2026 Formula 1 Hungarian GP
F1 Hungarian GP live commentary and updates - qualifying
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And that's it from us - we'll see you tomorrow for the Hungarian Grand Prix! Thanks for joining.
We have a couple of summons: Antonelli, for a potential yellow flag infringement, and Hamilton for potentially impeding.
Stay across Autosport and Motorsport.com to find out the outcomes of that! Hopefully we'll find out soon.
Tomorrow's provisional grid
Grid
| Cla | Driver | # | Chassis | Engine | Time | Tyres | km/h | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  L. Norris McLaren |
1 |  |
McLaren | Mercedes |
1'17.207 |
204.276 | |||
| 2 | L. Hamilton Ferrari |
44 |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari |
+0.012 1'17.219 |
204.245 | |||
| 3 |  C. Leclerc Ferrari |
16 |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari |
+0.238 1'17.445 |
203.649 | |||
| 4 |  A. Antonelli Mercedes |
12 |  |
Mercedes | Mercedes |
+0.272 1'17.479 |
203.559 | |||
| 5 |  O. Piastri McLaren |
81 |  |
McLaren | Mercedes |
+0.477 1'17.684 |
203.022 | |||
| 6 |  M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing |
3 |  |
Red Bull | Red Bull |
+0.518 1'17.725 |
202.915 | |||
| 7 | G. Russell Mercedes |
63 | |
Mercedes | Mercedes |
+0.553 1'17.760 |
202.824 | |||
| 8 |  I. Hadjar Red Bull Racing |
6 |  |
Red Bull | Red Bull |
+0.649 1'17.856 |
202.573 | |||
| 9 | A. Lindblad Racing Bulls |
41 |  |
RB | Red Bull |
+1.074 1'18.281 |
201.474 | |||
| 10 |  N. Hulkenberg Audi |
27 |  |
Audi | Audi |
+1.479 1'18.686 |
200.437 | |||
| 11 |  L. Lawson Racing Bulls |
30 | |
RB | Red Bull |
+1.558 1'18.765 |
200.236 | |||
| 12 | P. Gasly Alpine |
10 |  |
Alpine | Mercedes |
+1.637 1'18.844 |
200.035 | |||
| 13 |  F. Colapinto Alpine |
43 | |
Alpine | Mercedes |
+1.820 1'19.027 |
199.572 | |||
| 14 |  G. Bortoleto Audi |
5 |  |
Audi | Audi |
+1.898 1'19.105 |
199.375 | |||
| 15 | E. Ocon Haas F1 Team |
31 |  |
Haas | Ferrari |
+2.527 1'19.734 |
197.802 | |||
| 16 |  F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing |
14 |  |
Aston Martin | Honda |
+2.601 1'19.808 |
197.619 | |||
| 17 | O. Bearman Haas F1 Team |
87 |  |
Haas | Ferrari |
+3.026 1'20.233 |
196.572 | |||
| 18 | C. Sainz Williams |
55 |  |
Williams | Mercedes |
+3.414 1'20.621 |
195.626 | |||
| 19 |  A. Albon Williams |
23 |  |
Williams | Mercedes |
+3.451 1'20.658 |
195.536 | |||
| 20 |  L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing |
18 | |
Aston Martin | Honda |
+3.452 1'20.659 |
195.534 | |||
| 21 |  V. Bottas Cadillac F1 Team |
77 |  |
Cadillac | Ferrari |
+3.679 1'20.886 |
194.985 | |||
| 22 |  S. Perez Cadillac F1 Team |
11 |  |
Cadillac | Ferrari |
+4.115 1'21.322 |
193.940 | |||
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A pretty intense session, but we've got a tantalising Norris-Hamilton front row tomorrow. Can Leclerc or Antonelli present the two with a battle into Turn 1?
It'll be a thrilling bit of first-corner action, certainly.
Lando Norris: "Very happy to be back on top. Honestly, I had confidence through the whole of today. My laps in Q3 were not the best, so pleasantly surprised to be back on top. But we've been doing a good job."
Lewis Hamilton: "Congratulations to Lando, he did a great lap. I felt solid throughout qualifying but for some reason, we went out first which I don't think was the right call. And the grip wasn't there for either Charles or I. We were quickest throughout so it's definitely one that got away."
Charles Leclerc: "Today there was quite a bit of a wind change and I don't think I did a good job anticipating it. And qualifying was a bit messy, we were lucky with the yellow flag but today I've been playing catch-up."
Q3 order
1. Norris
2. Hamilton
3. Leclerc
4. Antonelli
5. Piastri
6. Verstappen
7. Russell
8. Hadjar
9. Lindblad
10. Hulkenberg
Verstappen had a slide into Turn 14, and couldn't quite keep the car from spinning.
"Gorgeous, well done ladies and gentlemen," Norris says, having clinched pole at the death. Uncertain why neither Ferrari found pace on those last laps - but I'm sure the drivers will explain why.
Norris chisels the slenderest of margins, just 0.012s off Hamilton, to clinch pole! Hamilton drops to second, having been unable to improve.
Russell's stopped on track at Turn 1.
Hamilton's not improving on this lap, and neither is Leclerc...and nor is Verstappen.
Hamilton was over a second down on his best...and Verstappen's spun at Turn 13! Antonelli improves, but stays fourth, and Russell had to back off too.
Hulkenberg was a bit slow in leaving the slow lane, which held the McLarens up a bit.
Hamilton will kick us off with these last laps.
And everyone's pretty much gone out together, Hamilton and Leclerc first onto the road, followed by Verstappen, Antonelli, and Russell.
Final runs of Q3 coming your way now.
First Q3 runs
1. Hamilton
2. Norris
3. Leclerc
4. Antonelli
5. Piastri
6. Verstappen
7. Russell
8. Hadjar
9. Lindblad
10. Hulkenberg
A quick change-over for tyres - and then it's last orders.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Photo by: Guido De Bortoli / LAT Images via Getty Images
Hamilton now goes top, a 1m17.219s to beat Norris by a tenth - we've got a battle here. Antonelli is fourth fastest, and Russell drops into seventh.
Indeed, Verstappen opens the session with a 1m17.725s. Piastri then finds 0.041s on the Dutchman to go top, but Norris finds a 1m17.320s to go fastest!
Verstappen's going to be first to set a lap, as we've got all 10 drivers on track. Piastri and Norris will follow.
Q3 is open for business
Here's the one that really matters: the shoot-out for pole. Norris? Hamilton? Antonelli? Leclerc? Verstappen? Russell? Piastri? Hadjar? Russell? Lindblad? Hulkenberg?
We'll find out.
Our Q3 contenders
Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton, Hadjar, Piastri, Verstappen, Lindblad, Antonelli, Russell, Hulkenberg.
Eliminated in Q2
11. Lawson
12. Gasly
13. Colapinto
14. Bortoleto
15. Ocon
16. Alonso
And that's it for Q2, a lot of shuffling. Lawson falls out in Q2, and reports that the car was "hard to drive".
Verstappen doesn't improve, while Russell goes up to fourth.
Piastri moves up to seond, 0.056s off Hadjar, while Bortoleto gets up to ninth to seal Alonso's Q2 exit. Hulkenberg goes seventh fastest and Lawson goes eighth, pushing Bortoleto into the dropzone.
Norris does a 1m17.456s to go quickest now, as Lindblad and Antonelli book their places in the top 10. Gasly and Colapinto are 11th and 13th - make that 12th and 13th, as Leclerc finds safety to get within two tenths of Norris' effort.
Hadjar goes quickest! 1m17.872s for the Frenchman, so that's his place booked for Q3 and Alonso drops into 11th.
Verstappen's going again, while Antonelli needs to go again as the Italian's had his lap deleted.
Alonso moves up to 10th, but Hadjar's back out and looking to make amends for his Turn 12 spin.
We've also not really seen the Audis here yet. Bortoleto didn't do a lap, and Hulkenberg was a bit slow.
Elimination zone with 5 minutes to go
11. Gasly
12. Colapinto
13. Ocon
14. Alonso
15. Hadjar
16. Bortoleto.
Hadjar and Bortoleto don't have a lap to their names yet, while Hamilton reckons there's more time available.
Leclerc's potential yellow flag infringement has been waved off, as it were.
"I've got no grip, I don't know, we're doing something wrong with tyres," Antonelli reports. Even though he's still quite quick, he's unhappy with his lot.
Leclerc's been noted for a potential yellow flag infringement.
Hadjar has a spin at Turn 12, as he gets caught out by the gravel and breaks traction.
Norris goes second, 0.317s down on Verstappen, on the used tyres. Antonelli then sets a 1m18.178s to go fastest, as Russell had to go again as his lap was interrupted by the yellow. He goes up to fourth.
Hamilton then posts a 1m17.931s to go fastest.
Alonso posts a 1m20.696s, which is almost half a second down on his best Q1 effort.
Verstappen is next up, has a bit of a wiggle out of Turn 13, but sets a 1m18.249s as the first benchmark. A good lap, that.
Verstappen, Antonelli, and Russell all want to get on with it, as do Hulkenberg and Hadjar. Used softs for Norris and Piastri, everyone else on new ones.
Q2 next up!
This one is for a place in the top 10 - it's looking like a mighty battle between Racing Bulls and Audi for those last two non-Big Four spots in Q3.
Alonso's out nice and early, on used softs. He'll have the track to himself on this first run.
"That's terrible. Why is the balance changing so much?" Albon asks, barely able to put the words together. Both Sainz and Albon get an apology from team principal James Vowles.
Eliminated in Q1
17. Bearman
18. Sainz
19. Albon
20. Stroll
21. Bottas
22. Perez
Bottas improves again, as does Perez, but Alonso moves up a place to go 14th. Stroll pits, so he's out.
Gasly throws the dice one final time, moves up to 13th, which puts Colapinto into the bottom six - but the Argentine also improves to relegate Bearman with the final lap of the session.
Alonso is through.
Sainz improves and pushes Stroll into 17th. Albon can't get out of the drop zone, and Bortoleto goes ninth to extricate himself from the drop zone.
Bearman also moves out of the bottom six to 14th, pushing Gasly into the mix.
Verstappen and Antonelli are going for another lap, used tyres though. Can they squeeze another lap out of them?
No, is the answer from Verstappen - but it's a yes from Antonelli, who goes up to second. Russell moves up to sixth.
Big gap between Hulkenberg in 11th and Alonso in 12th, to the tune of around 0.8s. If anyone can throw the car there, they're probably safe.
Drop zone with five minutes remaining
17. Bearman
18. Albon
19. Sainz
20. Bottas
21. Perez
22. Bortoleto
Alonso moves up to 12th, as Stroll gets into 16th to provisionally escape the drop zone. Bottas improves a bit on his next lap, as does Perez, but the lack of downforce in that Cadillac isn't helping here.
Bortoleto doesn't have a lap as he went wide at Turn 4. A Q1 escape is looking good for Alonso here at the moment.
Antonelli does his first lap, and just gets within 0.07s of Verstappen. Hamilton's effort on mediums is looking quite impressive.
Leclerc went again, doing a lap 0.6s off the pace. It'll probably do for now; Hulkenberg gets up to seventh, 0.814s off Verstappen's lap.
Piastri has the car step out on him and moves up to fifth, 0.235s off the pace.
Norris then throws down a 1m18.277s to go top.
Leclerc will have to go again as his time was deleted for track limits.
Antonelli's out, and he looks like he's going to do another prep lap - Russell doing likewise.
Verstappen is up on Hamilton in the second sector, and goes 0.074s faster than Hamilton by the end of the lap. Hadjar moves up to third, just a tenth off Verstappen.
