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The Aston Martin drivers have shared their thoughts after the first race day outing of an upgraded AMR26 at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Kyle Larson continues to experience nothing but misfortune as of late, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway was no kinder to the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion.
Larson started tenth, but managed to undercut several drivers through an early pit stop, and was five laps away from winning Stage 1 of the Brickyard 400 when disaster struck.
Entering Turn 3, the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ...Keep reading

Lando Norris' first grand prix win of 2026 was a long time coming as the mistakes piled up for Ferrari in Hungary, writes Andrew Benson.

As F1 prepares for its annual summer shutdown, the 2026 season saw a new winner as McLaren joined Mercedes and Ferrari in the victor column off the back of an impressive car upgrade. The campaign looks set to be decided by which top team has the most bullets left in its chamber as the development war rages on. But some drivers and teams will head to the beach with a better feeling than ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is a game of fine margins and there is no greater example than the five-second penalty Lewis Hamilton received at the Hungarian Grand Prix for pitlane speeding.
The seven-time world champion was second at the Hungaroring before pitting on lap 56 under virtual safety car conditions due to a gearbox failure forcing Oscar Piastri to stop before Turn 4.
It was a costly stop for two ...Keep reading

Saturday at Oschersleben was already a disaster for Nicki Thiim with 18th on the grid and 12th at the finish, which caused a lot of frustration. But on Sunday, things got even worse for the DTM mid-season champion: In qualifying, where the Aston Martin pilot only managed 19th despite an adjusted Balance of Performance (BoP), tire manufacturer Pirelli made a grave mistake.
"This morning, to put ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained the Formula 1 squad's thinking behind its second pitstop sequence in the Hungarian Grand Prix amid frustration from Oscar Piastri over his run-in with backmarker Carlos Sainz.
In their quest to deliver a first grand prix win of the season, both Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris showed frustration in the heat of the moment, belying the sense of ...Keep reading

Lando Norris reckons his driving has significantly improved in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign, even though he’s unlikely to defend his world championship.
The McLaren driver claimed his maiden crown last year by beating team-mate Oscar Piastri and then reigning champion Max Verstappen, who attempted a late comeback for a fifth title.
But the fact that Verstappen was in the mix on the final ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s title ambitions suffered another blow as he finished fifth at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri has admitted “everything that could have gone wrong did” as he went from challenging for victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix to a painful retirement – via an unusual run-in with Carlos Sainz’s Williams.

Kimi Antonelli finished ahead of his two main title rivals by securing third place at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The fastest laps chart showed that Max Verstappen had far from the quickest car around the Hungaroring - but when has that ever stopped the four-time World Champion from achieving a strong result?

Max Verstappen expressed his surprise and satisfaction after coming away from the Hungarian Grand Prix with a P2 finish, having struggled in Qualifying and described his race as one of “survival”.

Lando Norris has praised McLaren’s upgrades in helping him to secure victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris claimed his and McLaren’s first Grand Prix victory of 2026 in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, taking the chequered flag ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli – after mid-race drama and a late retirement for team mate Oscar Piastri.

During the Brickyard 400 pre-race show, Hendrick Motorsports founder Rick Hendrick announced that Jimmie Johnson will drive Legacy Motor Club’s No. 48 entry in the 2027 Daytona 500.
Hendrick Motorsports has used the number for the past 25 years, most recently with Alex Bowman, but an agreement has been reached to release it for Johnson’s final Cup start.
Johnson will make his 703rd and ...Keep reading

After Max Verstappen revealed in the paddock on Saturday that Red Bull seems to encounter new problems every Formula 1 grand prix weekend, Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix turned out far better than expected.
Verstappen secured his fourth podium finish of the season at the circuit near Budapest, although given Red Bull's struggles he never thought that would be possible.
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Honda has announced it will debut its new Formula 1 power unit at an Aston Martin filming day this Wednesday at the Hungaroring.
Fresh from a confidence-boosting Hungarian Grand Prix where Aston Martin released its B-spec AMR26 F1 car with a clear pace improvement in both qualifying and race trim, Honda will debut its updated engine at a team filming day on Wednesday at the same ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has absolved George Russell of responsibility for the botched start which dropped him from sixth on the grid to 20th place at the first corner of the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
The car appeared to be responding to inputs correctly on its way to the grid as Russell followed the tyre-warming instructions relayed to him by engineer Marcus Dudley, including a ...Keep reading

BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin rates how the drivers performed during the Hungarian Grand Prix.