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Jul 30, 2025, 08:32 AM ET
Hungary marks the past contention earlier Formula 1's summertime interruption crossed astir of August.
Who volition spell into the interruption with their enactment chopped retired for the 2nd fractional of the year, and who volition beryllium kicking backmost and rewarding themselves for a occupation good done aft 14 races?
After Hungary, F1 returns August 29-31 for the Dutch Grand Prix astatine Zandvoort.
Here's what's coming up this weekend...
Weather forecast - possible rain?
At this constituent successful the week, the forecast is looking lukewarm and sunny with highs of 28°C (82°F) connected Friday and akin conditions Saturday.
Sunday looks cooler and cloudy with a accidental of airy rain.
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Latest news
Teenage rookie Kimi Antonelli's caller struggles with signifier are a effect of Mercedes' mistakes successful improvement says method manager James Allison. Even so... Lewis Hamilton gave Antonelli a pep talk.
Meanwhile, up of this weekend's race, Mercedes person called a performance meeting to recognize the issues.
McLaren brag Andrea Stella said his drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are driving similar champions.
What's the latest connected Max Verstappen's aboriginal plans? Sources told ESPN his exit clause model has closed, meaning helium volition beryllium astatine Red Bull successful 2026.
For much investigation and a preview of the Hungarian Grand Prix, perceive to the latest occurrence of ESPN's F1 podcast Unlapped with Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson.
Circuit stats and history
The Hungaroring became the archetypal venue to big a expansive prix down the Iron Curtain successful 1986 and has since go a mainstay connected the F1 calendar.
Often compared to a go-kart circuit owed to its choky layout and deficiency of straights, the 2.7-mile way has lone received insignificant changes, including a palmy effort to assistance overtaking into Turn 1 successful 2003.
Known for breathtaking and antithetic races, it has been the country of 5 maiden victories, including Damon Hill's successful 1993, Fernando Alonso's successful 2003, Jenson Button's successful 2006, Heikki Kovalainen successful 2008, Esteban Ocon's successful 2021, and Oscar Piastri's successful 2024.
Hungarian Grand Prix
Circuit: Hungaroring; Budapest, Hungary
First F1 race: 1986
Laps: 70 laps of 4.38km. Total region 306km
Lap record: 1:16.627 -- Lewis Hamilton (2020)
Most wins: Hamilton with 8 (2007, 2009, 2012-2013, 2016, 2018-2020). Other winners from the existent grid:
Fernando Alonso (2003)
Esteban Ocon (2021)
Verstappen (2022-2023)
Piastri (2024)
Most poles: Hamilton with 9 (2007-2008, 2012-2013, 2015, 2018, 2020-2021, 2023). Other rod sitters from the existent grid:
Alonso (2003, 2009)
Verstappen (2019)
George Russell (2022)
Norris (2024)
What makes it special: Narrow, twisty and packing successful sizeable elevation change, the Hungaroring presents drivers a unsocial challenge; a driver's way if determination ever was one. Their reward for getting it right? Podium finishers person a porcelain vase-like trophy handmade by section ceramists worthy €40,000.
What the drivers accidental astir it: "It's precise method with immoderate amusive country combinations, which travel heavy and fast. All the corners harvester successful a way, and 1 tiny mistake means the adjacent country is compromised. It's important to onslaught that equilibrium and harmony with the car. It's usually a carnal expansive prix, precise blistery and engaged astatine the wheel. It's a contention wherever fittingness is key, much truthful than immoderate races, and that's a situation I relish." -- Nico Hülkenberg
Where to ticker from: Turn 1 grandstand. Drivers notation to the Hungaroring arsenic "Monaco without walls," wherever the tight, twisty layout makes overtaking a challenging endeavour. So your champion stake to glimpse wheel-to-wheel enactment is from the Turn 1 grandstand, wherever spectators tin ticker drivers brake arsenic precocious arsenic they situation pursuing the 908-metre start-finish straight.
Fun facts astir Hungaroring:
While Hamilton is the astir palmy operator present with a whopping 9 victories, determination is simply a implicit mixed container of rod sitters.
With the fig of maiden victories here, Hungary is simply a large circuit for throwing up a astonishment winner.
Fernando Alonso was 22 astatine the clip of his 2003 victory, which made him the youngest operator to instrumentality rod presumption and triumph a expansive prix. Two years aboriginal helium took the rubric of youngest satellite champion astatine 24.
The Belgian GP was McLaren's 199th win, tin they marque it 200 this weekend?
What happened past year?
It was Oscar Piastri's archetypal F1 expansive prix victory, but McLaren squad orders dictated the winner.
Piastri got up of pole-sitter Norris astatine the start, but it was during the 2nd pit stops erstwhile Norris came retired up and was aboriginal told to springiness the spot backmost truthful his Australian teammate could instrumentality the chequered flag.
Who volition win?
With 10 wins from 13 races, McLaren stay the squad to bushed and should person an adjacent bigger vantage than mean connected the choky and twisty Hungaroring.
Oscar Piastri was our prime past week, but we'll backmost Lando Norris this week successful the anticipation of a tiny points spread betwixt the runaway title leaders heading into the summertime break.
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Is it 'make oregon break' for Lando Norris astatine the Hungarian GP?
The "Unlapped" squad sermon the value of winning the Hungarian Grand Prix for Lando Norris arsenic helium aims to triumph the 2025 F1 Drivers' World Championship.
How the championships look
The taxable of McLaren dominance continues successful some championships. Leader Piastri is 16 points up of Norris, with third-place Max Verstappen needing implicit 65 points to drawback up to the papaya team.
McLaren person tally distant with the constructors' title with 516 points, but contempt not winning a contention this year, Ferrari person been accordant constituent scorers, making them champion of the remainder with 248 points -- 28 points up of Mercedes (3rd), and 56 up of Red Bull (4th).
How to ticker the GP
For fans successful the U.S. only, ticker unrecorded connected ESPN and ESPN+.
In the UK unrecorded broadcast sum is connected Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live, with highlights connected Channel 4.
For news, investigation and updates, follow the coverage with ESPN's F1 team Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson successful Budapest and connected societal media.
Session times beneath successful BST (British Summer Time). Local clip is Central European Summer Time (BST+1 hour).
Friday
Free signifier one: 12:30-13:30 BST
Free signifier two: 16:30-17:00 BST
Saturday
Free signifier three: 11:30-12:30 BST
Qualifying: 15:00-16:00 BST
Sunday
Race starts: 14:00 BST (live substance commentary build-up from 13:15 BST on ESPN.co.uk/F1).
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