2026 F1 Hungarian GP: Hamilton, full starting grid after Antonelli penalty

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McLaren’s Lando Norris will lead the sphere away from pole place for the primary time this season after taking the lead in F1 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying.

The reigning world champion has been robust all weekend in his McLaren and additional strengthened his menace for pole place in FP3 on Saturday morning.

In a intently fought race, Lando Norris snatched his first pole of the season by simply 0.012 seconds from Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton.

Norris celebrates first F1 pole place in 2026

Neither Hamilton nor his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc made any good points within the last flying laps, leaving them powerless to fend off the onslaught of McLaren’s Norris.

Hamilton’s day bought even worse as he was discovered to have interfered with Oscar Piastri’s run throughout Q3 and was given a three-place grid penalty.

Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli was provisionally positioned fourth on the grid, however the championship chief was pressured to react to a double yellow flag on the last nook after Max Verstappen spun his Purple Bull.

Nonetheless, resulting from a yellow flag violation, he was given a three-place grid penalty and penalty factors.

Though Hamilton’s penalty was imposed first, the grid order seems to have been determined by the FIA primarily based on the order during which they occurred on monitor, with first utilized to Antonelli and second utilized to Hamilton.

Piastri was fifth forward of Verstappen, however Mercedes’ George Russell may solely handle seventh earlier than stopping on the monitor at Flip 1 on the finish of Q3.

Isaac Hajjar of sister group Purple Bull was eighth, whereas Racing Bulls’ rival Arvid Lindblad was ninth. Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg accomplished the highest ten.

Hungarian GP qualifying prime 3

2026 F1 Hungarian GP full beginning grid

place	driver	nut.	group
1	land norris	GBR	McLaren Mastercard F1 Crew
2	charles leclerc	month	Scuderia Ferrari HP
3	Oscar Piastri	out of	McLaren Mastercard F1 Crew
4	max verstappen	NED	oracle purple bull racing
5	lewis hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP*
6	george russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Crew
7	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Crew**
8	Isaac Hajar	from	oracle purple bull racing
9	Arvid Lindblad	GBR	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Crew
10	Nico Hulkenberg	gel	Audi Revolut F1 Crew
11	Liam Lawson	new zealand	Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Crew
12	Pierre Gasly	from	BWT Alpine F1 Crew
13	Franco Colapinto	A.R.G.	BWT Alpine F1 Crew
14	Gabriel Bortleto	bra	Audi Revolut F1 Crew
15	Esteban Ocon	from	TGR Haas F1 Crew
16	Fernando Alonso	psychic	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Crew
17	Oliver Bearman	GBR	TGR Haas F1 Crew
18	Carlos Sainz	psychic	Atlassian Williams Racing
19	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams F1 Crew
20	Lance Stroll	can	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Crew
twenty one	valtteri bottas	fin	cadillac f1 group
twenty two	Sergio Perez	Mexico	cadillac f1 group