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Formula 1 drivers tend to look forward, with a laser focus on what they can do better to cement the place on the grid they have worked towards for so long. A belated appreciation for what they have already achieved often comes later, sometimes only after their careers have ended. Gabriel Bortoleto is a wonderful exception. Aged 20, his youth shines through but it's paired with thoughtful ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz used the Hungarian Grand Prix as an example in explaining the design philosophy changes needed at Williams for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign, as the team struggled at the Hungaroring. In reviewing his opening 14 rounds at the team, Sainz felt that Williams' poor form in Hungary had been in line with expectations seen over 2025; the Spaniard noted that the FW47 performs well in ... Keep reading

Carlos Sainz used the Hungarian Grand Prix as an example in explaining the design philosophy changes needed at Williams for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign, as the team struggled at the Hungaroring. In reviewing his opening 14 rounds at the team, Sainz felt that Williams' poor form in Hungary had been in line with expectations seen over 2025; the Spaniard noted that the FW47 performs well in ... Keep reading

Get your Italian Grand Prix tickets now on GooTickets and secure your spot for one of F1’s most legendary races.   Five tips for attending the Italian Grand Prix at Monza The Italian Grand Prix is one of F1’s most iconic weekends — a high-speed temple of racing history, set in a royal park and fuelled by the passion of Ferrari’s Tifosi. Monza is famously known as the Temple of ... Keep reading

Get your Italian Grand Prix tickets now on GooTickets and secure your spot for one of F1’s most legendary races.   Five tips for attending the Italian Grand Prix at Monza The Italian Grand Prix is one of F1’s most iconic weekends — a high-speed temple of racing history, set in a royal park and fuelled by the passion of Ferrari’s Tifosi. Monza is famously known as the Temple of ... Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull – at least in Max Verstappen’s case – will challenge for wins across the remainder of the 2025 Formula 1 season. The Woking-based squad is the runaway leader in both F1 world championships, with 11 wins from the opening 14 rounds which includes seven 1-2s, but its dominance has been under threat – albeit ... Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull – at least in Max Verstappen’s case – will challenge for wins across the remainder of the 2025 Formula 1 season. The Woking-based squad is the runaway leader in both F1 world championships, with 11 wins from the opening 14 rounds which includes seven 1-2s, but its dominance has been under threat – albeit ... Keep reading

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has kept George Russell waiting all year for a new contract, but after Russell said “nothing’s going to happen over the summer” contract-wise following a typically resolute performance at the Hungarian GP, it looks like the roles have been reversed. In that context it was interesting to note the phrasing of a “mid-season report” video Wolff recorded for ... Keep reading

Harry Benjamin sits down for an in-depth chat with 1996 F1 world champion, Damon Hill.

"Formula 1 is part of our core strategy for Alpine," insists Renault's new CEO, Francois Provost.

From 1999 to 2004 Ferrari won six consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championships and five drivers’ championships. In 2000 it won 13 out of 17 grands prix; in its most dominant years, 2002 and 2004, it won 15 out of 17 and 15 out of 18 grands prix. The F2004 car set lap records which at many venues lasted for years. Throughout this era it was dogged by unproved accusations of cheating by ... Keep reading

McLaren, Racing Bulls, Alpine and Ferrari in action for Pirelli in two-day test at the Hungaroring.

From 1999 to 2004 Ferrari won six consecutive Formula 1 constructors’ championships and five drivers’ championships. In 2000 it won 13 out of 17 grands prix; in its most dominant years, 2002 and 2004, it won 15 out of 17 and 15 out of 18 grands prix respectively. The F2004 car set lap records which at many venues lasted for years. Throughout this era it was dogged by unproved accusations of ... Keep reading

Statistics rarely lie. In Formula 1 world championship history, 487 grands prix have been won from pole position – 43.2% of the total. Since Charles Leclerc made his debut in 2018, that figure is up to 50.3% (82 out of 163 races). And it grows further to 56.6% for grands prix Leclerc didn’t start on pole. That’s because Leclerc’s 27 career pole positions – more than the likes ... Keep reading

“Well,” Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff told reporters after the Hungarian Grand Prix, “that rear axle will be ending up in a bin somewhere, I guess…” The trend line of Mercedes’ mid-season slump in performance is more obvious if you discount the outlier result of the Canadian Grand Prix, where George Russell won and Kimi Antonelli became the youngest-ever driver to stand on a grand ... Keep reading

Though delighted with his team's significant step forward in Hungary, Fernando Alonso wonders where exactly the improvement came from.

Franco Colapinto crashed Alpine’s A525 Formula 1 car in a Pirelli test at the Hungaroring on Wednesday. The Italian tyre supplier has been running regular tests, like this two-day session following the Hungarian Grand Prix, to prepare its 2026 F1 compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of the world championship’s new technical rules. Three 2025-spec cars were on track ... Keep reading

Franco Colapinto crashed Alpine’s A525 Formula 1 car in a Pirelli test at the Hungaroring on Wednesday. The Italian tyre supplier has been running regular tests, like this two-day session following the Hungarian Grand Prix, to prepare its 2026 F1 compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of the world championship’s new technical rules. Three 2025-spec cars were on track ... Keep reading

Mercedes has decided to do away with the rear suspension upgrade introduced at Imola.

Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has stated his Formula 1 team’s struggles couldn’t be fixed simply by copying elements of a more consistent Racing Bulls car. Racing Bulls drivers have performed much better than the second Red Bull driver – regardless of the latter being Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda – over the 2025 season so far, collecting no fewer than 45 points when Lawson got none ... Keep reading

Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has stated his Formula 1 team’s struggles couldn’t be fixed simply by copying elements of a more consistent Racing Bulls car. Racing Bulls drivers have performed much better than the second Red Bull driver – regardless of the latter being Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda – over the 2025 season so far, collecting no fewer than 45 points when Lawson got none ... Keep reading

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at the summer shutdown in Formula 1.

McLaren boss Zak Brown says team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will "not properly fall out" as their title fight comes to a head.

Aston Martin had its most successful weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but is at a loss to explain why it happened. One week prior, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll locked out the back row at Spa-Francorchamps, but at the Hungaroring they claimed fifth and sixth on the grid – their best result since they qualified respectively fourth and third at the 2023 ... Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has been enduring a torrid time at Red Bull since making the jump from Racing Bulls earlier in the 2025 Formula 1 season. But despite another lacklustre result at the Hungarian Grand Prix, he said there were positives to take from the weekend. Tsunoda’s campaign in Budapest never really got off the ground, with the Japanese driver struggling for pace in practice before qualifying ... Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has been enduring a torrid time at Red Bull since making the jump from Racing Bulls earlier in the 2025 Formula 1 season. But despite another lacklustre result at the Hungarian Grand Prix, he said there were 'positives' to take from the weekend. Tsunoda’s campaign in Budapest never really got off the ground, with the Japanese driver struggling for pace in practice before ... Keep reading

Toyota has dismissed the notion that Sho Tsuboi’s maiden Formula 1 test opportunity with Haas at Fuji Speedway is a “reward” for his title success in Super Formula. The Japanese marque’s director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji characterised the TPC test, which will take place on 6-7 August with the two-year-old Haas VF-23, as an “audition” that will be used to gauge Tsuboi's ... Keep reading

Toyota has dismissed the notion that Sho Tsuboi’s maiden Formula 1 test opportunity with Haas at Fuji Speedway is a “reward” for his title success in Super Formula. The Japanese marque’s director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji characterised the TPC test, which will take place on 6-7 August with the two-year-old Haas VF-23, as an “audition” that will be used to gauge Tsuboi's ... Keep reading

Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that it is time for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to retire.

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions following the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Former Ferrari F1 technical director Enrico Cardile has started his role as Aston Martin's chief technical officer after lengthy legal proceedings in Italy. Cardile was announced as Aston's latest key technical signing in July 2024, reporting to team principal and CEO Andy Cowell. Ferrari held Cardile to a full year of gardening leave, but then initiated legal proceedings in Italy at the ... Keep reading

McLaren boss Andrea Stella says the team's split strategies between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix was a "part of racing".   Norris won after making a one-stop strategy work, holding off two-stopping Piastri, which he only opted to take out of desperation after losing positions to George Russell and – initially – Fernando Alonso on lap ... Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the team's split strategies between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix was "part of racing".   Norris won the race after making a one-stop strategy work, holding off two-stopping Piastri, which he only opted to take out of desperation after losing positions to George Russell and – initially – Fernando Alonso at the start ... Keep reading

On Sunday, Rafael Camara took the Formula 3 title in emphatic fashion. The Brazilian clinched the crown in a lights-to-flag victory on a wet Hungaroring track, with his championship lead proving unassailable ahead of the Monza round with a 48-point advantage over Mari Boya in the drivers’ standings. This shouldn’t come as a massive surprise given Camara has been a member of the Ferrari ... Keep reading

Though not suffering quite as much self-doubt as Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris admits he still has work to do.

"We didn't think necessarily that the one-stop was possible," admits Andrea Stella as Oscar Piastri admits it was a gamble.

Lewis Hamilton seems to be struggling more than he ever was in Formula 1, but he does have an unwavering ally in Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. Leclerc has always played the team game; this was exemplified by his recent comments at the Belgian Grand Prix, when he was asked whether he was surprised to have the upper hand on Hamilton in terms of performance. The Monegasque then insisted ... Keep reading

George Russell believes there was "something not right" with Charles Lerclerc's car during the Hungarian Grand Prix.

"I need to take back the words," says Charles Leclerc after heavily criticising his team during the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton seems to be struggling more than he ever was in Formula 1, but he does have an unwavering ally in Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. Leclerc has always played the team game; this was exemplified by his recent comments at the Belgian Grand Prix, when he was asked whether he was surprised to have the upper hand on Hamilton in terms of performance. The Monegasque then insisted ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton continues to self-criticise as Fred Vasseur and Toto Wolff leap to his defence.

Harry, Sam and Jennie look back at the Hungarian Grand Prix

Last Tuesday, Fernando Alonso celebrated his 44th birthday. Three days later, he needed an injection to be fit for Free Practice 2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, having skipped the opening session. Why? Back pain – just the sort of thing one might expect at his age. Still, the same Alonso hauled his car up to fifth on the grid and held that position over 70 laps with a tactically astute drive ... Keep reading

The Hungarian Grand Prix had been over for barely an hour when Toto Wolff invited the media to a briefing in the Mercedes hospitality at the Hungaroring. Normally, this setting is reserved for discussions about how George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli fared in the race or which updates Mercedes has planned in its ongoing quest to return to winning ways. But on this Sunday evening, it ... Keep reading

All the key BBC coverage details for the Hungarian Grand Prix, which takes place from 25-27 June.

Charles Leclerc's shock Formula 1 pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix has set up an intriguing battle at the Hungaroring as he aims to fend off the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. While the McLarens can be expected to be quicker over a race stint as rear tyre wear comes into play, Leclerc was actually in the same ballpark during Friday's FP2 long runs, splitting long-run ... Keep reading

Charles Leclerc's shock Formula 1 pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix has set up an intriguing battle at the Hungaroring as he aims to fend off the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. While the McLarens can be expected to be quicker over a race stint as rear tyre wear comes into play, Leclerc was actually in the same ballpark during Friday's FP2 long runs, splitting long-run ... Keep reading

The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend has so far proven to be a tough challenge for the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Max Verstappen will start from eighth on the grid, while Yuki Tsunoda is lining up in P16. This underlines the ongoing struggles this weekend, with technical director Pierre Wache summarizing the situation as “nothing is working”. Helmut Marko added that the Milton Keynes-based ... Keep reading

The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend has so far proven to be a tough challenge for the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Max Verstappen will start from eighth on the grid, while Yuki Tsunoda is lining up in P16. This underlines the ongoing struggles this weekend, with technical director Pierre Wache summarizing the situation as “nothing is working”. Helmut Marko added that the Milton Keynes-based ... Keep reading

But for a snap of oversteer midway through the Hungaroring’s final corner, George Russell could have been on pole for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix. His last ‘push lap’ ended up just 0.053s slower than surprise polesitter Charles Leclerc for Ferrari. The picture of relative performance in the final part of qualifying was clouded by huge swings in track temperature and wind direction ... Keep reading

But for a snap of oversteer midway through the Hungaroring’s final corner, George Russell could have been on pole for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix. His last ‘push lap’ ended up just 0.053s slower than surprise polesitter Charles Leclerc for Ferrari. The picture of relative performance in the final part of qualifying was clouded by huge swings in track temperature and wind direction ... Keep reading