Formula One returns to a fan-favourite track this weekend as the Hungaroring Circuit in Budapest hosts the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton claimed his first victory in 31 months last time out at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, holding off a late charge from Max Verstappen for a famous ninth win at his home race.
Nonetheless, Verstappen has an 84-point lead in the F1 world championship at the halfway stage of the season, with Lando Norris in second as he targets another win following a handful of near-misses in recent weeks.
Mercedes, meanwhile, are eyeing a third consecutive victory this weekend after George Russell’s win in Austria, while Ferrari are looking to return to form following a torrid triple-header in which Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz struggled for pace. Verstappen won last year’s race in Budapest by a comfortable margin.
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F1 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES
- The race in Hungary starts at 2pm (BST)
- Lando Norris on pole position in Hungary; Piastri 2nd; Verstappen 3rd
- Click HERE for the top-10 in qualifying
- CRASH! Sergio Perez hits the wall again in Q1
- PREVIEW: How 2024 F1 season sparked into life with four teams in contention at Hungarian GP
- EXCLUSIVE - Zak Brown: ‘Red Bull are scared of Max Verstappen
Constructors’ Championship ahead of the Hungarian GP:
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1. Red Bull - 373 points
2. Ferrari - 302 points
3. McLaren - 295 points
4. Mercedes - 221 points
5. Aston Martin - 68 points
6. RB - 31 points
7. Haas - 27 points
8. Alpine - 9 points
9. Williams - 4 points
10. Sauber - 0 points
Oscar Piastri after qualifying P2 on Saturday:
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“Very happy, missed out by two-hundredths, you think of all the things you could have done better! Quali wasn’t easy so to end up with both cars on the front row is a great result.
“The second lap was pretty good, I’m happy with my days work. It’s a long run down into turn one. I want to get into the lead but we have both cars on the front row, we’ll be smart.”
Starting grid for the Hungarian GP:
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1) Lando Norris
2) Oscar Piastri
3) Max Verstappen
4) Carlos Sainz
5) Lewis Hamilton
6) Charles Leclerc
7) Fernando Alonso
8) Lance Stroll
9) Daniel Ricciardo
10) Yuki Tsunoda
11) Nico Hulkenberg
12) Valtteri Bottas
13) Alex Albon
14) Logan Sargeant
15) Kevin Magnussen
16) Sergio Perez
17) George Russell
18) Zhou Guanyu
19) Esteban Ocon
Pit lane) Pierre Gasly*
*Gasly, who qualified P20, starts in the pit lane after taking a new battery
Jacques Villeneuve: Sergio Perez would not claim a seat at Williams, let alone Red Bull
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Sergio Perez would not get a seat at Williams right now amid his Red Bull struggles, says former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.
The Mexican driver has endured a torrid few months, scoring just 15 points in his last six appearances, with team boss Christian Horner admitting that the 34-year-old’s form is currently “unsustainable.”
Amid speculation Perez – who only signed a new deal until the end of 2025 a month ago – could be dropped mid-season, the Mexican spun in Q1 and crashed out, leaving him 16th on the grid for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
And 1997 world champion Villeneuve, who was highly critical of Daniel Ricciardo last month, insisted in a conversation about Williams’s driver choice for 2025 that Perez should not be on their list.
Full piece below:
McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown: ‘Red Bull are scared of Max Verstappen’
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Zak Brown does not have the time, nor the patience, for chancers. The straight-talking Californian-raised McLaren chief executive is revelling in his team’s ascendancy back to the top of the sport, fighting the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes. But most of all in recent months, Red Bull.
On track, this front-of-the-pack dogfight has mushroomed between three-time world champion Max Verstappen, Red Bull, and one-time race winner Lando Norris, McLaren. The pair, somewhat uniquely within a sport famous for its fierce rivalries, have a close relationship off-track. A friendship and a bond that nosedived three weeks ago in Austria.
Full interview below:
Lewis Hamilton after qualifying P5 on Saturday:
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“I came to try and be at the front, we did an OK job. We got the car in a relatively good place but when it’s hot, we’re not fast.
“Session started, we were rapid and then we were slow as it got hot again.”
Daniel Ricciardo eyeing ‘something bigger’ with Sergio Perez’s Red Bull F1 seat in doubt
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Daniel Ricciardo is targeting a strong showing in the final two races before the summer break with an eye on “something bigger” amid speculation over Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat.
Fan-favourite Australian driver Ricciardo has picked up 11 points so far this season compared to 20 from RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, though has improved in recent weeks.
Yet amid Perez’s dramatic downturn in form in recent weeks – he finished the last race at Silverstone in 17th – both Ricciardo and Tsunoda are eyeing a promotion to the Red Bull mothership to partner Max Verstappen.
Ricciardo, when asked about it, insisted he was only focusing on the next two races – in Hungary and Belgium – before the summer break and hinted an impressive showing could mean a shock call-up to Red Bull.
Full quotes below:
Driver Standings ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix:
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1. Max Verstappen - 255 points
2. Lando Norris - 171 points
3. Charles Leclerc - 150 points
4. Carlos Sainz - 146 points
5. Oscar Piastri - 124 points
6. Sergio Perez - 118 points
7. George Russell - 111 points
8. Lewis Hamilton - 110 points
9. Fernando Alonso - 45 points
10. Lance Stroll - 23 points
11. Nico Hulkenberg - 22 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda - 20 points
13. Daniel Ricciardo - 11 points
14. Oliver Bearman - 6 points
15. Pierre Gasly - 6 points
16. Kevin Magnussen - 5 points
17. Alex Albon - 4 points
18. Esteban Ocon - 3 points
19. Zhou Guanyu - 0 points
20. Logan Sargeant - 0 points
21. Valtteri Bottas - 0 points
PREVIEW: How 2024 F1 season sparked into life with four teams in contention at Hungarian GP
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It’s Saturday night in Bahrain, March 2024. Away from the hullabaloo of paddock gossip and the Red Bull soap-opera, the world champions had blown away the field – again – on their more comfortable field of racing tarmac. Max Verstappen stormed home in first, 22 seconds clear of team-mate Sergio Perez. Carlos Sainz, in third, was 25 seconds off Verstappen and Charles Leclerc 39 seconds behind in fourth.
Cheeks were puffed out, gloomy faces descended. After a 2023 campaign where Red Bull won 21 out of 22 races, were we really in for another 10 months of ultra-domination? Would more eyeballs be turned away in the absence of any competitive action at the front once more? Could Verstappen, perhaps, be the first driver ever to win every race in a season?
The answer to all the above, at the halfway-stage of this record 24-race campaign, is a reassuring no. Because, after two years, the others have finally got their act together.
Full preview below:
Max Verstappen after qualifying P3:
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“I tried, the whole weekend we have been a little bit behind. Tried to make it as close as possible, but just not enough. Bit difficult to pinpoint why that is, P3 is still very close. Just hope tomorrow the car is good in the race, we can follow them.
“I love competition but I’d like to be on top, at the moment I feel like we’re chasing. Bit of a tricky situation I guess.
“The last few races, McLaren have been really really good, today was a lot colder, tomorrow will be a different day - I just hope that that will help us.”
Starting grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix:
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1) Lando Norris
2) Oscar Piastri
3) Max Verstappen
4) Carlos Sainz
5) Lewis Hamilton
6) Charles Leclerc
7) Fernando Alonso
8) Lance Stroll
9) Daniel Ricciardo
10) Yuki Tsunoda
11) Nico Hulkenberg
12) Valtteri Bottas
13) Alex Albon
14) Logan Sargeant
15) Kevin Magnussen
16) Sergio Perez
17) George Russell
18) Zhou Guanyu
19) Esteban Ocon
20) Pierre Gasly
Lando Norris after claiming pole:
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“Very happy, a one-two is better to see, congrats to the team.
“We’ve got confidence, we’ve come into the last weekends confident and we have a good car. Great job, improving every weekend, to end up on pole is sweet.
“We’re in the best position for whatever the conditions throw against us. As long as we stay where we are, we’re happy. It’s obvious what the aim is for tomorrow.”
QUALIFYING REPORT: Lando Norris leads McLaren one-two in dramatic Hungarian GP qualifying
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Lando Norris saw off McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to claim pole position for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The British driver executed an impressive lap at the Hungaroring to beat Piastri to top spot by just 0.022 seconds and claim only the third pole of his career – and McLaren’s first front-row lockout in nearly a dozen years.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had to settle for third, 0.046 sec back.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished fourth and British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton took fifth. In the other Mercedes, George Russell crashed out of qualifying at the first hurdle and is set to start 17th.
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix!
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Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix and round 13 of the 2024 season!
Lando Norris starts on pole position, leading a McLaren one-two on the grid with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third.
Carlos Sainz is in fourth for Ferrari with Lewis Hamilton in fifth. George Russell, meanwhile, starts at the back of the pack with Sergio Perez after both men were knocked out in Q1 yesterday!
What will today bring? Stay here for all the build-up and updates - lights out is at 2pm (BST)!
What is the starting grid?
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1) Lando Norris
2) Oscar Piastri
3) Max Verstappen
4) Carlos Sainz
5) Lewis Hamilton
6) Charles Leclerc
7) Fernando Alonso
8) Lance Stroll
9) Daniel Ricciardo
10) Yuki Tsunoda
11) Nico Hulkenberg
12) Valtteri Bottas
13) Alex Albon
14) Logan Sargeant
15) Kevin Magnussen
16) Sergio Perez
17) George Russell
18) Zhou Guanyu
19) Esteban Ocon
20) Pierre Gasly
Jacques Villeneuve: Sergio Perez would not claim a seat at Williams, let alone Red Bull
Saturday 20 July 2024 18:10
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Sergio Perez would not get a seat at Williams right now amid his Red Bull struggles, says former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.
The Mexican driver has endured a torrid few months, scoring just 15 points in his last six appearances, with team boss Christian Horner admitting that the 34-year-old’s form is currently “unsustainable.”
Amid speculation Perez – who only signed a new deal until the end of 2025 a month ago – could be dropped mid-season, the Mexican spun in Q1 and crashed out, leaving him 16th on the grid for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
And 1997 world champion Villeneuve, who was highly critical of Daniel Ricciardo last month, insisted in a conversation about Williams’s driver choice for 2025 that Perez should not be on their list.
Full piece below:
Lando Norris leads McLaren one-two in dramatic Hungarian GP qualifying
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Lando Norris saw off McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to claim pole position for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The British driver executed an impressive lap at the Hungaroring to beat Piastri to top spot by just 0.022 seconds and claim only the third pole of his career – and McLaren’s first front-row lockout in nearly a dozen years.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had to settle for third, 0.046 sec back.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished fourth and British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton took fifth. In the other Mercedes, George Russell crashed out of qualifying at the first hurdle and is set to start 17th.
Here is Lando Norris’ pole-setting lap:
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Ladies and gentlemen... the gyro cam
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 20, 2024
And what better example than Lando Norris' fastest lap?#F1 #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/QsyO3PQgz5
Lewis Hamilton after qualifying P5:
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“I came to try and be at the front, we did an OK job. We got the car in a relatively good place but when it’s hot, we’re not fast.
“Session started, we were rapid and then we were slow as it got hot again.”
"We've done everything we could" ♂️
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 20, 2024
Lewis reacts to taking P5 in the Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying pic.twitter.com/BNmX9EU6ho
Max Verstappen after qualifying P3:
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“I tried, the whole weekend we have been a little bit behind. Tried to make it as close as possible, but just not enough. Bit difficult to pinpoint why that is, P3 is still very close. Just hope tomorrow the car is good in the race, we can follow them.
“I love competition but I’d like to be on top, at the moment I feel like we’re chasing. Bit of a tricky situation I guess.
“The last few races, McLaren have been really really good, today was a lot colder, tomorrow will be a different day - I just hope that that will help us.”
Oscar Piastri after qualifying P2:
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“Very happy, missed out by two-hundredths, you think of all the things you could have done better! Quali wasn’t easy so to end up with both cars on the front row is a great result.
“The second lap was pretty good, I’m happy with my days work. It’s a long run down into turn one. I want to get into the lead but we have both cars on the front row, we’ll be smart.”
Lando Norris after claiming pole:
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“Very happy, a one-two is better to see, congrats to the team.
“We’ve got confidence, we’ve come into the last weekends confident and we have a good car. Great job, improving every weekend, to end up on pole is sweet.
“We’re in the best position for whatever the conditions throw against us. As long as we stay where we are, we’re happy. It’s obvious what the aim is for tomorrow.”
"As long as we stay where we are, we'll be happy"
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 20, 2024
Lando Norris reacts to taking pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix pic.twitter.com/i6b7DS1cic
TOP-10 IN QUALIFYING FOR THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX:
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1) Lando Norris
2) Oscar Piastri
3) Max Verstappen
4) Carlos Sainz
5) Lewis Hamilton
6) Charles Leclerc
7) Fernando Alonso
8) Lance Stroll
9) Daniel Ricciardo
10) Yuki Tsunoda
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Lando Norris on pole position!
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It’s a McLaren one-two!
Nobody went quicker in that final bit other than Daniel Ricciardo, and that was just from P10 to P9.
So Norris gets his second pole in four races, with Piastri in second - and Verstappen in third!
4-10: Sainz, Hamilton, Leclerc, Alonso, Stroll, Ricciardo, Tsunoda
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Q3 back underway!
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Right then, who will get another flying lap in?!
A reminder: NO Verstappen on track.
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Session will resume in two minutes
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At 16:21 (BST), we will resume qualifying.
A reminder: 2:13 left...
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Lando Norris at front of queue
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While Norris, Hamilton and Piastri wait in the pit-lane for a start time, Verstappen is out of the car - will he not bother with a third run here?!
Still no word from the race director on a start time, mind.
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Yuki Tsunoda’s crash!
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Tsunoda got too wide at turn six - and it was a big collision with the wall!
And we already have cars coming out into the pit-lane as they look to set one final flying lap!
Current top-10: Norris, Piastri, Verstappen, Sainz, Hamilton, Leclerc, Alonso, Stroll, Tsunoda, Ricciardo
RED FLAG
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 20, 2024
Yuki crashes out, leaving a TENSE 2:13 of qualifying remaining pic.twitter.com/I82Q8XSI6T
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: RED FLAG!
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Yuki Tsunoda with a big crash!
Relief for Lando Norris - Oscar Piastri just goes P2 before the red flag, under a tenth behind his team-mate, while Max Verstappen goes quicker but only for third!
It’s a McLaren one-two for now!
2:13 left... so session not quite done yet, they’ll be able to get back out there!
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Lando Norris on provisional pole!
Saturday 20 July 2024 16:06
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What a lap from Lando Norris!
The McLaren sets a 1:15:227, 0.328 secs quicker than Max Verstappen, with Oscar Piastri six-tenths behind his team-mate!
And the rain is just starting to fall... so will those first laps be the quickest?!
4-10: Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso, Sainz, Stroll, Tsunoda, Ricciardo
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Q3 underway!
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We’re underway with the top-10 shootout in Hungary!
10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Sainz, Leclerc, Alonso, Stroll, Ricciardo, Tsunoda, Hamilton
Who will be on pole position? It seems to be between McLaren (both Piastri and Norris) and Verstappen...
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton escapes!
Saturday 20 July 2024 15:54
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Woah, that was close for Lewis Hamilton - by 0.010 secs he’s through to Q3, ahead of the unfortunate Nico Hulkenberg!
Relief at Mercedes!
P11-15 and out in Q2: Hulkenberg, Bottas, Albon, Sargeant, Magnussen
Top-3: Norris, Verstappen, Piastri
That’s both Astons and RBs through to Q3!
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Alex Albon in trouble
Saturday 20 July 2024 15:49
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The Williams driver in P13, with his team-mate Sargeant also in the bottom-five.
Up top, top-3 is: Verstappen, Piastri, Sainz
Current bottom-five (11-15): Bottas, Sargeant, Albon, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo
5:00 to go...
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: George Russell after his Q1 elimination..
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“Two factors, I didn’t do a good enough job at the beginning, and we put the new tyres on at the end but I didn’t have enough fuel for the end of the session. On me for being in that position in the first place.”
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: George Russell is out of qualifying!
Saturday 20 July 2024 15:32
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What a nightmare for Russell! He’s only P17.
Russell’s quicker time was not enough - he’s out by 0.117 secs to Kevin Magnussen in 15th!
16-20 and out in Q1: Perez, Russell, Zhou, Ocon, Gasly
“Sorry everyone that is on me”, says Russell. What is his decision not to go out again?
And what were the Alpnies doing!
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Q1 resumes!
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Q1 back underway and George Russell is the first car out on track - a reminder that he’s on P14 so may well have to go quicker.
The rain has stopped, but areas of the track look very dry. Maybe, right at the end, they’ll be able to improve... but we’ll see!
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Q1 back underway in two minutes!
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FIA: Q1 will resume at 15:22.
Can anyone improve? The rain has steadied, but there’s only 6:45 left AND DRS has been disabled due to the rain..
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Sergio Perez in the wall!
Saturday 20 July 2024 15:16
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Perez is out of the car and is all OK - though the medical car has been deployed, it was a fairly big shunt!
Session stops then with 6:45 to go - will Perez drop down the leaderboard from P9 then? Unlikely if not impossible me thinks, as it’s raining a lot heavier now...
Current bottom-five (16-20): Ricciardo, Stroll, Magnussen, Zhou, Hulkenberg
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Sergio Perez crashes!
Saturday 20 July 2024 15:13
Kieran Jackson
A nightmare for Sergio Perez - again!
The Red Bull is in the wall at turn 8 as he slides and smashes into the wall!
The man who’s been out in Q1 in three out of the last five races could well be out again! He’s currently P9...
RED FLAG!
Sergio Perez loses it and hits the barriers and he's out of Q1 ❌ pic.twitter.com/cK5KxuWlYs
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 20, 2024
Driver Standings ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix:
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1. Max Verstappen - 255 points
2. Lando Norris - 171 points
3. Charles Leclerc - 150 points
4. Carlos Sainz - 146 points
5. Oscar Piastri - 124 points
6. Sergio Perez - 118 points
7. George Russell - 111 points
8. Lewis Hamilton - 110 points
9. Fernando Alonso - 45 points
10. Lance Stroll - 23 points
11. Nico Hulkenberg - 22 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda - 20 points
13. Daniel Ricciardo - 11 points
14. Oliver Bearman - 6 points
15. Pierre Gasly - 6 points
16. Kevin Magnussen - 5 points
17. Alex Albon - 4 points
18. Esteban Ocon - 3 points
19. Zhou Guanyu - 0 points
20. Logan Sargeant - 0 points
21. Valtteri Bottas - 0 points
Pierre Gasly tries to influence Carlos Sainz’s decision over his future
Saturday 20 July 2024 13:39
Kieran Jackson
Pierre Gasly has been trying to convince Carlos Sainz to join him at Renault-owned Alpine but the Frenchman said on Thursday he was waiting for a decision like everyone else in Formula One.
Spaniard Sainz is leaving Ferrari at the end of the season to make way for seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton and has been assessing his options for months as the key to the driver market.
“I think Alpine, the team has good options on the table,” Gasly told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Full piece below:
Daniel Ricciardo eyeing ‘something bigger’ with Sergio Perez’s Red Bull F1 seat in doubt
Saturday 20 July 2024 10:26
Kieran Jackson
Daniel Ricciardo is targeting a strong showing in the final two races before the summer break with an eye on “something bigger” amid speculation over Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat.
Fan-favourite Australian driver Ricciardo has picked up 11 points so far this season compared to 20 from RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, though has improved in recent weeks.
Yet amid Perez’s dramatic downturn in form in recent weeks – he finished the last race at Silverstone in 17th – both Ricciardo and Tsunoda are eyeing a promotion to the Red Bull mothership to partner Max Verstappen.
Ricciardo, when asked about it, insisted he was only focusing on the next two races – in Hungary and Belgium – before the summer break and hinted an impressive showing could mean a shock call-up to Red Bull.
Full quotes below:
PREVIEW: How 2024 F1 season sparked into life with four teams in contention at Hungarian GP
Saturday 20 July 2024 10:15
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It’s Saturday night in Bahrain, March 2024. Away from the hullabaloo of paddock gossip and the Red Bull soap-opera, the world champions had blown away the field – again – on their more comfortable field of racing tarmac. Max Verstappen stormed home in first, 22 seconds clear of team-mate Sergio Perez. Carlos Sainz, in third, was 25 seconds off Verstappen and Charles Leclerc 39 seconds behind in fourth.
Cheeks were puffed out, gloomy faces descended. After a 2023 campaign where Red Bull won 21 out of 22 races, were we really in for another 10 months of ultra-domination? Would more eyeballs be turned away in the absence of any competitive action at the front once more? Could Verstappen, perhaps, be the first driver ever to win every race in a season?
The answer to all the above, at the halfway-stage of this record 24-race campaign, is a reassuring no. Because, after two years, the others have finally got their act together.
Full preview below:
F1 announces sprint race venues for 2025 season
Friday 19 July 2024 08:29
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F1 has announced Spa-Francorchamps as the only new sprint race venue on the calendar next year.
The sprint format, including the 100km dash on Saturday, was first introduced in 2021 at Silverstone and has proven popular with fans.
In 2023, the number of sprint races was doubled from three to six and, in 2025, it will remain the same – with sprint weekends therefore making up 25 per cent of the 24-race calendar.
See full list below: