2026 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Full starting grid after Hamilton, Antonelli penalties

McLaren’s Lando Norris will lead the field away from pole position for the first time this season, after topping qualifying at the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.

The reigning world champion has looked strong all weekend in his McLaren, and strengthened his pole threat on Saturday morning in FP3.

In what proved to be a tight battle, Lando Norris snatched his first pole of the campaign by just 0.012s from Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton.

Neither Hamilton nor his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc were able to find any gains on their final flying laps, leaving them powerless to fend off Norris’ charge in the McLaren.

Hamilton's day got worse, as he was found to have impeded Oscar Piastri during Q3 and has been hit with a three-place grid penalty.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was provisionally fourth on the grid in the Mercedes, as the championship leader was forced to react to double-waved yellow flags at the last corner after Max Verstappen spun his Red Bull.

However, he has been handed a three-place grid penalty for a yellow flag infringement, as well as a penalty point.

While Hamilton's penalty was issued first, the grid order has seemingly been determined by the FIA applying Antonelli's first and Hamilton's second, based on the order they happened on track.

Piastri was fifth ahead of Verstappen, while George Russell could do no more than seventh in his Mercedes before he stopped on track at Turn 1 at the end of Q3.

Isack Hadjar was eighth in the sister Red Bull, while Racing Bulls counterpart Arvid Lindblad was ninth. Nico Hulkenberg completed the top 10 for Audi.

Full starting grid for the 2026 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix

*Hamilton was given a three-place grid penalty

**Antonelli was given a three-place grid penalty