Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at the Hungaroring

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Lando Norris took his and McLaren's first grand prix victory of the year in a compelling race in Hungary.

As the world champion cruised to a comfortable victory, there was a tense fight for the remaining podium positions in the closing laps between Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.

Verstappen just managed to hold on while Antonelli took third to extend his championship lead to 50 points over Lewis Hamilton and 59 over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who finished seventh after a bad start.

Ferrari's Hamilton finished the grand prix on Antonelli's tail in fourth place but was penalised five seconds for speeding in the pit lane and dropped to fifth behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Norris' team-mate Oscar Piastri led for most of the first half of the race but retired from second place with a gearbox failure.

Read the full report here

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There's a big smile on Lando Norris' face tonight after his first victory of the campaign in Hungary. The upgraded McLaren has finally brought him success as the defending world champion, but can this winning feeling continue after the summer the break?

Kimi Antonelli heads off to enjoy the sunshine with an extended title lead in his suitcase. The teenager is 50 points clear of Lewis Hamilton and 59 free of Mercedes' team-mate George Russell in drivers' standings as he bids to become a maiden world champion this season.

That's the first half of the season in the books. Time for us all to have a few weeks off to resest before a relentless schedule begins.

It starts with the Dutch Grand Prix, from 21-23 August, followed by back-to-back races in Monza and the new Madrid Grand Prix in September.

Then comes a triple-header that takes us into October of Azerbaijan, the postponed Bahrain Grand Prix being held in Malaysia and the race in Singapore - six grands prix in seven weeks.

So enjoy your holidays if you are going away, folks, and we'll see at the end of the summer in Zandvoort.

See you soon!

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Let's give the last word to our race winner Lando Norris, on whether McLaren can keep on winning: "I want to believe so, considering how good it felt today, I certainly want to believe that we can continue it.

"There's going to be moments where we are going to struggle more, some moments that might even be better. We know the track is a good one for us. It is one of the best-suited tracks of the year, so this is maybe a good as it can look for now.

"I certainly believe we can win races. I knew it was coming."

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli speaking to Sky Sports after finishing third: "I think it was a good result, it was damage limitations after yesterday and we really had to fight for it because this weekend we struggled a little bit overall but also other teams like Ferrari and McLaren brought upgrades so it was kind of expected. For sure the team is pushing really hard and hopefully it is going to be our turn, in the second half [of the season], to bring some upgrades. It was a really good team effort and this first half of the season, they have done a tremendous job.

"It is going to be tight, McLaren did a massive step forward, Ferraris are quick this weekend and you can never write off Max so it is going to be a big fight and George is going to be back in shape for sure. We just need to raise the bar and come back stronger because it is going to be a big push."

Red Bull's Max Verstappen speaking to Sky Sports after an 'unbelievable' P2: "It was a very tough race I was still struggling with the same things as qualifying where the car is really oversteer-y in different phases, so trying to battle that for most of the race. I think we made a lot of good moves. in the start to move forward, that made my first stint a little bit easier. The move on Lewis put me in a decent spot. The call at the end with the soft, it was a long stint but luckily it worked out for us."

Mercedes' boss Toto Wolff speaking to Sky Sports: "It wasn't really running well for us from Friday onwards and then yesterday with the damage on George's car, the penalty that Kimi got - P3 and P6 is a good recovery never the less. It is not where we should be.

"Yet again we did a mistake on screwing George's start. It is just not acceptable and not good enough from us. The marshalling system not functioning, cars in the back defending the Lewis and Kimi fight, it is just disgraceful from some of the Teletubbies engineers that sit on the pit walls of the teams, not telling the drivers what is happening behind them.

"I am just not happy about the whole situation but when I am going to calm down, I will be taking the solid gap in the championship over the summer, good gap in the constructors' championship and that is credit to a fast car, a great team and at times unlucky. But also not good enough in reliability.

"Long way to go, we need to find out what happened [With Russell's start]. We need to get on top of these things."

Mercedes' George Russell speaking to Sky Sports after finishing P7 in another difficult race: "A terrible start is one way to put it. Nothing I could do unfortunately, something happened. I do take some satisfaction that the pace was strong, the team said it was as good as anyone out there. Silver lining, I guess. One thing after another."

On what caused his issue at the start of the race: "I was on the throttle waiting and then all of a sudden the engine went all over the place. Right now we don't know [what happened] but it's added to the list of the things that have happened in the first half of this season. Pray things calm down in the second half. Honestly I'm staying positive because I've gone through being so disappointed with everything that's happened with this first half of the year. At some point you've got to pick yourself up and accept there's a lot things that aren't in your control that may work against you. I'm not happy with how things have gone, I'm just going keep on staying positive and keep on pushing."

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In the constructors' championship, Mercedes lead second-placed Ferrari by 72 points, with McLaren 87 points off the Italian team in third after their winning day in Hungary.

Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad finishing in the top 10 lifts Racing Bulls above Alpine in the battle for fifth place, while Audi have also made gains and are now one point clear of Williams in eighth spot.

1. Mercedes - 379

2. Ferrari - 307

3. McLaren - 220

4. Red Bull - 177

5. Racing Bulls - 66

6. Alpine - 61

7. Haas - 21

8. Audi - 12

9. Williams - 11

10. Aston martin - 1

11. Cadillac - 0

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Kimi Antonelli can pack his suitcase and head off on holiday safe in the knowledge his championship lead has grown over Lewis Hamilton (50 points) and Mercedes team-mate George Russell (59 points).

The win in Hungary has given fifth-placed Lando Norris a boost and now the world champion is 10 points behind Charles Leclerc in fourth, with Max Verstappen in sixth moving to within 19 points of Norris.

Liam Lawson is the one driver to gain a place in the top 10 this weekend, jumping above Pierre Gasly by one point and into ninth.

And a nod to Nico Hulkenberg, who picks up his first points for Audi.

1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 219pts

2. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) - 169

3. George Russell (Mercedes) - 160

4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 138

5. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 128

6. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 109

7. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) - 92

8. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) - 68

9. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) - 43

10. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) - 42

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Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, speaking to Sky Sports, after he was given a five-second time penalty and finished fifth: "I definitely don't think we should have taken the last stop, the call came just before the pit entry and I didn't have time to debate. You've got to trust the decision that's been taken but in hindsight my tyres were totally fine, I probably would have lost out to Max but I think I could have kept third at least. Just opened up the door to getting that penalty at the end."

Asked if he was optimistic for the second half of the season, he said: "I definitely am. I'm massively grateful to the team because they've really done a great job in the first half [of the season], I think the last three races from me have not been great, lots of mistakes. A lot of penalties so I've got to work hard to not give [the stewards] any more opportunities to give me penalties."

The race weekend penalties have been stacking up for Lewis Hamilton and his latest one for pit-lane speeding - another five-second time penalty - dropped him from fourth to fifth behind team-mate Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver exceeded the pit-lane speed limit by 0.1km/h.

Let's see what the seven-time world champion had to say post-race...

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The two Cadillacs of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, along with McLaren's Oscar Piastri, retired from the Hungarian Grand Prix but where did Aston Martin finish today?

With a new-look car and high hopes to not end up miles off the pace at the back of the field, the final shakedown of the 70-lap race put Fernando Alonso in 14th place and Lance Stroll one spot higher in P13.

The cars behind the two Astons were Alpine's Franco Colapinto, Haas' Esteban Ocon, the Williams of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz and then Ocon's team-mate Ollie Bearman.

Just ahead were the other Alpine of Pierre Gasly and the second Audi of Gabriel Bortoleto.

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McLaren's Oscar Piastri, who retired from the race because of a gearbox issue: "When It broke, I was just taking my normal line, so I am not sure [whether a kerb could have affected his gearbox]. It was definitely the highlight of my race [leading the race in Hungary] and it went pretty downhill from there. There is a lot of things to unpack, I think firstly the pace on the hard tyres was just nowhere and then obviously getting taken out by a backmarker is never really one of the things you think can go wrong but I was proven wrong and then obviously the gearbox. Not the easiest of tests.

"In the moment I was hoping they would not pit Lando [Norris] because of that incident to at least give me the chance to stay in the lead but I think that is not very reasonable so I was more just upset in the moment about what happened, I think my pit stop was fine, we wanted to beat Lewis and that is what we needed to do to do that."

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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella speaking to Sky Sports after the race: "Let's start on the sweet side, great to see the car being competitive for a pole position and a victory. Great to see that hard work has been rewarded. Thank you very much to all the men and women at McLaren for having been so committed to in the design and delivery of the upgrades. Lando was in condition to squeeze every millisecond out of the car for pole position. The pace today was even more encouraging as soon as Lando was in the lead he proved that he had a decent margin. Great news there but quite a lot of work to do on reliability.

"When we look at the number and the anticipated numbers associated with the upgrade, we thought we'd have to bring more performance to be in this condition. So in this sense it's a bit of a surprise, it's always good to have a positive surprise. This is a world of numbers and facts, we remain with our feet on the ground, we know that there's more work ahead of us."

On strategy decisions when Piastri and Norris were leading the race: "I think today was actually great racing. It was great to see Lando and Oscar fight at the start for position something fair. Oscar had his chance to take the lead and see what pace he might have. How the race unfolded meant Oscar had to cover Hamilton and then there was a situation with the backmarkers. Lando was very quick when he took the lead and he took advantage of this pace and that there was some delay for Oscar."

On the contact between Piastri and Sainz: "It caused quite a bit of loss of time. We know Carlos is such a fair, correct driver, so if this is happening then that means that something is not working correctly. I understand that the panels were maybe the problem. After that we told our drivers to be super cautious because for some the reason the backmarkers were struggling more than normal."

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More from race winner Lando Norris on McLaren building momentum: "It helps, that's for sure. It helps you get through it. The team are still working hard to bring even more to the car. We have tough competition, the Ferraris are quick. Kimi is always there, every single session he is doing a good job.

"If we want to come back, we need a lot more of these and we need to keep putting pressure on our competitors, but this weekend was a perfect one for us but it is going to be tough. We will keep pushing, keep working hard. I owe the team a lot to even get back to winning races at this point. I'm proud, we need to enjoy a good break."

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Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli who finished P2 in Hungary: "It was a tough race. It was really hard to overtake so we had to do something with strategy. Initially we tried to go for the one-stop, but then they told me the tyre was too much on the limit so we stopped and then we had VSC and the two Ferraris boxed and I knew it was going to be hard because I was on the hards and they were on the softs but luckily we managed to keep them behind.

"I am happy and it is the best way to go into summer break. We have got to keep pushing because the second half is going to be hard but we will try our best."

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen speaking after finishing P2 in Hungary: "I didn't expect to be on the podium today but we worked hard for it. The start was decent, to get through Turn 1 and Turn 2. After the first stop to get back ahead of Lewis under braking into Turn 1. Just trying to survive on the compounds, trying to make the right calls with the strategy. Very happy, considering, to be second here."

On his move on Lewis Hamilton: "I saw that opportunity as my only one and I just went for it. We were good on the brakes so that helped, it was all under control."

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McLaren's Lando Norris who converted pole position to a race win at the Hungarian Grand Prix: "I'm tired. What happened [at the start of the race], I don't know what happened. I just kept losing the rear, I had like three or four big snaps, felt horrible and of course Oscar did a good job to get the cut back and get past so I think I was just a bit wide in the dirt. Game over for the first lap.

"I was pushing like hell to try and force him into a mistake or something. My pace today was probably some of the best pace I've ever had. The car was beautiful to drive and I had confidence. A great race and to get it back in terms of going long, which is certainly not what I was expecting. But the pace was so good, I could always extend the stint and fresh tyres won me the race so just happy to be back and be number one again."

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Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli make their way to the podium to get the party started. Norris closes his eyes as the national anthem rings out, then it's time to bosh that champange bottle on the floor and spray everyone with booze, being careful not to break that beautiful trophy.

The world champion is a back-to-back winner in Hungary, and also the first driver to seal victory from pole position since Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes in 2020.

In the cooldown room, the top three are picking the bones out of the race. The trio highlight the lack of blue flags during the grand prix, and Sky Sports say there may have been a few technical issues today.

Max Verstappen's overtake on Lewis Hamilton during the pit-stop phase then flashes up on screen. Winner Lando Norris asks the four-time world champion did he mean to do that? "Yes" comes the response.