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Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have been dominating F1 this year and that’s not expected to change in Hungary this weekend.

The two McLaren stars are running away with it at the top of the Drivers’ Championship, with their battle looking set to continue.

Piastri beat Norris in Belgium last week, after the latter succeeded at Silverstone and in Austria beforehand, with them finishing in the top two in the last three races.

As things stand, it’s the Australian who leads the F1 standings, and he won the Hungarian GP last year, so he’ll want to repeat that feat. 

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton is yet to secure a place on the podium since joining Ferrari and Max Verstappen is eyeing his first race win since May after victory in last week’s Sprint.

When is the Hungarian Grand Prix?

The Hungarian Grand Prix will take place over three days, beginning on Friday, August 1 and coming to a climax on Sunday, August 3. 

The action is being held at the iconic Hungaroring in Budapest. 

Practice One and Two will take place on Friday, with Practice Three and Qualifying held on Saturday.

Lights Out for the race on Sunday is then scheduled for 2pm UK time.

talkSPORT.com will be across all of the latest build-up and news, while live updates of the race will come from Tom Clayton on talkSPORT.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.  You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Sky Sports will be broadcasting the entire race weekend too.

Hungarian Grand Prix: What has been said? 

Hamilton has not enjoyed his time at Ferrari so far, with his dream move from Mercedes proving to be a lot tougher than expected. 

He’s not finished in the top three of any race for his new team. 

Speaking after fighting back to seventh place in Belgium following a nightmare in qualifying, the F1 icon said: “It was massively tricky being that far back in conditions where at the beginning it was really not that easy to see.

“I’m happy to have come from all the way back there, recovered and got into the points.

“Not the result that I want this weekend, and definitely a weekend to forget, but positives to take from the car today. 

“The team did a great job as they always do throughout the weekend and they did a great job with the strategy. So big thanks to them and I’ll try and do a better job for them next weekend.”

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Hungarian Grand Prix: Drivers’ standings

• 1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 266 points, 6 wins, 11 podiums
• 2. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 250 points, 4 wins, 11 podiums
• 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 185 points, 2 wins, 5 podiums
• 4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 157 points, 1 win, 5 podiums 
• 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 139 points, 5 podiums 
• 6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 109 points, 
• 7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 63 points, 1 podium
• 8. Alex Albon (Williams) – 54 points
• 9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) – 37 points, 1 podium
• 10. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 27 points
• 12. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 22 points
• 12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 20 points
• 13. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20 points
• 14. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 16 points
• 15. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 16 points
• 16. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 16 points
• 17. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) – 10 points
• 18. Ollie Bearman (Haas) – 8 points
• 19. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) – 6 points
• 20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0 points
• 21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0 points

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