F1 Hungarian GP live commentary and updates - race

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The Bahrain Grand Prix has been reinstated for this year, with a slight twist: the race will be held in Malaysia.

Indeed, the Sepang circuit is back on the menu, but the event will still be known as the Bahrain Grand Prix since they're underwriting the whole operation.

The race will take place between the Azerbaijan and Singapore races, creating just a short hop between the final two legs of the now triple-header.

Formula 1

Malaysia will officially host F1's 2026 Bahrain GP

F1 will return to Sepang on 4 October, as the world championship finalises its contingency plans amid the Iran war

Qualifying recap

Lando Norris took his first pole of the year, and the first non-Mercedes pole of 2026, to beat the Ferraris.

Lewis Hamilton had originally qualified second, having been beaten by Norris by just 0.012s, but took a grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli was also given a grid penalty for failing to slow sufficiently for yellow flags. 

Formula 1

F1 Hungarian GP: Norris trumps Hamilton to pole by 0.012s, Verstappen spins

Lando Norris has ended Mercedes’ streak of pole positions by topping qualifying at the F1 Hungarian GP, overhauling Lewis Hamilton’s provisional best time, as Max Verstappen spun in Q3

F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: coming soon!

Good afternoon everyone, and thanks for joining us for our live coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix. 

We'll have our official lights-out in about an hour's time - so let's take a look at everything that's going on as we build up to the race.

Franco Colapinto, Alpine

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