Lando Norris wins Hungarian Grand Prix for first F1 triumph in 2026

Defending champion Norris wins his archetypal contention of the twelvemonth arsenic Verstappen finishes 2nd and person Antonelli is third.

Lando Norris has ended an eight-month hold for a Formula One triumph with beardown gait and a dose of bully luck to triumph the Hungarian Grand Prix connected Sunday.

McLaren’s defending champion finished up of Max Verstappen successful Red Bull and teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli astatine the Hungaroring circuit successful Budapest connected Sunday.

Norris was connected rod but mislaid the pb to his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri erstwhile helium ran wide astatine the 2nd corner, earlier reclaiming the pb aft Piastri was delayed by a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr during a lap.

This allowed Norris to travel retired of the pits up of his teammate and cruise to a win.

“The car was unbelievable today. Well done guys, incredible. We were flying,” Norris said. “Nice to yet beryllium capable to bash it each for you. Feels similar it’s been a while.”

Piastri past stopped with a breached gearbox, paving the mode for Verstappen to instrumentality second, with Antonelli third.

Antonelli accrued his standings lead, with rubric rival Lewis Hamilton finishing 5th aft a punishment for speeding successful the pits and George Russell seventh aft a near-stall astatine the start.

Norris hadn’t won a afloat Grand Prix contention since Sao Paulo successful November, though helium did triumph a sprint successful Miami successful May.

Hungary was the past contention earlier the mid-season break. The adjacent contention is the Dutch Grand Prix connected August 23.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, McLaren’s Lando Norris, Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton successful enactment during the contention [Bernadett Szabo/Reuters]