{"id":827366,"date":"2026-07-26T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827366\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:12:10","slug":"lando-norris-wins-hungarian-grand-prix-for-first-f1-triumph-in-2026-motorsports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/827366\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris wins Hungarian Grand Prix for first F1 triumph in 2026 | Motorsports News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Defending champion Norris wins his first race of the year as Verstappen finishes second and leader Antonelli is third.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris has ended an eight-month wait for a Formula One victory with strong pace and a dose of good fortune to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren\u2019s defending champion finished ahead of Max Verstappen in Red Bull and teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Norris was on pole but lost the lead to his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri when he ran wide at the second corner, before reclaiming the lead after Piastri was delayed by a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr during a lap.<\/p>\n<p>This allowed Norris to come out of the pits ahead of his teammate and cruise to a win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car was unbelievable today, well done guys, incredible. We were flying,\u201d Norris said. \u201cNice to finally be able to do it all for you. Feels like it\u2019s been a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piastri then stopped with a broken gearbox, paving the way for Verstappen to take second, with Antonelli third.<\/p>\n<p>Antonelli increased his standings lead, with title rival Lewis Hamilton finishing fifth after a penalty for speeding in the pits and George Russell seventh after a near-stall at the start.<\/p>\n<p>Norris hadn\u2019t won a full Grand Prix race since Sao Paulo in November, though he did win a sprint in Miami in May.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary was the last race before the mid-season break. The next race is the Dutch Grand Prix on August 23.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4806461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-07-26T133534Z_1706511062_UP1EM7Q11R8EB_RTRMADP_3_MOTOR-F1-HUNGARY-1785077862.jpg\" alt=\"Formula One F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary - July 26, 2026 McLaren's Oscar Piastri, McLaren's Lando Norris, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar, Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in action during the race REUTERS\/Bernadett Szabo\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>McLaren\u2019s Oscar Piastri, McLaren\u2019s Lando Norris, Red Bull\u2019s Isack Hadjar, Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen and Ferrari\u2019s Lewis Hamilton in action during the race [Bernadett Szabo\/Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defending champion Norris wins his first race of the year as Verstappen finishes second and leader Antonelli is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,3456,578,576,577,3847,12716,44,457,82],"class_list":["post-827366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-europe","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-hungary","tag-motorsports","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827366","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=827366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}