Overview
- Lando Norris set the fastest Q3 lap, a 1'17.207, and secured pole position after qualifying in the late session on Saturday.
- Race stewards handed Lewis Hamilton a three‑place grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri in Q3, demoting him from second to fifth.
- Kimi Antonelli received a three‑place penalty for not slowing sufficiently under a yellow flag triggered by Max Verstappen's late spin, dropping him to seventh.
- The official top eight now reads Norris, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, and Isack Hadjar, a reshuffle that will shape race strategy on the low‑overtake Hungaroring.
- Formula 1 also confirmed a calendar change with the Bahrain round moved to Sepang in Malaysia on October 4, while the rest of the season schedule remains unchanged.