Hungarian GP 2026
Lando Norris won round 11 of 23 for McLaren at Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary, on 2026-07-26. This is a conventional weekend: three practice sessions, qualifying on Saturday, one race. The full classification, the standings as they stood afterwards and every session time in Finnish time are below.
This is round 11 of 23 on the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, a conventional weekend, with 12 Grand Prixs after it. 6 of the 23 rounds use the sprint format. The full F1 calendar lists every one in Finnish time and the fantasy guide explains how this weekend scores.
Hungarian GP F1 Session Times In Finnish Time
All 5 sessions, converted with the Europe/Helsinki zone rather than a fixed offset — which matters this season because six rounds fall in EET and round 18 straddles the October changeover. The right-hand column is the circuit's own local clock.
| Session | Day | Finnish time | Circuit time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice 1 | Fri 24 Jul | 14:30 EEST | 13:30 |
| Practice 2 | Fri 24 Jul | 18:00 EEST | 17:00 |
| Practice 3 | Sat 25 Jul | 13:30 EEST | 12:30 |
| Qualifying | Sat 25 Jul | 17:00 EEST | 16:00 |
| Race | Sun 26 Jul | 16:00 EEST | 15:00 |
How To Watch The Hungarian GP In Finland
Every session of the 2026 Formula 1 season is on Viaplay in Finland, including practice. That is the only Finnish Formula 1 rights-holder, so there is no free-to-air alternative for this Grand Prix. The weekend opens with Practice 1 at 14:30 EEST on Fri and closes with Race at 16:00 on Sun — the countdown at the top of this page tracks whichever comes next.
Our Formula 1 desk covers the weekend as it happens, and the F2 and F3 desk covers the support races that share the bill at most Grand Prix weekends.
If you are reading from outside Finland, the countdown adds your own local clock beside the Finnish time rather than replacing it. Every other F1 round is listed the same way on the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, and the F1 results archive carries each Grand Prix once it has run.
The Circuit: Hungaroring
The Hungarian GP is held at Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, at 47.5789, 19.2486. The reference record for this circuit, including its full history of Formula 1 rounds, is the circuit's own entry.
Track knowledge is why an F1 Grand Prix page is worth keeping separate from a season page: a Formula 1 lap at Hungaroring is not an F1 lap anywhere else, and the pit lane, the grid slot that matters and the corner that decides this Grand Prix are specific to Budapest.
The most recent championship round here went 70 laps, which is the distance to plan a viewing around.
Hungarian GP 2026 Grand Prix Full Result
Lando Norris led home Max Verstappen by +15.080 over 70 laps from grid slot 1. The classified order below is the official one, with everyone who failed to finish named underneath it.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1 | 1:39:56.180 | 25 |
| 2. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 4 | +15.080 | 18 |
| 3. | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 7 | +18.728 | 15 |
| 4. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | +23.840 | 12 |
| 5. | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 5 | +24.540 | 10 |
| 6. | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 8 | +55.488 | 8 |
| 7. | George Russell | Mercedes | 6 | +57.503 | 6 |
| 8. | Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 11 | +28.033 | 4 |
| 9. | Nico Hülkenberg | Audi | 10 | +30.382 | 2 |
| 10. | Arvid Lindblad | RB F1 Team | 9 | +51.050 | 1 |
Of the 22 starters, 15 did not see the finish: Lawson (Lapped), Hülkenberg (Lapped), Lindblad (Lapped), Bortoleto (Lapped), Gasly (Lapped), Stroll (Lapped), Alonso (Lapped), Colapinto (Lapped), Ocon (Lapped), Albon (Lapped), Sainz (Lapped), Bearman (Lapped), Piastri (Retired), Pérez (Retired), Bottas (Retired). Retirements are given by cause rather than dropped from the table, because a retirement is usually the thing that decided the afternoon.
Hungarian GP Grand Prix Qualifying
Lando Norris took pole for McLaren with a 1:17.207. The top ten below is the order that set the grid, with each driver's best time in the session they were eliminated in.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.277 | 1:17.456 | 1:17.207 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:18.730 | 1:17.803 | 1:17.219 |
| 3. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.984 | 1:17.626 | 1:17.445 |
| 4. | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1:18.726 | 1:18.393 | 1:17.479 |
| 5. | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:18.891 | 1:17.928 | 1:17.684 |
| 6. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.656 | 1:18.249 | 1:17.725 |
F1 Championship Standings After Round 11
Andrea Kimi Antonelli led on 219 points after this round, 50 clear of Lewis Hamilton. This is the table as it stood at the time, not today — the current one is in the results archive.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 219 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 169 |
| 3. | George Russell | Mercedes | 160 |
| 4. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 138 |
| 5. | Lando Norris | McLaren | 128 |
| 6. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 109 |
| 7. | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 92 |
| 8. | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 68 |
| 9. | Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 43 |
| 10. | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 42 |
| 21. | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac F1 Team | 0 |
Constructors After This Round
Mercedes led the constructors' table on 379 points at this point in the season. The teams' order tends to move more slowly than the drivers', which is what makes it the better read on whether an upgrade actually worked.
| Pos | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mercedes | 8 | 379 |
| 2. | Ferrari | 2 | 307 |
| 3. | McLaren | 1 | 220 |
| 4. | Red Bull | 0 | 177 |
| 5. | RB F1 Team | 0 | 66 |
| 6. | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 61 |
| 7. | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 21 |
| 8. | Audi | 0 | 12 |
| 9. | Williams | 0 | 11 |
| 10. | Aston Martin | 0 | 1 |
| 11. | Cadillac F1 Team | 0 | 0 |
The Finnish Angle On This F1 Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas finished 22 for Cadillac F1 Team from grid slot 21 — Retired. He is the only Finn on the 2026 grid, and this is the figure no competing preview of this round bothers to give a Finnish reader.
Away from Formula 1 the Finnish contingent is larger: 6 Finns are in the World Rally Championship, where Emil Lindholm is 30th on 1 points for Toksport WRT. The driver pages track all of them round by round, and the junior ladder is where the next ones come from.
Next Sessions Across The Season
| Session | Event | Finnish time |
|---|---|---|
| Practice 1 | Italian GP | Fri 13:30 EEST |
| Practice 2 | Italian GP | Fri 17:00 EEST |
| Practice 3 | Italian GP | Sat 13:30 EEST |
| Qualifying | Italian GP | Sat 17:00 EEST |
| Race | Italian GP | Sun 16:00 EEST |
Previous And Next F1 Round
- Round 10: Belgian GPThe round before this one, with its result and standings.
- Round 12: Dutch GPWhat follows, with session times already in Finnish time.
- The full 2026 calendarAll 23 rounds and 115 sessions, downloadable as a calendar file.
- 2026 results archiveEvery completed round and the current championship table.
This page is currently showing the classification and the standings as they stood after the race. It is rebuilt as the F1 weekend progresses rather than replaced by a separate report, so this one address carries the preview beforehand and the result afterwards.
Session times are converted to Europe/Helsinki from the RacingNews365 match centre; the classification, championship positions, sprint result and previous runnings are the official record via the Jolpica Ergast mirror. Both sources agree round for round on the 2026 calendar. Checked 26 August 2026.