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Oscar Piastri won his first Formula 1 race after a tense battle with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris at the 2024 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, while Lewis Hamilton finished third.

The cost cap serves primarily as a safety net to ensure that enough teams remain to fill out a grid, but it also marks an overdue attempt to level the playing field. Before the Hungarian Grand Prix, rumours circulated that three teams could have gone over their budget for the 2022 season.

Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of the Hungarian and cruised to an easy victory, giving Red Bull their 12th consecutive victory and breaking McLaren's record from 1988.

As rain and red flags halted the first session of practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, George Russell came out on top. A 1:38.795 was the lap time that the Mercedes driver achieved.

Philippe Krief joined Alpine in February after working at Maserati, Ferrari, and Alfa Romeo prior. This news comes only 10 days after Alpine reorganised its business, in which Bruno Famin was elevated to the post of vice president of Alpine motorsports.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2023, Red Bull debuted their second significant sidepod update of the season. This new iteration is a major upgrade over the revised package shown at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in April, which featured a shorter and larger cooling intake.

At the next Hungarian GP, Red Bull will be implementing upgrades to further expand their lead over the competition. With the Dutchman winning eight of ten races overall, Red Bull has been the dominant team and won every race so far.

After just 10 races in his first F1 season, Nyck de Vries was fired as a driver for AlphaTauri and replaced by Daniel Ricciardo. Nyck de Vries joined the Red Bull backed team after his outstanding performance for Williams in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.

For the three-day race at the Hungaroring, the Italian tyre maker Pirelli will only provide 11 pairs of tyres instead of 13, with mandatory usage of certain compounds for qualifying on Saturday.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton topped both practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday, with Red Bull drivers Daniil Kvyat and Daniel