Perez is still unable to get past Alonso into Turn 1 with the use of DRS.
Verstappen's lead over Piastri is up to 1.6s.
Norris is running 1.3s behind his teammate.
Another double DNF for Alpine. Awful.
He's in the pit lane - looks like he's out of the race.
Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Alonso, Perez, Hulkenberg, Stroll, Tsunoda, Bottas, Russell, Magnussen, Albon, Zhou, Sargeant, Ricciardo, Ocon and Gasly.
Verstappen leads into Turn 1 ahead of Piastri, Norris and Hamilton.
It's lights out and away we go at the Hungaroring
Here we go then... Hamilton leads the pack away in Hungary.
Softs for Sainz, Stroll, Gasly and Tsunoda.
Hards for Perez and Russell.
Mediums for everyone else.
Sainz to Sky: "I'm confident we can at least have a bit of fun today. Looking forward the whole race and trying to gain some positions.
"At the same time it's going to be warm and hard on tyres. That's where we struggle a bit so we need to be thinking both ways."
15 minutes to go now until the start of the race.
"I think maybe Lap 1 peak grip is a bit higher but over a stint it doesn't matter a lot. It doesn't matter. It's a long race, a lot of things can happen. It's not a one-stop so with strategy a lot of things can play out."
Danny Ric starts from P13 on his F1 return #HungarianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/CTjnltvNWT
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The pit lane opens #HungarianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/czofP1cqk6
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"Red Bull is half a second faster per lap than us on the race pace. So it's very, very likely [Max is] just going to breeze by and disappear like he has in all the races. If I can magically pull out the rabbit out of the hat, I will try to do that and keep him behind, but we'll see."
It's race day at the Hungaroring.
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