F1 Hungarian Grand Prix LIVE: Practice updates and results in Budapest

Lewis Hamilton said his emotional win at the British Grand Prix was proof to his doubters that he is not finished in Formula One.

Hamilton, 39, ended a two-and-a-half-year wait for victory with his triumph, and revealed he celebrated by watching the race highlights with a curry in his London home.

In the wake of his 104th career victory, a teary Hamilton admitted he feared he would might not win again, with his father Anthony – who he hugged moments after the chequered flag fell at Silverstone – saying his son had questioned whether he was still good enough.

“Of course we cannot deny that the last few weeks have been a bit difficult. I would say also some were a bit unlucky…

“I think also he wants to do better, but I know that he’s working very hard,” Verstappen said of Perez. It’s not that he takes it for granted or whatever.

“Hopefully here [in Hungary], when the car suits his driving a bit more, everything feels connected, it can work a bit better for him.”

Zak Brown does not have the time, nor the patience, for chancers. The straight-talking Californian-raised McLaren chief executive is revelling in his team’s ascendancy back to the top of the sport, fighting the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes. But most of all in recent months, Red Bull.

On track, this front-of-the-pack dogfight has mushroomed between three-time world champion Max Verstappen, Red Bull, and one-time race winner Lando Norris, McLaren. The pair, somewhat uniquely within a sport famous for its fierce rivalries, have a close relationship off-track. A friendship and a bond that nosedived three weeks ago in Austria.

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Pierre Gasly has been trying to convince Carlos Sainz to join him at Renault-owned Alpine but the Frenchman said on Thursday he was waiting for a decision like everyone else in Formula One.

“I think Alpine, the team has good options on the table,” Gasly told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

1. Max Verstappen – 255 points

2. Lando Norris – 171 points

3. Charles Leclerc – 150 points

4. Carlos Sainz – 146 points

5. Oscar Piastri – 124 points

6. Sergio Perez – 118 points

7. George Russell – 111 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 110 points

9. Fernando Alonso – 45 points

10. Lance Stroll – 23 points

11. Nico Hulkenberg – 22 points

12. Yuki Tsunoda – 20 points

13. Daniel Ricciardo – 11 points

14. Oliver Bearman – 6 points

15. Pierre Gasly – 6 points

16. Kevin Magnussen – 5 points

17. Alex Albon – 4 points

18. Esteban Ocon – 3 points

19. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points

20. Logan Sargeant – 0 points

21. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points

Ralf, the brother of seven-time world champion Michael, recently revealed on social media that he is in a same-sex relationship. The 49-year-old, who won six races in a career that ran from 1997 to 2007, remains heavily involved in F1 as a pundit for Sky Germany.

“Clearly he (Schumacher) has not felt comfortable to say it in the past,” said Hamilton ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

• Free practice 1: 12:30am
• Free practice 2: 4pm

• Free practice 3: 11:30am
• Qualifying: 3pm

Sky F1 pundit Chandhok was interviewing a trio of Red Bull drivers including Verstappen, Perez and Daniel Ricciardo at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend.

Chandhok, having spoken to Ricciardo about the prospect of appearing in the Goodwood Revival in September, then asked three-time F1 world champion Verstappen whether he’d like to appear and drive cars from pre-1996.

F1 has announced Spa-Francorchamps as the only new sprint race venue on the calendar next year.

The sprint format, including the 100km dash on Saturday, was first introduced in 2021 at Silverstone and has proven popular with fans.

In 2023, the number of sprint races was doubled from three to six and, in 2025, it will remain the same – with sprint weekends therefore making up 25 per cent of the 24-race calendar.