F1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2025: Full coverage from SB Nation

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One last race remains before F1’s summer shutdown, and here is your home for full coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix

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.