Aug 1, 2021 Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll were both given five-place grid penalties for the next race for causing a multiple car pile-up on the opening lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The race started in wet conditions, with drivers on the intermediate tyre. Lewis Hamilton led comfortably away from pole position but a
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5:18 AM ET Aston Martin will let the data decide whether they appeal Sebastian Vettel’s disqualification from second place at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Formula One team said on Monday. 1 Related The decision has a bearing on the title battle between Mercedes’ seven-times champion Lewis Hamilton, who stands to inherit second place in
8:49 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Two and a half years ago, Esteban Ocon’s Formula One career was on the ropes. At the end of the 2018 season, his contract with Racing Point had been terminated so that the team’s new owner, Lawrence Stroll, could vacate a seat for his son Lance, leaving Ocon on
Aug 1, 2021 Valtteri Bottas took full responsibility for the early chaos at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which ended his and several other drivers’ races and flipped the race on its head. Bottas had a slow getaway on the wet track and then missed his braking point at Turn 1, hitting McLaren’s Lando Norris in
4:38 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sebastian Vettel has been reprimanded for wearing a rainbow-coloured t-shirt with the words “Same Love” on it during the national anthem ceremony ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel wore the t-shirt in order to protest recent legislation in Hungary aimed at limiting the discussion of homosexuality and transgender
2:48 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sebastian Vettel has been stripped of second place at the Hungarian Grand Prix and disqualified from the result after his car did not have enough fuel to offer a sample to the FIA after the race. The disqualification promotes Lewis Hamilton to second and Carlos Sainz to third for
2:40 PM ET Esteban Ocon’s stunning maiden victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix happened after a remarkable sequence of events which started in the opening moments of the race. Ocon had qualified an impressive eighth position on Saturday and lined up ahead of Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel. By the time
6:43 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Red Bull has fitted a new power unit to Max Verstappen’s car after engine supplier Honda detected a potential issue it believes is linked to Verstappen’s high-speed crash at the British Grand Prix. The new power unit, which is the same specification as the old one, will be Verstappen’s
11:53 AM ET Max Verstappen is fed up of talking about future wheel-to-wheel battles with Lewis Hamilton and made his feelings on the matter clear after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The build-up to the race has been dominated by the pair’s collision at the British Grand Prix and the war of words which
2:09 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — The intensity of the title battle between Mercedes and Red Bull shows no sign of waning. In the first competitive session since Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at Silverstone, the feud between F1’s top two teams boiled over to the grandstands with boos ringing out over the pit