One final race remains before Formula 1’s August shutdown.
As mandated by the sport’s regulations, teams are required to take a 14-day break in July or August, during which no F1-related activity can take place. Factories must be closed, wind tunnels remain turned off, and no production or development of car parts, test parts, or tools can take place.
This also applies to engine and power unit manufacturers.
“We are not allowed to work, think, or do anything that could make an F1 car go quicker,” described Mercedes Technical Director James Allison.
“It basically means we get to go home and have a holiday for 14 consecutive days!”
Until then, however, we have one last Grand Prix, the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend. Set at the upgraded Hungaroring — often described as “Monaco without the walls” — this last race before the break comes at a fascinating time for several teams and drivers. Ferrari, Mercedes, and Red Bull remain locked in a three-way fight for second behind McLaren, while the rest of the grid is clustered together in a thrilling midfield battle.
On the Drivers’ Championship side of things, after Lando Norris closed to within eight points of him following the British Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri’s bounce-back win at the Belgian Grand Prix doubled his advantage over his McLaren teammate.
And of course, a return to Hungary brings back some interesting memories for the McLaren duo. Last year, Piastri won his first F1 Grand Prix, in a race marked by team orders given to Norris to swap places with his teammate, to return Piastri to P1 after a series of pit stops.
Here is your home for all of SB Nation’s coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
- Lando Norris threads the strategy needle to secure a win and jolt his championship hopes
- Lewis Hamilton declares ‘hopefully I’ll be back’ after difficult Hungarian Grand Prix
- F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Lando Norris holds off Oscar Piastri to take the checkered flag
- F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: What is the starting order for today’s F1 race?
- Hungarian Grand Prix tire strategy options
- Lewis Hamilton offers brutal assessment in Hungary: ‘I’m useless, absolutely useless’
- F1 qualifying results: Charles Leclerc shocks McLaren at the Hungarian Grand Prix
- Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri lead the way in FP1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix
- Charles Leclerc ‘very happy’ with Fred Vasseur’s new deal, and his sense of humor
- Max Verstappen confirms his Red Bull F1 future
- Ferrari and Frederic Vasseur reach agreement on new ‘multiple-year contract’
- VCARB looking for more points at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
- Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years
- Pierre Gasly anticipating a ‘relentless’ F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
- Ayao Komatsu has ‘no doubt’ Haas will be in the fight at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
- The 6 biggest storylines for the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
- Will Lewis Hamilton win a Grand Prix this season with Ferrari?
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