Hamilton on apology after Hungarian GP qualifying penalty
Lewis Hamilton apologised for his "attitude" after Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, after he was investigated for impeding Oscar Piastri in Q3 and later given a three-place grid drop. Hamilton said: "Yesterday was difficult. Forgive me for my attitude. I had done such a great session and then I got the call right at the last minute, so to then know I was going to get a penalty, was tough to swallow."
Lewis Hamilton apologises for ‘attitude' in Hungarian GP penalty admission
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🟠 Lando Norris: “Oscar did a good job to get the cut back and get back past. I think I was just a bit wide in the dirt, and game over for the first lap. But I was pushing like hell to try to force him into a mistake or something. My pace today was probably some of the best pace I've ever had. The car was beautiful to drive and I felt very confident, so a great race. “And to get it back in terms of going long, which is certainly not what I was expecting, but the pace was so good I could always extend the stints, and fresh tyres then always won me the race. I’m just happy to be back and see the number one again. ”I certainly want to believe that we can continue it. There’s going to be moments where we’re going to struggle more and moments that might be even better. We know this track is a good one for us, probably one of my best suited track of the year. This is maybe as good as it can look for now, but I certainly believe we can still win races. I knew it was coming. The team have put so much work in to make a car that can finally win again. It’s nice to be able to do it for them.” 🔵 Max Verstappen: "I didn't expect to be on the podium today. But we worked hard for it. The start was decent to get through Turns One and Two. Then after the first stop to get back ahead of Lewis under braking into Turn One. Then just trying to survives on the compounds and make the right calls with the strategy too. Very happy considering to be second here." ⚪️ Kimi Antonelli: "It was a tough race. It was really hard to overtake so we had to do something with strategy. Initially we tried to go for the one stop but then they told me the tyre was too much on the limit, so we stopped. With the Virtual Safety Car the two Ferraris boxed. I knew it would be very hard because I was on hards, they were on softs, but luckily we were able to keep them behind. I think today was big damage limitation and we've got to jeep pushing because the second half is going to be hard, but we'll try our best."
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🚨 Lando Norris' career arc in Hungary has come full circle 👏
• Did his first F1 test in a McLaren (2017)
• Delivered McLaren their 200th F1 win (2025)
• Got his first pole as a world champion (2026)
• Got his first win as a world champion (2026)
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🚨 Max Verstappen is the first driver to reach 100 podiums since 2020
Max Verstappen - 100
Lewis Hamilton - 56
Lando Norris - 47
Charles Leclerc - 44
Sergio Perez - 31
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Another race. Another brand new podium in 2026 😳
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🚨 For the first time since 2024, we have 5 consecutive different race winners
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🇦🇹 - George Russell
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P9 is Hulk's best result in Hungary since 2010 🤯
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Lando Norris in 2026
• First non-Mercedes driver to take pole in any format
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Lando Norris claimed his first victory since winning the world championship in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Updated Standings
Drivers' Standings 1) Kimi Antonelli - 219 2) Lewis Hamilton - 169 3) George Russell - 160 4) Charles Leclerc - 138 5) Lando Norris - 128 6) Max Verstappen - 109 7) Oscar Piastri - 92 8) Isack Hadjar - 68 9) Liam Lawson - 43 10) Pierre Gasly - 42 11) Arvid Lindblad - 23 12) Franco Colapinto - 19 13) Oliver Bearman - 18 14) Gabriel Bortoleto - 10 15) Carlos Sainz Jnr - 6 16) Alexander Albon - 5 17) Esteban Ocon - 3 18) Nico Hulkenberg - 2 19) Fernando Alonso - 1 20) Lance Stroll - 0 21) Valtteri Bottas - 0 22) Sergio Perez - 0 Constructors' Standings 1) Mercedes - 379 2) Ferrari - 307 3) McLaren - 220 4) Red Bull - 177 5) Racing Bulls - 66 6) Alpine - 61 7) Haas - 21 8) Audi - 12 9) Williams - 11 10) Aston Martin - 1 11) Cadillac - 0
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P1) Lando Norris P2) Max Verstappen: +15.080 P3) Kimi Antonelli: +18.728 P4) Charles Leclerc: +23.840 P5) Lewis Hamilton: +24.540 P6) Isack Hadjar: +55.488 P7) George Russell: +57.503 P8) Liam Lawson: +1 lap P9) Nico Hülkenberg: +1 lap P10) Arvid Lindblad: +1 lap P11) Gabriel Bortoleto: +1 lap P12) Pierre Gasly: +1 lap P13) Lance Stroll: +1 lap P14) Fernando Alonso: +1 lap P15) Franco Colapinto: +2 laps P16) Esteban Ocon: +2 laps P17) Alexander Albon: +2 laps P18) Carlos Sainz: +2 laps P19) Oliver Bearman: +2 laps DNF Oscar Piastri Sergio Perez Valtteri Bottas
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