Hungarian GP race times, weather and BBC streams guide
The Hungarian Grand Prix race starts at 14:00 BST on Sunday 26 July, with UK fans able to follow live radio streams on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport website and app, or smart speakers. Expect sunny, warm weather around 32C and a small chance of rain later in the 70-lap Hungaroring race.
Key Takeaways
- Sunday's 70-lap Hungarian Grand Prix starts at 14:00 BST (3pm local) at the Hungaroring.
- BBC race commentary is on Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport site and app, and via smart speakers saying "play 5 Live".
- Forecast: sunny and warm, peaking near 32C, with a moderate breeze and a small chance of rain about an hour in.
- Lando Norris starts on pole; Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri line up second and third after grid penalties reshaped the top five.
- It is the final Formula 1 round before the summer break, marking 40 years since the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 1986.
The Budapest weekend is the last Formula 1 race before the summer break. McLaren's Lando Norris took pole on Saturday, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri due to start behind him. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton round out the top five after stewards' decisions.
Hamilton had qualified second but received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Piastri. Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, who originally qualified fourth, dropped three places for not slowing sufficiently under single yellow flags and starts seventh, behind team-mate George Russell in sixth. For more odd-angle sports round-ups, see our Bizarre World hub.
When does the Hungarian Grand Prix start?
According to BBC Sport, Sunday's race is scheduled for 14:00 BST. Local start time is 3pm. The contest runs for 70 laps around the Hungaroring and is billed as the last grand prix before Formula 1's summer break.
The Guardian's live coverage also flagged lights out at 2pm BST, matching the BBC schedule for UK viewers and listeners tracking the race in real time.
What is the weather forecast for Hungary?
BBC Sport says the forecast looks like an ideal send-off into the break: sun and warm temperatures. For the race, temperatures are expected to climb to 32C under sunny skies with a moderate breeze.
There is a small possibility of rain about an hour into the race, so strategy and tyre calls could still get interesting despite the largely dry outlook. Track conditions on race day have also been described as hot and breezy in live reports from the Hungaroring.
How can you follow BBC streams and coverage?
Race commentary will be available across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, and the BBC Sport website and app. You can also listen by asking most smart speakers to "play 5 Live" — a simple way to catch the audio streams without a TV subscription.
BBC Sport also points fans to every episode of the Chequered Flag podcast. For the first time this year, the post-race show for every grand prix is available to watch on BBC iPlayer and YouTube after the chequered flag.
Sky Sports F1 carries live television coverage from 2pm Sunday, per Racing Post's preview, while BBC audio remains the free route for UK listeners who want radio streams of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Who starts where after the qualifying penalties?
The revised order puts Norris first, Leclerc second, Piastri third, Verstappen fourth and Hamilton fifth. Russell starts sixth and championship leader Antonelli seventh. Hamilton sits 45 points behind Antonelli in the drivers' standings, with Russell third, 50 points off his Mercedes team-mate after a first-lap retirement in Belgium.
Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix last season ahead of Piastri and Russell. McLaren have finished one-two at the twisty Budapest circuit in each of the past two years, raising the stakes for this final pre-break showdown.