Hungarian Grand Prix: Formula One – live

Key events14m agoPreambleRead Giles Richards’ qualifying report. double quotation markNorris took the top spot for McLaren by one-hundredth of a second from Hamilton’s Ferrari, but the latter’s place on the front row remained in doubt, as he was under investigation by the FIA. Hamilton said he had been informed by the team that Piastri was closing on him only when the McLaren was already right behind him and that he did not know anyone was still on a hot lap behind him. Nonetheless, after qualifying, the stewards ruled he was at fault and imposed the grid penalty. Max Verstappen, starting in fourth, speaks: “I don’t really know where we where we stand, all right, like how competitive, of course, we can be.“I’m starting a little bit further ahead because of penalties of others, but, um, yeah, I don’t know. I mean, hopefully, of course, we get positively surprised in the race.”He remains unimpressed by his Red Bull car,Drivers’ standings before the Hungarian GP1 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹Mercedes 204pts 2 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 159 3 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 154 4 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨Ferrari 126 5 Lando Norris 🇬🇧McLaren 103 6 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺McLaren 92 7 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱Red Bull 91 8 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷Red Bull 60 9 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷Alpine 42 10 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿Racing Bulls 39 11 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧Racing Bulls 22 12 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷Alpine 19 13 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧Haas 18 14 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷Audi 10 15 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸Williams 6 16 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭Williams 5 17 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷Haas 3 18 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸Aston Martin 1– Alexander Albon 🇹🇭Williams – Lance Stroll 🇨🇦Aston Martin – Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮Cadillac – Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽CadillacPreambleThe last GP until the summer break, and it’s back to a time-honoured track in the Hungaroring, it being 40 years since the first Formula One race behind the old Iron Curtain was held in 1986. The winner back then was Nelson Piquet, and the last two winners have been McLarens in Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who takes pole this time around. Saturday’s qualifying was eventful, with three-placed penalties for the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli.HUNGARIAN GP GRID After Hamilton and Antonelli penalties 1 Lando Norris 🇬🇧McLaren 1:17.207 2 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨Ferrari 1:17.445 3 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺McLaren 1:17.684 4 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱Red Bull 1:17.725 5 *Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧Ferrari 1:17.219 6 George Russell 🇬🇧Mercedes 1:17.760 7 **Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹Mercedes 1:17.479 8 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷Red Bull 1:17.760 9 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧Racing Bulls 1:18.281 10 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪Audi 1:18.686 11 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿Racing Bulls 1:18.76512 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷Alpine 1:18.84413 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷Alpine 1:19.027 14 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷Audi 1:19.10515 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷Haas 1:19.73416 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸Aston Martin 1:19.80817 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧Haas 1:20.23318 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸Williams 1:20.62119 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭Williams 1:20.65820 Lance Stroll 🇨🇦Aston Martin 1:20.65921 Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮Cadillac 1:20.88622 Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽Cadillac 1:21.322 *Three-place penalty for impeding Piastri in qualifying **Three-place penalty for not slowing under yellow flags in qualifying