F1 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix LIVE: Practice news, schedule, start time, updates and results

Daniel Ricciardo is targeting a strong showing in the final two races before the summer break with an eye on “something bigger” amid speculation over Sergio Perez’s Red Bull seat.

Fan-favourite Australian driver Ricciardo has picked up 11 points so far this season compared to 20 from RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, though has improved in recent weeks.

Yet amid Perez’s dramatic downturn in form in recent weeks – he finished the last race at Silverstone in 17^th – both Ricciardo and Tsunoda are eyeing a promotion to the Red Bull mothership to partner Max Verstappen.

Ricciardo, when asked about it, insisted he was only focusing on the next two races – in Hungary and Belgium – before the summer break and hinted an impressive showing could mean a shock call-up to Red Bull.

Carlos Sainz, Oscar Piastri – 12/1

Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly – 150/1

Daniel Ricciardo, Kevin Magnussen, Yuki Tsunoda – 200/1

Guanyu Zhou, Logan Sargeant, Valtteri Bottas – 250/1

In recent years, the increase in LGBTQ+ representation throughout the sport – whether it be team personnel, F1 staff or members of the media – has seen F1, at long last, move with modern times. Because previously, the overwhelming machismo of the sport would have made Sunday night’s announcement far less palatable to some.

• Free practice 1: 12:30am
• Free practice 2: 4pm

• Free practice 3: 11:30am
• Qualifying: 3pm

5. Aston Martin – 68 points

Lewis Hamilton said his emotional win at the British Grand Prix was proof to his doubters that he is not finished in Formula One.

Hamilton, 39, ended a two-and-a-half-year wait for victory with his triumph, and revealed he celebrated by watching the race highlights with a curry in his London home.

In the wake of his 104th career victory, a teary Hamilton admitted he feared he would might not win again, with his father Anthony – who he hugged moments after the chequered flag fell at Silverstone – saying his son had questioned whether he was still good enough.

“Of course we cannot deny that the last few weeks have been a bit difficult. I would say also some were a bit unlucky…

“I think also he wants to do better, but I know that he’s working very hard,” Verstappen said of Perez. It’s not that he takes it for granted or whatever.

“Hopefully here [in Hungary], when the car suits his driving a bit more, everything feels connected, it can work a bit better for him.”

Zak Brown does not have the time, nor the patience, for chancers. The straight-talking Californian-raised McLaren chief executive is revelling in his team’s ascendancy back to the top of the sport, fighting the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes. But most of all in recent months, Red Bull.

On track, this front-of-the-pack dogfight has mushroomed between three-time world champion Max Verstappen, Red Bull, and one-time race winner Lando Norris, McLaren. The pair, somewhat uniquely within a sport famous for its fierce rivalries, have a close relationship off-track. A friendship and a bond that nosedived three weeks ago in Austria.

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Pierre Gasly has been trying to convince Carlos Sainz to join him at Renault-owned Alpine but the Frenchman said on Thursday he was waiting for a decision like everyone else in Formula One.

“I think Alpine, the team has good options on the table,” Gasly told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix.