{"id":826434,"date":"2026-07-26T03:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826434\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:19:18","slug":"strategy-guide-what-are-the-tactical-options-for-the-hungarian-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826434\/","title":{"rendered":"STRATEGY GUIDE: What are the tactical options for the Hungarian Grand Prix?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Mercedes\u2019 run of pole positions had to end eventually \u2013 though it was perhaps expected that Ferrari would be the ones to end it. Instead, McLaren\u2019s first Grand Prix front row start of the season is also their first pole position. Their sizeable upgrade this weekend made itself felt with Lando Norris topping the timesheets in FP3 and Qualifying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Conventional wisdom will insist track position dominates at the <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaHVuZ2Fyb3JpbmdfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL3JhY2luZy8yMDI2L2h1bmdhcnkiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/racing\/2026\/hungary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hungaroring<\/a> \u2013 but the stats don\u2019t bear that out. We haven\u2019t had a winner from pole since 2020, and only three in the last decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercedes\u2019 run of pole positions had to end eventually \u2013 though it was perhaps expected that Ferrari would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-826434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}