2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

The event was held at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród for the 40th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 1–3 August. The Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 40th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship. Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 266 points, 16 points ahead of teammate Lando Norris in second and 65 ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 516 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and Mercedes, who were second and third with 248 and 220 points, respectively. Entrants The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least the Austrian Grand Prix on a rotating seat basis. Before the race at Spielberg, it was confirmed that Colapinto would retain his seat with the team, effectively on a race-by-race basis. During the first free practice session, Sauber fielded Paul Aron in place of Nico Hülkenberg. Aron had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) elected to sit out the session due to a muscular injury in his back, and was replaced by Felipe Drugovich. Tyre choices Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event. ==Practice==

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 1 August 2025, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and the second on the same day, at 17:00 local time; both sessions were topped by Lando Norris ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. The third free practice was held on 2 August 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by the same three drivers: Piastri, Norris, and Leclerc. ==Qualifying==

Qualifying was held on 2 August 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the race. Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hulkenberg, and Alexander Albon were eliminated from Q1 (the opening session of three for qualifying). There was some spots of rain observed during Q2. Kimi Antonelli exceeded track limits and had multiple lap times deleted. Oliver Bearman, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz Jr., Franco Colapinto, and Antonelli were eliminated from Q2. The weather continued to fluctuate in Q3, with the wind conditions changing and the temperature cooling compared to the start of Q1. Charles Leclerc took his 27th career pole position and Ferrari's only pole of the season, 0.026 seconds ahead of Oscar Piastri. Qualifying classification Notes • – Yuki Tsunoda qualified 16th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane for exceeding his quota of power unit elements and replacing them under parc fermé conditions. ==Race==

The race was held on 3 August 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 70 laps. On lap 29, Verstappen passed the yet-to-pit Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari for 11th at turn 4, causing Hamilton to run off the track in the process; the incident was investigated by stewards following the race, who deemed that no further action needed to be taken. On lap 31, Norris finally pitted from the lead, re-joining in fourth place but with the ability to finish the race without making another stop. On lap 40, Leclerc made his second stop from the lead, taking hard tyres and re-joining seven seconds behind Norris in fourth. On lap 45, Piastri made his final stop, re-joining five seconds behind Leclerc and twelve seconds behind race leader Norris. Leclerc struggled to maintain pace, and on lap 51 was passed by Piastri around the outside of turn 1 for second; Piastri began closing on Norris, who was still nine seconds ahead but on tyres which were 14 laps older. On lap 62, Russell passed Leclerc for third at turn 1; Russell felt that Leclerc's defense was illegal, as he was moving under braking. Leclerc received a five-second time penalty for driving erratically after stewards reviewed the incident. As the race entered its final laps, Piastri closed to within DRS range of Norris. On the penultimate lap, Piastri lunged down the inside of Norris entering turn 1. Piastri locked up and was centimetres away from making contact with the back of Norris' car, but he could not pass. This failed attempt cost Piastri approximately half a second, and whilst he closed in on Norris as they began the final lap, he could not get close to an overtake again. McLaren took their 200th Grand Prix win, making them the second team after Ferrari to achieve such a tally. This was also McLaren's fourth-consecutive 1–2 finish, something which had not been seen since Mercedes had a run of five at the start of the 2019 championship. Russell achieved his sixth podium of the season in third ahead of Leclerc, Lance Stroll, Liam Lawson, Max Verstappen, and Kimi Antonelli completed the top ten points finishers. Race classification Notes • – Charles Leclerc received a five-second time penalty for driving erratically. His final position was not affected by the penalty. • – Pierre Gasly finished 17th, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr.. ==Championship standings after the race==

In the Drivers' and Constructors' Championship, the top five remained unchanged for both sets of standings, with Norris reducing the gap to nine points over Piastri following his fifth win of the season. Max Verstappen remained in third with 187 points, but only 15 points ahead of Russell, with Leclerc a further 21 points behind. McLaren extended their lead to 299 points over Ferrari in second, with Mercedes a further 24 points behind in third. ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. == See also ==