Radio Rewind | 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix

This is a penalty, this is f***ing ridiculous. Come on, get out of the way! Get out of the f***ing way, idiots! Can he f***ing move out of the way, or... What are we doing? And the Hungarian Grand Prix is underway! Off the line we go, poor start for George Russell, he's fading back. What happened there? Anti-stall there. Lewis Hamilton trying to go around the outside, but he's much a step into P3! Can he put pressure on P2? Lando Norris, he's wide! Oskar Piastri, he's going through to take the lead! Check my tyres. All OK, Max. Was I on target or not? Well, it's 2% shallow. It was a throttle pedal you backed off for high RPM. We go straight into the management from the next stop. I mean, straight into the management. We're in a good place. He moved the braking. We stay where you are. Stay where you are. Managing. No power, no power, no power. OK, just try race 1, race 1. No power, no power. I see it, Lance. No power. No power, no power. Yeah, we see it. It's coming back, Lance, so I just try to figure it out. Mode 6. You do not have overtake. Hamilton at 0.6. Lance is horrendous. Turn on, horrendous. Max, can you try increasing the gap between your downshift requests? Also, again, the damping failed, for sure. The car is pretty ******. Understood, Max. Box opposite Verstappen. He comes in, gets the hard tyres, and this is a critical outlap for him. Outlap critical. You'll be close with Leenblad on the exit. Leenblad approaching now. Box, and pick and perm, please, Max. Box, pick and perm. Hamilton trying to go around the outside, and he gets the move done at turn number 5. Well done, now we push. We're good at him. Hey, cut the chicane. Yeah, we're having a look. He didn't cut it enough. What? Of course he did. This is huge for Lewis Hamilton's chances of contending for victory and putting pressure on McLaren. Use the boost, use the boost. Everything now. Hamilton gets the apex first and takes the position. Great job, guys. Good job, Lewis. What's the point of this? Let's just stay out. My God. Box this lap, box this lap. Nothing works. I left the brakes. There's no brake. Let's try and stop somewhere safe, if you can. I was in a good ****** by the kettle exit. Use maximum pace this lap, maximum pace this lap. He's had a brake failure and did very well to get it offline. Verstappen! From nowhere! From miles back! What a move from the four-time champ! Well, that was quite special. I don't want to complain, but once again, moving on the braking. I mean, sorry, section, but it's not right. OK, main loss, Antonelli. Entry speed, turn 6. Apex speed, turn 13. I don't want to know. Take proof. And we need more manoeuvrement in plan 3. Check plan 3, check plan 3. Don't fault me on the braking, Bob. We're aiming at plan A, target lap. How's the tyre? Oh, it doesn't feel great. The blue flag system might not be working correctly, so the manual blue flags. That's 30 laps complete, Max. Hamilton pitted again. It looks like another set of brand new parts. Hamilton's pitting, Oscar. We need to use pace now. Verstappen last lap did 25.4. And his tyre's a couple of laps older than ours. Yeah, I don't really have a... The car's been super inconsistent on this tyre. Understood. You see, it's difficult. It'll get harder with back markers, but we just want good pace now, everything you can. If you want to stabilise entry, use shape. Hamilton's got me stuck behind the jar. I need to get fast. Could I do something, please? I know, mate. I'll go. Verstappen's going to close in. I want boxes left. Vlado, we can't, I'm afraid. Do you mean you won't let me? I'm miles faster. Don't allow the 10-second difference. Oscar, we've boxed this lap. Box this lap. Almost. Crucial moment of the race for McLaren. They need a clean stop. And launch back. Can he move out of the way? What are we doing? And do double press, double press. They should get blue flags. Sainz and Alonso. Norris is winning the race in these laps. He is banging in consistent, fast laps. He's not in tyre degueux's at all. I think we're straight to the worst. Piaski, blue flag. What the f***? I was fighting. I had no idea Piaski was there. No idea. Get out of the f***ing way, idiots. Oh, my God. Impossible to know when I was fighting Alonso to know that Piaski was there. Check the car rear left. Copy. Checking. Car looks OK. Alonso ahead should get blues. Vlado's on your pit window, so use pace now. There are blue flags there. That is not good enough. Oh, and he nearly dropped it by being forced on the curve as well. Look at this moment. Being put into the pack has hurt Piastri. He's lucky to still be in the Grand Prix after contact with a back marker. We'll be close with Vlado. Play it sensible, though. Must be that Sainz that's cost us that target to get to the end on this tyre. Come on, Page. Just say that you don't f***ing force me now. Come on! Why is everyone f***ing slipping today? What is it doing? Move, move, move. Please. That's Russell. Blue flags soon. 1.3 behind. That's a joke. Right? Are you seeing what they're saying? Yes, mate. I'm trying to speak to them. I didn't copy, Nico. Sorry. Just give us a balance check, Kimi. Balance check. Our balance is good. But can't we go until the end? We don't think we have a tyre life, so press and hold boost. Press and hold boost. And we'll box box. He goes for the hard tyres. Which position are we? So currently P6. Potential for P2 here, Kimi. We've got a big offset on tyres. Berman in front with the blue flag. He's still sitting on the f***ing flag. Doing an entire sector behind this guy. He's stopping. Oskar Piastri is slowing from second place. Oskar tried to stop somewhere safe. Yeah, this will be a virtual at the very minimum. Virtual safety car. So stay out. Stay out. If you want a soft, that's where you can take it. Yes, please. Soft. If you want it. Come in. Box. Land at the lane. Understood. Max, you are staying out. Only pit. If you see a safety car. Only pit. If you see a safety car. And box, box, box, box. It's a loose pit lane now. Get tight on that delta as you cross safety car line 2. So zero on your delta when you cross the line. Racing to the line. Antonelli approaching. I was ahead, man. OK, we'll check it. So VSC ending. Strat 6. Everything OK? Yeah, we are checking. Come on, I think I was ahead. Yeah, we're just talking it through. We think we were. Strat 3. For f***'s sake. That's the worst blue flag I've ever seen in my life. Boost available. For f***'s sake. We need to give the position back. OK. Now we can ace. Helicopters flying to Rome. Copy, I'll feed that back. Unacceptable how long that takes to re-discard. That's your mate again, I think. Just keep an eye on Conchus, please. We're just overtaking. I'm going through a lot of debris. I'm dead. Wait, what the hell are they doing? Come on, get out of the way. We're on it, Kimi. Oh, they should get a penalty. This is f***ing ridiculous. This is nonsense. My God. No scar behind. What a f***ing idiot. Dude, what the f*** is Porto Alto doing? It's defending. For those who say get rid of the blue flags, welcome to what it would look like. That's Lindblad, old hearts in front. Press and hold energy now. What the f***? Hamilton is trying to get past Antonelli. And we got a five-second penalty for speeding into the pit lane. Gap behind 4.8. Sharp. I handed out penalties like crazy. Give me up to date with the gap behind. Gap behind 4.3. Two laps to go. They're faster behind. And Lando Norris wins the Hungarian Grand Prix for his first Grand Prix victory of the season and his first Grand Prix victory as world champion. Well done, mate. Well done. Beautiful. The car was unbelievable today. Well done, guys. Incredible. Flying. Thank you so much for the car. Nice to finally be able to do it all for you again. Feels like it's been a while. Congrats. Very well deserved. The hard work pays off. Just keep it going. Thank you very much. I love you all. And if you ever need a race to show you not to give up in Formula 1, here's second place for Max Verstappen who just refused to leave the fight. That is an excellent drive, Max. Really, really, really spot on. I think the VSEs brought you a showpiece finale, but nonetheless, you can be proud of that final slip and some great moves in there as well. So, fantastic job. Yeah, I don't know how to help you, but second today in some ways. Great result. Kimi Antonelli completes the podium to extend his lead in the World Championship. Nice work, Kimi. P3, bud. Not a bad day. Oh, **** me. That was tough. Yeah, copy how you earned your money today, mate. Thanks, everyone. It was a damage limitation after yesterday. So, thank you, everyone. That's the chequered flag and P9, Nico. P9. Great job, dude. Great job all weekend. Well-managed race. Good read on the strategy. Great overtake on Lindblad at the end. Yeah, thanks. Solid effort. Finally something on the board. Thank you, guys. Good job. Yeah, exactly. Long time coming, yeah. Sorry for the spin in P2. That was... Yeah, totally caught me off guard. P2 was really hard on pace. P19. Unfortunately, you got a five-second penalty for ignoring a blue flag. Oh, my God. The blue flags were a mess this whole race. Sorry to have ignored it. It's a great Lando Norris circuit. He's always gone really well in Budapest and he takes another win. Back-to-back wins here.