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2025 Hungarian Grand Prix
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The 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 3 August 2025 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the fourteenth round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. Charles Leclerc took pole position for the race in the Ferrari, but lost out to Lando Norris, who won the race to give McLaren their 200th Formula One victory. Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri and George Russell of Mercedes rounded out the podium.
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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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions;[6] 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,[7] 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.[8] Before the race at Spielberg, it was confirmed that Colapinto would retain his seat with the team, effectively on a race-by-race basis.[9]
During the first free practice session, Sauber fielded Paul Aron, who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations, in place of Nico Hülkenberg.[10][11] Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) elected to sit out the session due to a muscular injury in his back, and was replaced by Felipe Drugovich.[12][13]
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.[14]
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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 (driving forMcLaren) ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). 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.[1]
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Qualifying
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Qualifying was held on 2 August 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the race.[1]
Qualifying classification
Notes
- ^1 – 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.[16]
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Race
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The race was held on 3 August 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 70 laps.[1]
Race report
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) made a strong start from pole position, and held his lead through the first corner. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) held second position, After a strong initial get away, teammate Lando Norris took the inside line for turn 1, causing him to be passed around the outside by George Russell (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin). Alonso's teammate Lance Stroll, who started sixth, lost one position to Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber). On lap 2, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) passed Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) for eighth at the turn 6 chicane, reversing a switch of position that had happened at the start. On lap 3, Norris repassed Alonso to take fourth at the start of the lap, with Verstappen passing Stroll for seventh shortly after at turn 6. On lap 17, Verstappen became the first leading driver to pit, re-joining in 16th place. Whilst Verstappen was hoping to utilise an undercut strategy, he would struggle to make progress due to traffic from slower cars. On lap 18, Piastri pitted from second to take hard tyres, re-joining the race in fifth. Leclerc responded the following lap, pitting and re-joining a second ahead of Piastri; Russell also took his first pit stop this lap. This left Norris and Alonso leading the race, although the latter would quickly be passed by Leclerc and Piastri. Russell struggled more with passing Alonso, but eventually did so into turn 1 on lap 26.[17]
On lap 29, Verstappen passed the yet-to-pit Lewis Hamilton (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 was now struggling to maintain pace, and on lap 51 was passed by Piastri around the outside of turn 1 for second; Piastri now 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. The stewards gave Leclerc a five-second time penalty for driving erratically after reviewing the incident. As the race entered its final laps, Piastri closed to within DRS range of Norris. On the penultimate lap, lap 69, Piastri lunged down the inside of Norris entering turn 1. Piastri locked up, and came centimetres away from making contact with the back of Norris' car, but 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 as close to an overtake again.[17]
Norris therefore crossed the finish line with a lead of under a second to Piastri, taking his first Grand Prix win in Hungary, his fifth win of the season, and the ninth win of his career.[18] McLaren took their 200th Grand Prix win, making them the second team after Ferrari to achieve such a tally.[19] 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.[20] Russell achieved his sixth podium of the season in third ahead of Leclerc,[19] whilst Alonso finished fifth to take his and Aston Martin's best result since the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The team also scored their highest point tally in a race since the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix. By finishing sixth, Bortoleto took the best result of his career to date, as well as extending Sauber's points-scoring run to six races.[21]
Race classification
Notes
- ^1 – Charles Leclerc received a five-second time penalty for driving erratically. His final position was not affected by the penalty.[22]
- ^2 – Pierre Gasly finished 17th, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr..[22]
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Championship standings after the race
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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