Lando Norris won his first race of 2026 after an early squabble with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Hungarian Grand Prix. <p>Pole-sitter Norris lost out to Piastri in a feisty opening lap but eventually used his stronger pace to retake the lead after the second round of pit stops, as Piastri made contact when lapping Williams' Carlos Sainz.</p><p>However, Piastri later retired when running in second due to a gearbox issue which caused a late Virtual Safety Car with 14 laps remaining.</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/grandprix/hungary/results" target="_blank">Hungarian GP result</a> | <a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/standings">F1 2026 standings</a> | <a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/schedule-results">F1 2026 Calendar</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13566600/malaysia-added-to-2026-f1-calendar-in-october-to-host-postponed-bahrain-gp-amid-continued-conflict-in-middle-east">Malaysia added to 2026 F1 calendar to host postponed Bahrain GP</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo" target="_blank"><strong>Download the Sky Sports app for expert analysis, best video & more</strong></a><strong>📱</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? </strong><a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Get Sky Sports</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>stream with no contract on NOW</strong></a><strong>📺</strong></li></ul><p>Ferrari elected to pit Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc from second and fifth but it turned out to be the wrong call for Hamilton as he sped in the pit lane, so was given a five-second time penalty, and could not overtake Max Verstappen or Kimi Antonelli who both did not pit.</p><p>Verstappen hung onto second after a stunning final stint as Antonelli fended Hamilton off on the track to extend his championship lead to 50 points over the Ferrari driver and 59 points to George Russell, who stalled at the start then fought back to seventh.</p><widget id="3"></widget><p>Hamilton's penalty demoted him to fifth behind Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc while Red Bull's Isack Hadjar finished sixth.</p><p>Racing Bulls duo Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad had a race-long scrap with Audi's Nico Hulkeberg with Lawson coming out on top from Hulkenberg and Lindblad in the final points-paying positions.</p> <widget id="1"></widget><p>More to follow…</p><p><strong>The Formula 1 season resumes after the summer break with a Sprint weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix from August 21-23, with every session live on Sky Sports F1. <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime</a></strong></p>
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