World champion Lando Norris of McLaren narrowly outpaced Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on Saturday to seize his first pole position of the year for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix before the Briton and championship leader Kimi Antonelli were handed penalties.

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes and his closest challenger Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton were both slapped with three place grid penalties on Saturday for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton was on course for a record-extending 105th pole position, before Lando Norris darted through to take it away.

Lewis Hamilton has a chance to pile pressure on Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes as the Formula 1 title race heads to Hungary, and there were promising signs Friday as Ferrari seemed to have the pace in practice.

Kimi Antonelli heads to Budapest this weekend knowing he will lead the drivers' world championship into F1's summer break come what may, but fully aware that despite a 45-point lead he and Mercedes cannot relax.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc escaped any grid position penalties on Friday when instead Ferrari were fined for a breach of sporting regulations at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc gave Ferrari their 250th Grand Prix victory when he won a gripping British GP at Silverstone which ended under a safety car on Sunday as championship leader Kimi Antonelli missed out on a top 10 finish.

Kimi Antonelli returned to winning ways in Formula 1 with a sprint race victory and pole position for the British Grand Prix on a day of struggles for his title rival George Russell.

Just when it seemed Mercedes' Formula 1 pole position streak was surely at an end, George Russell had other ideas at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday.

The Formula 1 title race is turning into the ultimate battle of youth against experience.

Lewis Hamilton on Thursday revealed that he suffered a significant neck injury in testing ahead of his debut season with Ferrari last year and that it left him in pain for three months.

A "rebuilt" mind, family and friends, and an innovative part called the Macarena. These are just some of the building blocks in Lewis Hamilton's resurgence at the front of the Formula 1 field.

Lewis Hamilton increased his record win haul to 106 career victories with his first since the Belgian GP in July 2024 while he was still with Mercedes

Mercedes driver George Russell claimed pole position ahead of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on Saturday.

Ten years after Max Verstappen announced his arrival by winning the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, his apparent heir Mercedes' teenage ace Kimi Antonelli, will on Sunday seek a crushing sixth consecutive victory.

Charles Leclerc made local knowledge pay when he topped the times for Ferrari in opening practice for his home Monaco Formula One Grand Prix ahead of team-mate seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

Delighted Lewis Hamilton rolled back the years on Sunday to finish second for Ferrari in the Canadian Grand Prix then declared Circuit Gilles Villeneuve his favourite track in the world.

Charles Leclerc admitted he threw away a podium finish for Ferrari with a wild penultimate lap as he dropped from third to finish sixth in Sunday's Miami Grand Prix.