Max Verstappen escapes penalty for bold Hungarian GP move on Lewis Hamilton

It is a long-standing matter of humour in the Formula 1 paddock that the “possible race strategies” infographic Pirelli circulates on Sunday mornings often bears no relationship at all to the way the race pans out.So it proved at the Hungaroring as Lando Norris ended up being effectively forced onto an unfavoured one-stop strategy after a poor start, only for it to work in his favour. And ...Keep reading

Were Ferrari trying to avoid a Charles Leclerc DSQ at the Hungarian Grand Prix?

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says he understands Lewis Hamilton's frustration after a poor Hungarian Grand Prix, but backs the seven-time world champion to bounce back. Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 on Saturday, relegating him to 12th on the grid, while team-mate Charles Leclerc surprised both McLarens to snatch pole. From his lowly grid position,  Hamilton was unable ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says he understands Lewis Hamilton's frustration after a poor Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, but backs the seven-time world champion to bounce back after the summer break. Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 on Saturday, relegating him to 12th on the grid, while team-mate Charles Leclerc surprised both McLarens to snatch pole. From his lowly grid ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Fred Vasseur says he understands Lewis Hamilton's frustration after a poor Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, but backs the seven-time world champion to bounce back after the summer break. Hamilton was dumped out of Q2 on Saturday, relegating him to 12th on the grid, while team-mate Charles Leclerc surprised both McLarens to snatch pole. From his lowly grid ...Keep reading

Ash Sutton took the honours in a pulsating, crash-strewn final British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Croft.The four-time title winner led home Tom Ingram by 2.201 seconds at the wheel of his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST after some scintillating racecraft from fifth on the grid.It means that he further narrows the points deficit to Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N ...Keep reading

Ash Sutton took the honours in a pulsating, crash-strewn final British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Croft.The four-time title winner led home Tom Ingram by 2.201 seconds at the wheel of his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST thanks to some scintillating racecraft from fifth on the grid.It means that Sutton further narrows the points deficit down to eight to Excelr8 ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen refutes a much-discussed F1 topic which he claims is not true

The investigation into Max Verstappen's pass on Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix has resulted in no further action, as the stewards deemed that the Dutchman had not forced the Ferrari driver off the road at Turn 4.Having made his first stop for hard tyres, Verstappen was attempting to make up ground and was carving his way through the lower reaches of the field at the start of his ...Keep reading

Ninth place for Max Verstappen from eighth on the grid, and a lapped 18th for Yuki Tsunoda from a pitlane start, represented a crushing underperformance in Hungary for a team with Red Bull’s bulging trophy cabinet. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko highlighted strategy as one of the elements that failed to work out for the team, but said fifth or sixth would still have been the best Verstappen ...Keep reading

“I don’t want to rush it, I’ve waited 12 months so I won’t rush it over two weeks.”

Follow the 2025 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix here with lap-by-lap coverage

Ninth place for Max Verstappen from eighth on the grid, and a lapped 18th for Yuki Tsunoda from a pitlane start, represented a crushing underperformance in Hungary for a team with Red Bull Racing’s bulging trophy cabinet. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko highlighted strategy as one of the elements that failed to work out for the team, but said fifth or sixth would still have been the best ...Keep reading

Ninth place for Max Verstappen from eighth on the grid, and a lapped 18th for Yuki Tsunoda from a pitlane start, represented a crushing underperformance in Hungary for a team with Red Bull Racing’s bulging trophy cabinet. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko highlighted strategy as one of the elements that failed to work out for the team, but said fifth or sixth would still have been the best ...Keep reading

Fred Vasseur has his say on downbeat Lewis Hamilton's woes

FIA provide verdict on incident between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at F1 Hungarian Grand Prix

Kalle Rovanpera says finally achieving a Rally Finland victory is both an amazing feeling and a relief after ending an eight-year wait for a Finnish winner at the World Rally Championship event.   Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen bounced back after struggling in recent gravel events to claim a perfect 35-point victory on home soil, heading a historic Toyota ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton offered a cryptic follow-up to his earlier comments suggesting that Ferrari should "change driver" and, after finishing 12th at the Hungarian Grand Prix, hinted at a "not great" state of affairs in the background.Hamilton was dumped out in the second part of qualifying on Saturday, and alluded to his driving being the key problem behind his travails in 2025.Read ...Keep reading