{"id":41597,"date":"2025-08-03T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41597\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:58:10","slug":"hungarian-grand-prix-2025-practice-qualifying-race-times-and-weather-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41597\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Grand Prix 2025: Practice, qualifying, race times and weather forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Formula One cars come through a corner during the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix. There is a large wall in the background that says &quot;HUNGARORING&quot;.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/08d9b080-6b08-11f0-b68b-71e63fac86aa.jpg\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The lack of straights at the Hungaroring often sees it compared to a karting circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Round 14 of the Formula 1 season heads to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring from 1-3 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc took a surprise pole position on Saturday, beating the McLarens of Oscar Piastri, who starts alongside him on the front row in second, and Lando Norris, who will line up in third place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunday&#8217;s 70-lap grand prix starts at 14:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p>Session start times and BBC coverage<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Commentary of the race will be on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport website and app and most smart speakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Make sure to download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02nrsjn\/episodes\/downloads\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chequered Flag podcast,<\/a> which previews and reviews every race of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All times BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saturday, 2 August<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Third practice: 11:30-12:30 (BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 only available on BBC Sounds and smart speakers, just say &#8216;play Sports Extra 2&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Qualifying: 15:00-16:00 (BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 only available on BBC Sounds and smart speakers, just say &#8216;play Sports Extra 2&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunday, 3 August<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Race: 14:00 (BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and smart speakers)<\/p>\n<p>What is the weather forecast in Budapest?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunday&#8217;s forecast predicts light showers and a gentle breeze in the build up to the 70-lap Hungarian Grand Prix but the rain should be gone by the race start at 3pm local time. <\/p>\n<p>Piastri looks to extend championship lead<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oscar Piastri holds a bottle of champagne to the crowd after winning at Spa on the podium, with Lando Norris looking on dejected in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/b99a7d80-6b0a-11f0-b68b-71e63fac86aa.jpg\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Oscar Piastri won the Belgian GP at Spa ahead of team-mate Lando Norris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Piastri took his drivers&#8217; championship lead to 16 points with a win in Spa. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He&#8217;ll be looking to further increase that lead in Budapest, where he was a winner last time out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Norris will be hoping he can improve on a second-place finish at the Hungaroring last year to cut that deficit before a three-week hiatus for the traditional summer break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The lack of straights at the Hungaroring often sees it compared to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-41597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}