jr. revealed that he is no longer working with Rick Ware Racing, a single-car team that fields the No. 51 Cup entry for driver Cody Ware. He served as the competition director for RWR since April, 2023.
 "I'm no longer with Rick Ware Racing," Baldwin said at the opening of the show. "We decided, Rick and I, that our ...Keep reading

Noah Gragson has been involved in a couple of on-track scuffles in recent weeks, most notably when he brought on the wrath of ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen in San Diego, leading to a viral post-race confrontation. He also sent Cody Ware spinning at Sonoma after some back-and-forth with the Rick Ware Racing driver.
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he was involved in another skirmish, but this time ...Keep reading

Relive the action from the Hungaroring at the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix with plenty of off-track F1 moments – A pit lane proposal, Hamilton's Hungarian legacy, and more.

The F1 Nation team look back on all the biggest news and talking points from the 11th race of the season, the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Hungarian Grand Prix was a huge weekend for Aston Martin, with so much expectation around the revised chassis package.

Jack Aitken enters this weekend’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America on one of the most consistent runs in recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship history.
The 31-year-old British driver leads the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) standings with 2,145 points in the #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R, holding a 203-point cushion over second-place Laurin Heinrich (1,942 ...Keep reading