{"id":35969,"date":"2025-07-31T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35969\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:30:09","slug":"f1-hungarian-grand-prix-max-verstappen-to-stay-at-red-bull-oscar-piastri-seeks-another-hungaroring-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/35969\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen to stay at Red Bull, Oscar Piastri seeks another Hungaroring win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri is coming off a brilliant win in Belgium last Sunday, establishing a 16-point lead in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.<\/p>\n

This weekend the F1 championship returns to Hungary, the scene of Piastri’s maiden grand prix win in 2024.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Red Bull’s advisor has said world champion Max Verstappen will not be leaving the team, after months of speculation that he could move to Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Here is what you need to know ahead of this weekend’s F1 action.<\/p>\n

Verstappen says he will stay at Red Bull<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen, winner of the past four Formula 1 drivers’ championships, has confirmed he will stay with Red Bull Racing next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Milton Keynes-based outfit dramatically fell off the pace in the second half of 2024, finishing third in the constructors’ championship after holding a big lead at the halfway stage of the year.<\/p>\n

This year has also been a struggle, with the team sitting fourth in the constructors’ standings, despite Verstappen securing two grand prix wins and still being an outside chance to secure a fifth drivers’ title.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Red Bull’s struggles have led to rumour and speculation that the Dutchman could drive for another team as early as next year.<\/p>\n

For months, he had been linked with a move to Mercedes<\/a>, despite having a contract with Red Bull until 2028.<\/p>\n

But Verstappen has now definitively put to rest that speculation, which he was never interested in, anyway.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s time to basically stop all the rumours, and for me it’s always been quite clear that I was staying anyway,” he told media.<\/p>\n

Piastri returns to Hungary, one year on from his maiden grand prix win<\/p>\n

Piastri enters the 14th round of the Formula 1 championship with a 16-point lead over Lando Norris.<\/p>\n

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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri celebrates after winning the Belgian Grand Prix. (Reuters: Yves Herman)<\/p>\n

The title fight between the McLaren teammates has been tightly contested since the opening round in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Piastri is coming off a victory at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, ending Norris’s run of two consecutive grand prix wins.<\/p>\n

Piastri beats Norris in Belgium to extend F1 championship lead<\/a><\/p>\n

An early overtake and masterclass in tyre management has guided Oscar Piastri to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, extending his lead in the drivers’ championship to 16 points.<\/p>\n

The Australian now returns to Hungary, where he achieved his maiden grand prix win last season.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been very happy with my pace over the past few races, and I feel in a good place heading over to the Hungaroring,” he said in a media release on McLaren’s website.<\/p>\n

“Spa was a productive few days, and I want to carry on like that.<\/p>\n

“I have good memories from Hungary 12 months ago, but that’s in the past, and I’m determined to create more of those moments this year.<\/p>\n

“Off the back of last week’s win, I can’t wait to go racing again.”<\/p>\n

When does the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix begin?<\/p>\n

The Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix will be held on Sunday, August 3.<\/p>\n

Here is when the race will begin in each of Australia’s states and territories.<\/p>\n

AEST: 11pm: NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACTACST: 10:30pm: South Australia and Northern TerritoryAWST: 9pm: Western Australia.How can I watch the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix?<\/p>\n

Fox Sports and its streaming platform Kayo will broadcast the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Those watching on Foxtel can watch the race on Fox Sports, channel 506.<\/p>\n

You can also follow all the action with the ABC Sport live blog, from pre-race drama to the post-race synopsis.<\/p>\n

What do I need to know about the track?<\/p>\n

The Hungaroring is a track that rewards the very best drivers because it is a tricky and technical circuit.<\/p>\n

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The Hungaroring is a tricky and narrow circuit. (F1)<\/p>\n

Much like Monaco, qualifying is very important around the Hungaroring as overtaking opportunities are scarce.<\/p>\n

The two best opportunities for a driver to overtake are at turns 1 and 2, both at the end of DRS zones.<\/p>\n

After the second turn, the track is very technical and requires a driver to be inch-perfect at every corner.<\/p>\n

The sequence of corners that come in rapid succession leads to teams often electing for high-downforce packages on their cars.<\/p>\n

Fast facts about the F1 Hungarian Grand PrixFirst grand prix \u2014 1986Number of laps \u2014 70Lap distance \u2014 4,381 metresRace distance \u2014 306.630 kilometresFastest lap \u2014 1:16.627 Lewis Hamilton (2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri is coming off a brilliant win in Belgium last Sunday, establishing a 16-point lead in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[5844,64,63,13275,2055,21779,817,826,813,816,3875,841,32451,1737,823,825,913,945,2333,918,588,85],"class_list":["post-35969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-abc-sport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charles-leclerc","tag-constructors-championship","tag-drivers-championship","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-george-russell","tag-grand-prix","tag-hungarian-grand-prix","tag-lando-norris","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-mclaren","tag-mercedes","tag-oscar-piastri","tag-red-bull","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}