Formula 1 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix results

The subject of extra 'capex' headroom within the FIA financial regulations has emerged in recent months as a way of attempting to level the playing field, and thus any decision could have a significant impact on grand prix racing in future years.Over the Budapest weekend, a new idea emerged that will see the specific requirements of teams examined and approved by the FIA on a case-by-case basis ...

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The Hungarian Grand Prix paddock was awash with fresh cost cap speculation, with wild rumours that some teams had already been found to be in breach of the limits, something strongly denied by the governing body. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali had also expressed his eagerness ahead of the weekend to complete the investigations because that was the best way to stop mounting speculation. "Control is in ...

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For the first time since 2016 and not counting the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, Budapest is not Formula 1's last venue before the summer break, with the upcoming trip to Spa set to do that shortly this year. But there were familiar feelings elsewhere, as the narrow, lower-speed Hungarian track produced another dull race, with Max Verstappen dominating for Red Bull up front. That combo did at ...

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The seven-time world champion had pulled off a shock pole at the Hungaroring on Saturday, as he edged out Max Verstappen by 0.003 seconds. It was his first pole position since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. But despite the clear pace of the Mercedes W14 over a single lap, Hamilton was unable to do anything to stop falling away over the course of the Hungarian race. He lost out to Verstappen ...

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After two years of underperforming alongside Lando Norris, McLaren paid Ricciardo last season to depart a year ahead of his contract expiring to make way for Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri.Ricciardo opted to take time away from the spotlight, moving to Red Bull in a third driver role on a 12-month deal, and planned to wait for a 2024 race seat rather than accept a less competitive drive.But with ...

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Charles Leclerc finished only seventh after his race was compromised by a wheel gun issue in a pitstop and a five-second penalty for pitlane speeding, while his team-mate Carlos Sainz could only recover to eighth after a disappointing qualifying session saw him start 11th.The result followed another tough race at Silverstone where Ferrari finished ninth and 10th as McLaren’s improved form and a ...

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Alfa Romeo launched a partnership with Kick before the start of the 2023 season, with its Spa livery the first occasion the new streaming platform receives a prominent spot on the bodywork of its 2023 C43 car.The car raced by drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will feature bright green Kick logos and decals on the front wing, rear wing and sidepod with matching wheel rims.Kick is a ...

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The Milton Keynes-based team made F1 history at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen's triumph meant the squad became the first to win 12 races in a row.It overhauled the impressive run that McLaren had in 1988 when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost helped it pull off 11 consecutive victories before it was beaten at that year's Italian Grand Prix.Red Bull's form in Hungary was helped by an ...

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As the drivers began their traditional spraying of Ferrari sparkling wine, Norris performed his trademark tactic of getting the bubbling flowing by smashing the bottom of his bottle down on the ground. He used the top step of the podium as his base but, as he made contact, the impact was enough to bounce Verstappen’s nearby winner’s trophy off and it hit the floor – breaking into ...

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The number was announced as the timeline for Alpine to work its way to the front of the F1 field after Szafnauer was put in charge of the Enstone team at the start of 2022.However, a recent management reshuffle at Renault’s Alpine division has seen the sportscar company’s former CEO Laurent Rossi moved aside.Given that Rossi hired Szafnauer there has been some speculation about the latter’s ...

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The Ferrari driver eventually finished the race in seventh place after he was delayed by a jack issue at a pit stop and received a penalty for pitlane speeding, the latter costing him a place to George Russell.Leclerc was also heard during the race questioning the timing of a strategy call, but he downplayed the emotion that appeared to be attached to the message.“The problem is that we have ...

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The Chinese racer managed his best F1 qualifying effort to date on Saturday to start fifth but was swamped by the pack after a sluggish getaway, before running into the back of Daniel Ricciardo's AlphaTauri under braking for Turn 1.Ricciardo then inadvertently punted Esteban Ocon into Pierre Gasly, with both Alpine cars eliminated as a result.Zhou copped front wing damage in the impact and also ...

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Alfa Romeo driver Guanyu Zhou appeared to trigger anti-stall when he attempted to launch from fifth on the grid after starring in qualifying. As he worked to recover, he nosed into the back of the returning Daniel Ricciardo under braking into the Turn 1 downhill right-hander.This projected the AlphaTauri into Ocon and the rear axle of his Alpine was launched into the air. He landed on the sidepod ...

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Piastri was running second behind race leader Max Verstappen in the early stages at the Hungaroring when at the first stops the team elected to pit third-placed Norris.The extra pace that Norris got from fresh rubber was enough to help him leapfrog Piastri, who stopped one lap later and found himself emerging from the pits behind his team-mate.While the decision to pit the second car was slightly ...

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Having missed out on pole to Lewis Hamilton by just 0.003s, Verstappen complained after the session of his RB19 being "all over the shop" and struggled with a lack of feeling at the wheel.Verstappen's fortunes in the race were not nearly as close run, as he secured a crushing victory in Hungary over Lando Norris with a 33.7-second advantage.Reflecting on his race, Verstappen suggested that the ...

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Verstappen made a better start than poleman Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who lost further spots to both McLarens of Oscar Piastri, who profited from hugging the inside of Turn 1, and Lando Norris, who drove around the outside of him at Turn 2.Norris undercut Piastri for second place at the first round of pitstops, and clung on to the runner-up spot despite a charging drive from the second Red Bull ...

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Verstappen scored his seventh GP win in a row in Budapest, having dived past polesitter Lewis Hamilton into Turn 1 before pulling 33 seconds to runner-up Lando Norris.His latest success, as team-mate Sergio Perez recovered from ninth to third, landed Red Bull a 12th consecutive victory to break the record set by the revered McLaren MP4/4 in 1988.Given the current level of command being exerted by ...

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Perez charged back from ninth on the grid with several crucial passes to join winner Max Verstappen on the rostrum as Red Bull broke a 35-year record by scoring its 12th victory in succession.The Mexican's race drive came after he'd ended a run of five races in which he'd started outside the top 10 on the grid, only mustering a single podium in that period at the Red Bull Ring.The return of Daniel ...

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Verstappen crossed the line with a whopping 33.7s lead over Lando Norris, who had to deal with a late fright from Sergio Perez for second before the Mexican was challenged by Hamilton for third at the end.Hamilton was slower away off the line compared to Verstappen and attempted to bear right along the straight to defend, but could not prevent the championship leader from claiming the lead into ...

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After his performance at Silverstone where he successfully converted his front-row start into a second-place finish, Norris anticipated a much harder time at the Hungaroring circuit, noting after the British Grand Prix that the McLaren's performance in low-speed corners was still "poor".McLaren nonetheless impressed in qualifying in Hungary, locking out the second row of the grid as Norris missed ...

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The trial of the new Alternative Tyre Allocation rules at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix has prompted some debate about whether or not the move to improve sustainability is the right direction.For the Hungaroring weekend, F1 has reduced the number of dry tyre sets available to drivers from 13 to 11, with teams also forced to use the hard, medium and soft compounds in the three qualifying ...

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The Swiss outfit surprised the paddock when both cars were consistently fast throughout qualifying, with Zhou Guanyu topping Q1 and eventually earning fifth place.Bottas was as high as fourth in Q2 and then took seventh in Q3, split from his team-mate by the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.Alfa has been bringing new parts to the C43 on a regular basis recently, with a major floor package introduced at ...

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The Dane qualified 19th for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix while team-mate Nico Hulkenberg continued his strong one-lap form by running to 10th place in Budapest.Magnussen blamed a 0.511s gap in Q1, when both cars were running with hard tyres under the experimental Alternative Tyre Allocation, on his discomfort aboard the VF-23.He says that as the Haas car has evolved, he has struggled to ...

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Hamilton beat world championship leader Max Verstappen to the top spot on the grid at the Hungaroring, ending the Dutchman’s five-race run of pole positions. And with Mercedes having struggled with car balance for much of the season, and having low hopes for this weekend's event, Hamilton’s shock effort has proved once again how difficult the 2023 ground-effect machines are to ...

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Back in May, the Mexican’s Monaco Grand Prix qualifying accident resulted in his car being lifted high above the track to offer photographers a clear view of the underside of the RB19.Rival teams were left rubbing their hands about finally getting a chance to better understand what F1’s benchmark squad has done with its floor.So when Perez’s RB19 had to be retrieved in Hungary following his ...

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High-level sources have revealed that the topic of engine equalisation has been added to the agenda of next week’s meeting of the F1 Commission that is to take place at the Belgian Grand Prix.It is understood that the issue has been tabled following analysis by the FIA about the performance of the current power units, fuelled by concerns from French manufacturer Alpine that its Renault engine is ...

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As a result, the Red Bull F1 driver crossed the timing line in Q3 with seven seconds left to run but having circulated 0.02s slower than his previous effort. That left the door open for Lewis Hamilton. In a shootout where track evolution was pronounced, he was the last person over the line and bolted to a 1m16.609s. That returned his 104th pole position and prevented Verstappen from snaring a ...

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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton took a surprise pole position after beating Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.003s in a tight qualifying session at the Hungaroring. Hamilton is the most successful driver in Hungary in F1's history, with eight grand prix wins to his name - including three in a row between 2018-20.Lando Norris and Osca Piastri will share the second row of the grid as McLaren was able to ...

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Hamilton will start ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (McLaren) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.F1 trialled a new tyre format this weekend, that mandated teams to run the hard Pirellis in Q1, mediums in Q2 and softs in Q3.Read Also:

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Ricciardo qualified 13th in Budapest for AlphaTauri, with his team-mate and main reference Yuki Tsunoda failing to make it out of Q1 in 17th place.The Australian admitted that returning to the cockpit had been a challenge, but he felt "relaxed" and "happy" doing it."Of course coming into the weekend I knew there would be a bit of a hill to climb," he said. "And I was trying not to get caught up on ...

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For the round at the Hungaroring, F1 changed the rules governing tyre allocation and restricted each car to just 11 sets of slick Pirelli rubber over the weekend. This also locked the teams into running hard tyres in Q1, medium tyres in Q2, and softs in Q3.The side-effect of the reduced allocation was drivers complaining about a lack of running, although FP1 was arguably hit less hard as wet ...

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Zhou Guanyu qualified an impressive fifth for Alfa Romeo at the Hungaroring, split from his team-mate Valtteri Bottas by Leclerc in the Ferrari.The Monegasque driver's team-mate Carlos Sainz didn't even make it to Q3, ending the Q2 session in 11th place after missing out by just 0.002s.Asked if he was concerned about the team's pace given he felt he had put on a good lap, he said: "It's not really ...

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The revised and more robust construction emerged from R&D for 2024 and Pirelli fast-tracked its introduction for the British GP weekend in order to deal with increasing downforce levels without raising minimum pressures.While the general consensus in the paddock was that the change didn't make much difference to the pecking order, Alonso is convinced that it has had an impact."We are one tenth ...

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Russell, whose fortunes contrasted dramatically with those of team-mate and pole winner Lewis Hamilton, admitted that he was hampered badly by traffic.He was caught out as he tried to start his lap, noting that the gentleman's agreement about drivers not passing each other was not respected by some of his rivals."My whole session was on track at the wrong time, wrong points, taking way too much ...

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Norris headed the Q2 times on medium tyres, as F1 rolled out a new 'alternative tyre allocation' trial that stipulated which compounds teams must run in each qualifying segment, but came up just short in Q3 following the switch to the soft rubber.The Briton was denied a second career F1 pole as he clocked a 1m16.694s that was just 0.085s slower than pacesetter Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, who pipped ...

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The world champion put himself at the top of the timesheets after the first run in Q3 but failed to improve on the critical final effort as Hamilton beat him to the top spot on the grid by just 0.003 seconds.Reflecting on why he had not kept up his run of pole positions that stretched back to the Monaco Grand Prix, Verstappen blamed a lack of good balance throughout qualifying."I have been ...

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The switch to ground-effect cars last year heralded a lean period for Hamilton and Mercedes, with the seven-time world champion going without a win since 2021 and having to wait 33 races before qualifying on pole again.Having ended Friday's practice session with his car feeling "at its worst", Hamilton topped FP3 on Saturday morning before going on to beat Max Verstappen by 0.003 seconds on his ...

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The Mercedes driver was the last driver to cross the line in Q3 at the Hungaroring and overturned Verstappen's benchmark lap to claim his first pole position of the season.The qualifying format was tweaked as part of an 'alternative tyre allocation' trial, where only hard tyres could be used in Q1, medium tyres in Q2, and softs in Q3, which yielded a competitive qualifying session.Lando Norris ...

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The Budapest venue already had paperwork in place to run the race until 2027 but that deal has now been extended.A new pit building and main grandstand, which have been in the works since 2015, are expected to be completed in time for the 2026 event.As per the last two years, the Hungarian GP will run as the penultimate race before the summer break in 2024. It has a 19-21 July slot.F1 president ...

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