Our 2026 Hungarian GP predictions

Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy.

Straight into it, another race week is here.

Tommy, you just look like you fell out your chair with that one.

What happened?

What do you mean?

You look startled.

I was just happily waving.

Ah.

I was happy to be back.

I looked over to you and just saw.

So I thought something had happened.

Maybe I was a bit too loud for this morning.

But welcome everybody.

We are here.

Hungarian Grand Prix week, a very different circuit to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit that

we have just left.

Now Tommy, first and foremost, how are you?

How are you feeling ahead of this circuit that I feel quite excited about?

Me too.

Underrated, hungry.

It has that perception of it's Monaco without the walls, which it kind of ding ding ding.

Everybody take off your bingo card.

Bingo card.

There we go.

But it is.

But it kind of is.

But it's also delivered really good racing as well.

So I like it.

Right.

We're going to get into some news before we get into our predictions.

Some things new, some things just to talk about in a little bit more detail.

The first thing.

Now, we've had our choice opinions, haven't we, on the regulations this year.

Certain things that Formula One have shown and not shown.

Well, George Russell was very vocal at the end of his lap one Belgian Grand Prix.

He said, and by the way, this was not played in the race broadcast and was not even shown

in the radio rewind on the YouTube of Formula One themselves.

He said, I'm out.

What the F happened with the SOC, which means state of charge, down the straight.

I had no effing battery down the straight, guys unacceptable, uneffing acceptable this

whole weekend.

So the F1, we're like, no, that's not what anyone wants to hear.

We want to hear, I love 2026 regulations.

We don't want the most dramatic team radio probably of the season.

And I'm sorry, but you could argue that it's not even.

He's clearly got a problem with his car because Antonelli is driving off into the distance.

So for them to be so paranoid, if that is the reason that they've not played it, there's

rumours that it's also too cursive.

But then at the same time, they can just bleep it and they have done before.

So for me, it kind of undermines everything Formula One is trying to do in this new era

of creating the drama and everything about the drivers and stuff.

Because that is the most spicy and extreme team radio we have heard in a very, very,

very long time.

So for them not to play it is insane, insane to me.

And it's them getting their little cotton wool and wrapping up these regulations to

try and protect them.

But the reality is anyone that wants to find this will because it's been posted everywhere

and you almost create a bigger story by not playing it during the race itself.

Because everyone's now talking about it on the run up to the Hungarian Grand Prix.

But hey, I guess the casuals won't have seen it.

Maybe not.

I mean, a lot of people thought it was AI because they hid it because it's like you

could in theory manipulate that radio.

But it was broadcasted.

It is real.

It was broadcast.

It appeared on Germany.

A German TV for some bizarre reason.

Well, surely you can find it because everybody has access to all the team radios and stuff like that through F1 TV.

So they found it through that as well.

And for me, I don't really understand this because George Russell, unless I'm misunderstanding

what he means by this, he's sort of shouting at his team, no?

Or is it Formula One?

Because it very much sounds like his team.

I think he's shouting at his team and Formula One are like, well, that's kind of us as

well because he's talking about the battery, therefore we won't play.

That's so weird because literally during the same race, McLaren said, please no yo-yo

racing.

So make your mind up.

Hey, but that's fine, right?

Because that is not because of the battery.

I'm kidding.

Of course it is.

But yeah, it's a strange decision.

Of course, it's one that they made on the fly.

They clearly went, no, we can't play that.

And George is probably very happy that it wasn't played.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, because George clearly his frustrations came to a boil.

Of course, he's out of the race.

He's going to be full of adrenaline at the start of a Grand Prix and he's going to say

something that he clearly felt deep down in a much more angry way than he usually would.

So these are Formula One drivers.

You can't really hold it against George for having a go at his team because clearly he

felt very frustrated for a couple of weekends.

And it came to a head when when he went spinning into the gravel after contact with Hamilton.

So yeah, but there's no way to drive using that, by the way.

Oh, no, yeah, they're going to clip that up and pop that straight in in

the trailer, straight in the trailer, maybe, maybe.

Yeah. So strange decision from Formula One.

But are we surprised?

Another bit of news is that Fernando Alonso.

Yes, he is still racing, guys.

I know that it might be what is he?

Oh, yes, right in the back.

He's said that the regulations will decide his future, not Aston Martin improving.

I'm sorry.

You're telling me if the regulations improve, but Alonso's still five seconds off the pace

that he's going to go, guys, but I like the regs, though, I'm a stay for another year.

I'll stay and go to another team if he even can.

But he just he says he says a lot of things, doesn't he, about about his his future.

And he said before before we even had this whole Aston Martin mess, he said, well, if

the Aston Martin's really good, then I can just retire after a year and it'd be fine.

But if it's not, I want to hold on and then you kind of go no way.

If Alonso gets a really good car is then going, actually, I'm going to bounce.

Lance Stroll, you have a title next year.

It's fine.

So I don't personally think that I think there's always in the back of drivers' heads

about the regulations and whether they're a kind of enjoyment of the sport.

But Alonso is there to to compete, isn't he, at the end of the day?

And he wants to be competitive and hopefully they are because we don't know

yet if they're actually bringing their upgrades.

Surely they are.

All the hype is that they are.

So they can't turn around at this point and say, well, they can, they can,

but they will get heat for having to wait another Grand Prix.

Even more than a whole summer break.

Yeah. Yeah.

Before the summer breaks.

So fingers crossed, because I'd love to see just what they have.

We love to see a little P14 from Fernando.

I'd love to see them just be able to battle Cadillac, you know,

really, really be competitive at the back of the field.

Other things to speak about quickly is that McLaren are bringing their

Macarena wing for testing in free practice one.

And then I guess they'll make a decision as to whether they they like it or not.

Interesting that that's being brought in.

Of course, they've they've clearly been developing it for a very long time

since seeing the likes of Ferrari and Alpine, I think, do it.

Alpine, is it technically a Macarena wing?

Although there's just a disappearing wing.

Anyway, they were clearly McLaren have put it into the the upgrade system.

But I find it interesting that they're introducing it just as

Red Bull are getting rid of it.

And there's this whole sort of debacle over whether they're even safe or not.

And the FIA are questioning that.

And McLaren are like, hey, we'll join the conversation

because we've been working on it for the last couple of months.

So interested to see how that one works.

Just how much gap it has.

Is it going to be a Red Bull S1?

Is it going to be completely different to what we've seen?

And McLaren are also bringing a redesigned floor as well.

So big upgrades for McLaren at the Hungarian Grand Prix

and still linked with McLaren Piazzari not driving in free practice.

One Leonardo Fornaroli is taking his spot.

And then for Haas, you have Hirakawa in for Bearman and Alpine Aron in for Colopinto.

Is it me or do we feel like we have a lot more young drivers coming in

during free practice this year?

Maybe it's the fact that it's more at the start of the season.

They used to do it.

Maybe everyone kind of did it at the same time in something like Barcelona.

And then everyone did it at the end of the season.

I think it was Mexico.

A lot of people tended to use that kind of allocation.

But maybe it's just me, but it feels like we've seen a lot of young drivers

swapping in already this half of the season and kind of different races

to what we usually get.

They're just trying to tick off their allocation early

so that they could maybe focus on the car a bit more.

I don't know. Of course, Piazzari, I think will be a little bit miffed

that he has to give up his car for a whole hour

when there are so many upgrades being brought to the McLaren.

But of course, these things, they're like, you know, how you got your your engine

problem and in last time out in Belgium?

Well, this time just simulate that you can.

Yeah, we'll do it again.

No, everyone for you, please.

So, yeah, I think Oscar will be like, oh, I really would like to just be driving.

But of course, these things get locked in a long, long time ago.

Right, let's get into predictions.

It is currently 3330 to Tommy, only three points.

The gap and it is my turn to go first.

Feel good about this weekend.

Are we so OK? I don't zero points on its way.

OK, a good surprise.

I am locking in Lando Norris.

OK, I have a feeling that Lando could even challenge for the win this weekend.

I really do. You know, Spa was, you know, some people question it in

driver ratings, some people question a lot of things we do in driver ratings.

But one of the things was around Lando's performance.

But I honestly think had the race gone better for him with strategy

and of course, not having that 10 place grip penalty, he's easily on the podium

and genuinely, I think he could have challenged for the win.

If you just right up there at the start, he was right up there.

You think how close Charle Clare was?

Of course, he had the luck of the VSC, but Kimmy couldn't get away massively.

And Lando's pace was truly exceptional.

We go to Hungary, where Hungary, where McLaren are bringing

upgrades and things like that.

And I really do think that they will take a step forward here.

They have been sort of hyping this up as a big weekend for them.

And look, I've been sold. I've been sold by it.

So Lando Norris is my good surprise.

Good surprise. I have gone for Alex Albin.

Big risk going for Williams, who, of course, have not had a great season.

The battle for P-15.

A lovely little Q2 in locking this in.

No, I'm checking. But we'll see.

We'll see. I've gone for Alex Albin because

of the sole logic that Williams were pretty good around Monaco.

This is Monaco without the walls.

Ding, ding, ding. No, you can't say it again.

Stop it. You've got to say it a million times.

You should get an electric shock every time you say it from here on.

OK. And the thing with I nearly went for Fernando Alonso.

We don't know if they're running the upgrades as to Martin yet.

And also Alonso is really good at around the Hungaro ring.

I haven't gone for him, though.

I haven't. But I've gone for Alex Albin because

Williams are rock bottom at the moment.

They're having a really bad time and anything remotely special

will be having conversations.

Will we? OK.

Well, I won't be listening. I'll tell you that.

Right, Tommy, big flop.

OK, this is why I'm not confident about this whole week.

Big flop. I've gone for Mercedes

because it's Monaco without the walls.

And Mercedes get all their

loveliness from the fact that they've got the best power unit on the grid,

despite what the FIA say, particularly with what what Kim is doing.

He's able. You know, you watch the on boards from around Spa.

You go to these these tracks where they're kind of energy starved

and Mercedes are really good.

They're able to, you know, do things with their power unit.

They're even McLaren with the same power unit can't do.

Yeah, Hungary is going to be a track similar to Monaco,

where they can actually push more and we're not going to see

things like super clipping, hopefully, hopefully not.

And all this because there's a lot of breaking zones, short straights.

They should be able to push a lot more.

And the opposite to Alex Elbin, the bar is very high for Mercedes.

So even them doing anything not good.

But it has to be both of them, of course.

So looking forward to George Russell winning the race by two minutes.

Well, I what did you go for?

I had also gone for Mercedes.

So I've had to change it on the fly as per the P1 predictions regulations.

I also wasn't particularly confident with it, but I thought, you know,

if there's ever a time maybe this, but then, you know,

you keep saying that dreaded phrase around Monaco,

and I'm not going to finish it because I might get an electric shock.

But Kimmy Antoni won Monaco.

So they're very comfortable.

So my big flop instead, Audi.

I've changed it on the fly.

Audi went, hey, guys, we've got some reliability now.

We're doing OK, apart from Hülkenberg and Qualifier,

but we can finish races, Portoletto, scoring points.

Audi, I'm sorry.

I had to change it on the fly.

I wanted to go for a team to try and get two points.

And so I thought, what better than an easy double DNF for Audi

and my F1 fantasy team is cooked once more.

So yeah, I've gone for them.

I nearly went for McLaren, actually, but then changed it

when I saw they're bringing upgrades.

So yeah, and you went for Landig and surprise.

So I did.

If you'd have flopped McLaren, that would have been wild.

That I could have just written zero points for you immediately

before even the start of the weekend.

Watch them have the worst weekend of their lives.

Yeah.

OK, pole position.

OK, let me hear me out.

Oh, no.

Pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix is Fernanda.

I couldn't even finish his name.

Imagine.

My pole position, Charlecler.

I think it's absolutely possible.

I was going to good surprise Ferrari,

but I was like, no, no, no, don't do it.

Don't go all eggs into that red basket.

I can't do it.

And I do genuinely think Landau is going to be right up there.

And that's my kind of logic is I think Ferrari will be really good.

I think Landau, I'm not sure on Oscar right now.

His season's been a bit up and down.

And also he's kind of come out and said that basically his

performance is linked to whether the software works.

But I kind of thinking, I think for are you going to be good?

I think McLaren would be quick.

Then that's why I'm going to flop Mercedes.

OK, maybe they actually will beat them.

But anyway, back to Charlecler, back to pole position.

Charlecler is back.

All right, none of this.

None of this rubbish around him being washed.

I don't don't hear them anymore.

I can't can't see that comment.

Of course, he had a terrible run of races.

I'll probably be looking at the end of the year going,

why could you not have just scored 30 points

across those four or five races?

And you'll be world champion right now.

But look, I this is obviously a little bit delusion,

but I don't think as delusional as I have been in in previous times.

Yeah. So Ferrari, look, they've got a very strong chassis.

And I think it will work very well around here.

So fingers crossed, Charlecler pole. Come on, baby.

Well, you were going to go for it as well, weren't you?

No, I wasn't. No.

It's quite funny because it's still delusional.

I've gone for Max Verstappen.

Come from Max Verstappen pole position,

a track where you can actually push around.

Hopefully we see how far we've fallen.

Yeah, because, yeah, we've seen races where

qualifying has been horrendous.

This one won't be that case.

I know I'm saying it a million times

so you can electrocute me now.

But Monaco is the most comparable circuit to Hungary.

And Max Verstappen was so close to pole position around that track.

He nearly did it so, so close.

It's been his best performance of the year in qualifying.

So that's the logic there.

And Charle obviously had a really good performance at Monaco as well.

So that's where I've gone.

That's where I'm going to go with the logic.

But Ferrari is a great shout as well, of course, with the chassis.

And this is the logic that we've clearly both kind of gone for here of,

like, will Mercedes not have the strength that they have had before?

Can't wait for the one to.

Oh, it's happening. It really is.

It really is, isn't it?

The minute we think that they've got a weakness.

There is no logic to this.

As much as we think there's logic,

Monaco just defies all of that with actual evidence

that Mercedes are good everywhere.

But hey, we can live in dreamland, right?

That there is a chance of a championship challenge

from outside of the Mercedes camp.

Well, before before we get into our top three,

I wanted to mention something, actually, that, you know,

it can't be said enough how absolutely insane it is this year

that one, we've not had a Mercedes 12 since China back in March,

which we thought this predictions championship was in the mud.

Based on what we saw,

we thought it was going to be two Mercedes and a Ferrari every single week

and it's going to get quite repetitive and and boring.

Instead, you know, we're we're now at round 11

and we have not had one single repeat podium the whole season.

This is insane.

If you think the same three people have not been on the podium.

Yeah, Russell, Antonelli, Leclerc, Antonelli, Russell,

Hamilton, Antonelli, Piastri, Leclerc, Antonelli, Norris,

Piastri, Antonelli, Hamilton, Verstappen, Antonelli, Hamilton,

Gasly, Hamilton, Russell, Norris, Russell, Verstappen, Antonelli,

Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Antonelli, Leclerc, Verstappen.

So it's changed every single week.

If everybody's the same as me, my brain just fried at you reading all of that out.

So if anybody actually was able to figure out whether Tommy is correct or not,

please let us know.

But you could read that last year and be Norris, Piastri, Verstappen, Norris,

Piastri, Verstappen, Verstappen, yeah, kind of that that kind of race,

wasn't it, where it was either McLaren 12

And that's what we thought it was going to be at the start of the season.

But thank goodness it's not because it makes predictions a lot more exciting.

OK, so let's go to third place, shall we, Tommy?

Third place I've gone for Charles Leclerc.

There was quite a lot of kk at the end of it.

Where's the Charles Leclerc?

Charles Leclerc.

Charlie Leclerc.

Charles Leclerc, however you want to pronounce it.

And I have, yeah, gone for gone for Charles Leclerc because

Ferrari surely going to be good around here.

The best chassis out there that people are still saying.

It should suit them down to the ground, although we did think that in Monaco.

But I do think, yeah, that they should be strong around here.

Leclerc, of course, has improved form massively after the Silverstone win.

I know it's only a run of two races, but we were thinking, you know,

can he turn it around and he's clearly found some more confidence.

I always believed, I always said he'd come back and here he is.

Interesting.

My third place is not Charles Leclerc.

It is Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis, it's a bit of a question mark as to how good he would have been.

A few moments, of course, in Spa.

I think he would have been right up there with Charles.

Had firstly, he not crashed in practice because he looked quick

and then having the contact with George, which sort of scuppered his race

from there as well.

So I'm not on this.

Lewis Hamilton is now, you know, behind Charles Leclerc.

And I think he's definitely got a great performance in him

and Hungary might well be that.

So I feel quite confident with the third place.

We'll see. You know, obviously, I'm still going about my boy, Charles.

Or am I? Let's see.

But I've gone for for Lewis P3.

In second position, I am going for

Lando Norris, as said, with my good surprise.

I think LN will be very quick round here.

He's had a phenomenal season

as much as it's insane to say that with him being fifth in the championship.

But he's having a great season for what actually is underneath him.

Of course, didn't start in China.

Yes, he's only 11 points ahead of Oscar,

but he's also been plagued with issues, as we say, every single race weekend.

If McLaren are able to take a step forward with this upgrade package

and also not fall apart and Lando with a freshish engine.

Let's see what can happen, P2.

Nice. P2, I've gone for Max Verstappen, a poll to P2.

And my prediction is still alive.

I'm not winning a race. I can't.

His percentage ratio is going to come towards Charles Square.

It's going to come crashing down.

Yeah, I've gone for Max P2.

He's definitely building towards something.

Red Bull have improved a lot, the Stappens looking a lot closer

to being able to challenge four victories and certainly podiums.

They're just not quite there yet.

I'm less confident about my prediction as I was maybe at the start of the season

that the Stappens are not going to win a race this year,

because there's definitely an opening there at some point.

I think this season it's just whether it gets the good fortune

and Red Bull can deliver.

But I'm going for Max P2.

Intriguing. Tommy, who have you gone for the W?

P1, I've gone for Lewis Hamilton.

I nearly went for good surprise as well for Lewis Hamilton.

I think he's an absolute master at the Hungaro ring.

He's so good around there.

He's been amazing around there his whole career.

It's a circuit he loves.

Remember him winning in that horrendous McLaren in 2009?

Getting a pole position out of nowhere that time when Mercedes went all there.

And I think Hamilton's going to have a great weekend.

So again, Ferrari suited should be to this track.

Surely, surely.

And yeah, Hamilton first.

Wow, OK.

My P1, we both think a Ferrari is winning.

Charlotte Clair.

Wow. Come on, baby.

P1, P2, last last couple of races.

If we throw three good VSCs out there, we can do it all.

We can win Charlotte Clair P1.

Now, you need a new kind of safety car this week.

He's had the safety car ending and then staying out.

OK, we'll have a good red flag for a bird on track and Charlotte won't have pit.

Yeah, if he wants to pit, he would come out in seventh.

So then we'll just throw a little red flag.

He can change his tires, start from P1.

Let's not forget as well.

You know, I know that especially in our live shows, you like to take the mickey

that Charlotte Clair had a generational P1 to wherever it was last time we were here.

It was last year, right?

When Charlotte Clair was it?

Yeah, yeah, you got pole last year.

Yeah, he did get pole last year.

Yeah, and then finished like 40 seconds off because things went went drastically wrong.

So La Clair got an insane pole position last year.

We're in a car that did not deserve to be there.

I remember shrieking that the McLarens were down in that middle sector during qualifying.

And let's just let's believe in it because I think for I've got a much better race car

this year that if La Clair is in the lead, especially around a track like this,

he could hold on, I beg.

We had a, yeah, I forgot.

I forgot about qualifying last year.

It was absolutely epic, wasn't it?

From what I remember.

I mean, this is an insane thought.

The last year, Lance Stroll was a 10th of pole position.

That's a thought, that is a thought, isn't it?

My God.

Yeah, it was such a strange quality session, wasn't it?

It was another one.

This shows the massive gaps that we used to have.

Lance Stroll was 0.12 off pole position and he was 6th.

Oh, wow.

Yeah, yeah, that's crazy.

It was a really weird end to the session where some drivers were able to improve

and others weren't, if I remember correctly.

So hopefully something crazy like that.

I've been looking forward to that for sure.

Let's now go to P-WAT, FWAT, P-WAT,

where we randomly do a number.

Tommy does anyway, he ferociously loads up the website and we have a number

between 4 and 22 generated and I think it's me to go first.

It is, so I'm going to hit generate and I'm going to let you know

and you've got to decide quickly.

You've got to do it really quick, quick.

Oh my God, oh God.

Go, 19th.

Oh my God, that's going to be a DNF, that's going to be a DNF.

Bortoletto.

I'm going to go for colour science.

I was going to go for science as well, that's crazy.

So no disrespect to Bortoletto, I don't think he's actually going to finish 19th.

No, I think it's a DNF.

It could well be a DNF.

That could be Charlotte Clarke.

I actually did it for Alex Elba, my good surprise, because I was like,

cover both bases, cover who are actually having a good race or his car breaking down.

Yeah, see, I've very much risked it with Bortoletto DNFing,

whereas science with a stinker of a Williams car could genuinely finish

somewhere there anyway, that's annoyed me.

I should have gone for Bortoletto or Peres, what am I doing?

Like, that's just...

True, yeah, because that could be just last of the runners.

That they're not going to be any higher than 19th, and you're like, damn it.

That's the beauty of doing it quickly.

Of doing it on the fly.

One crazy prediction, Tommy, over to you.

My one crazy prediction.

You're smiling, I know it, what it is,

because I've written it down as well.

You are, God, I want to swear at you so much.

Why are you muting yourself?

I want to hear you giggle.

I have gone for Mercedes, don't get pole position.

Oh.

Oh, it's not the same.

Mercedes don't get pole position.

Yeah.

When's the last time they didn't get that?

They've had a pole position all year, every single track.

Didn't Lando get pole?

In a sprint.

Sprint.

They're pole every single place this year.

Every single Grand Prix, yeah.

Oh, wow, that is quite the...

I'm now just frozen going through being like...

OK, all right, fine.

OK, that's so funny, because I thought you'd clocked

the easiest one crazy prediction from a conversation we've already had.

But I'm going to do it.

You know, I was all so nearly.

My one crazy prediction is that we have a repeat podium

for the first time this season.

When you said that, I was like, he's going first for that one,

but I guarantee, I'll just write it down anyway,

but he's definitely going to go for it.

And then when you started smiling, I was like, you're going to just say it.

No.

And he didn't. Wow.

This is when flipping Alex Albon gets a podium.

You get good surprise.

It's not even because who have you gone for?

Who's your top three again?

Give me your top three.

Charlotte Leclerc, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton.

Yeah, so that would be a different podium, so would mine.

Oh, God.

So there's a chance.

Yeah, there's a chance.

But yeah, so what I was going to do, if you're interested,

was that I was going to say Aston Martin, make Q2.

Yeah, I'm surprised you didn't go down the Aston route.

I thought you I was a genuine.

I was going to good surprise them.

I'm like, no, don't don't be don't be like that

because there is some hype towards it.

So if they gain three seconds

and they're just knocked out in Q1, that's not a good surprise.

So if they gain 33 whole seconds.

Yeah, of course, we're that's what I was thinking about

from Spa, where they were six behind.

But yeah, OK, a repeat podium for the first time.

And it's what I have locked in.

That's a good prediction.

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You can tell that I am absolutely stalling for time

because I've not picked one until right this second.

So I was going to do it.

I looked at it and then I didn't actually lock one in.

Let's go with Sarah.

There are no Mercedes on the podium.

That's mine. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I was get. Yeah. OK, I've gone all in on that.

So funny that I was like, it's not going to go for that

because we have so many suggestions.

I was like, surely he's not going to go for that one.

Yeah. No, I've gone all in on the Mercedes a washed.

OK, so while you while you find one, I'll just I'll read out

some other ones from our wonderful P1 patrons

that we could have gone for.

Meg Lahren said, Bottas bowling 2.0.

Savage. Piper said, first lap collision.

Imperium says there's a safety car on that one due to a crash.

Shea says, Aston Martin doesn't bring their update to Hungary.

I don't know about that one.

Yeah, does that one even can count?

It's not really like to do with the racing,

which I think is what we like to do it with.

Hasley finishes P6 or higher.

What do you like to go for?

No, I just want to read this one.

Captain of obvious has gone for

Crofty makes a pun at some point during the weekend

about someone being hungry for something.

A win, good result, good place.

That's an easy, that's an easy, easy point.

So I won't go for that one.

I will go for

Joey's top eight in qualifying and not from the top four teams.

OK, I think that would be, well,

I guess Hajar technically didn't qualify with the penalty.

Yeah, no talk of engine,

but you wouldn't do an engine, engine drop deliberately in Hungary.

It'd be insane to know that covers that one.

OK, there you go, locked in, done and dusted.

It's over to the family top three.

It is currently 97 to the Gallagher's.

We are romping away, some might say.

So let me call my dad who I said to him,

I'll be calling him about half an hour ago.

So let's hope he's not digging in the garden

because that's what he said he might be doing.

Hi, Dad, have you put down your shovel?

I haven't started yet.

I haven't started yet. OK, fair enough.

Sorry, sorry, I'm a bit later than usual.

Welcome to the Hungarian Grand Prix family predictions.

We are 97 ahead.

Can we continue this run of form?

What is your third place, please?

Charles.

P3 for Charles Leclerc. OK, P2.

Louis Hamilton.

All right, you are disowned and in first place.

Kimmy.

OK, I mean, it's the first time we've mentioned Kimmy Ansonnelly winning,

which is crazy considering his run of form.

All right, interesting.

Who do you think I went for, P1?

Charles.

Yes, you are.

All right, thanks, Dad.

Love you, bye.

I love you, bye.

Easy money. Wow.

Am I that predictable?

Apparently, yes.

Yes.

OK, I'm going to give my dad a call.

Freddie!

I don't think we've spoken to him since.

Since Albonne.

Obviously, I have.

Yeah.

Imagine, this is your only catch-up with your dad is on the podcast.

Oh, come on.

Oh, come on. Come on, Dad.

Is there thinking, who can I...

Yeah, he's done later.

What really obscure driver can I go for?

No, come on.

Come on.

Dad, come on, please.

You even agreed.

No, this is great.

This could be a minus one point for the belly gobs.

If they don't pick up, it's like, who wants to be a millionaire?

If they don't pick up, you can't answer the question, you know what I mean?

I was like, what happened, Dad?

He wants a millionaire.

I doubt it.

But it's happening on the P1 podcast.

Oh, my God.

I'm going to ring my mum and she...

Wow.

Yeah, ring your mum.

Pass the phone to my dad because...

And if not...

Oh, no, your mum did last time, didn't she?

Yeah.

No, Grace did last time.

Grace did.

Sorry, Grace did last time.

There's the option to, but I would...

My mum did last time.

Oh, not...

And if not, you ring your sister for a while.

Fielded my dad for a while.

Generational top three.

I'm enjoying the different dial tones.

Yeah.

If not, you can ring my mum.

I was just going to say...

My dad is just texting me saying, OK, when I said calling soon.

Yeah, I heard the little pin.

But you didn't answer.

What is he talking to you on?

WhatsApp.

Well, I rang him on WhatsApp.

Parents and phones are...

Absolutely chaos.

Yeah, I'm sure people can relate to this.

Parents and phones are...

Just use some calling.

I'm Luke.

Hello.

There he is.

How's it going?

Hi, Luke.

Hi, Matt.

Hi.

Oh, God, thank you.

I'm playing bowls.

Oh, you're playing bowls?

OK.

Is that why you didn't pick up?

I'll have a break.

I'll have a quick chat.

Wow.

Hold on before he starts.

Oh, Matt wants to say something.

I've just thought of a generational idea.

OK, so my mum also plays bowls.

So I think there needs to be a Gallagher versus Gallagher

bowls competition.

Oh, OK.

So Matt says that Matt's mum plays bowls as well.

So we need like a Bellingham versus Gallagher's competition

at some point.

That's it.

If there's a tiebreaker in family predictions that decides it

and will livestream it.

Fully livestreamed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Amazing.

OK, Dad, I think this is the first time you've done your

predictions since the Gazzly one in Monaco.

So I'm looking forward to a little Lance Troll P3 prediction

from you.

So we'll see.

Can you give me P3 please?

So shall I go brave now?

You've told me that.

Don't hype him up.

No, no, no, no, we're two behind.

We're not right.

OK.

All right, then I'll stick to the original.

OK, Charles said.

OK.

Was that your mum saying something about putting him in?

Go on.

Second.

Lewis.

Oh, no, we're not going to catch up now.

It's the same as Matt's dad.

Oh, no.

Don't say Antonelli.

No, why would you tell him?

We're going to say Antonelli.

My dad will be honest.

Well, it was going to be Antonelli.

Oh, my God.

What?

You can't bet again.

Is that really boring?

Oh, my God.

What do we do?

That's exactly the same.

That is exactly the same as my dad.

That is exactly the same as Matt's dad.

That's just killed the.

Can I change?

So is it allowed?

Is it like allowed a complete refresh of the top three?

I think we have to.

We have to do it.

Yeah, we have to.

Complete refresh of the top three.

See you after the summer break.

Yeah, exactly.

It's the same.

Yeah.

It's identical.

Yeah.

Matt's agreed to a complete refresh.

P3.

OK.

I'll go off.

Oh, no.

OK.

I nearly went fad jar, actually.

P3.

I love it.

Go on then.

As I said, yeah.

Answer, let me second.

Yeah.

Lewis and Lewis to win.

OK.

What about that?

Perfect.

Thanks, dad.

It's different.

All right.

Thank you for this.

That's the first time that's ever happened.

Also that as the top three is, is quite, you know, I, it's not.

Yeah, it's not like we're in that kind of Mercedes one to every

single time and Hamilton ahead of Leclerc. Yeah, it's a

interesting one. But yeah, went for a rogue had job, but I

don't think that's outrageous. He's been on good for

it. No, I wouldn't say it's outrageous either.

Okey-dokey. That is that done and dusted. Let me just look at the

championship. How far is Leclerc behind Hamilton?

Well, not that far. Like 33 points. Okay. No, that'll be eight

come the end of hunger.

Any wins. Yeah. Okay, cool. Well, look, Charlotte is 78

points behind Kimmy Antonelli, as everybody will be talking

about coming into this weekend for the summer break. Tommy,

final thoughts?

Final thoughts. Join us for the watch along. Of course, in

quality, because I think it's going to be a really, really

good qualifying session. I'm going to hype it up and say it's

going to be one of, if not the best qualifying session of the

year. Oh, that's my bold prediction.

I didn't ask you for a bold prediction, Tommy. I asked you

for your final thoughts. It's going to be Kimmy Antonelli on

pole by half a second. Watch this. Yeah, but come and join us

over on Twitch and YouTube. If you haven't joined us for a

watch along, come and try it before the summer break. We have

a lot of fun. Community is amazing there. And remember to

get your P1 live show tickets as well. As I have said in

watch alongs and whatnot. Just to let you know, if you don't

know, we are probably going to have a year off next year from

live show touring. So come and see us. This is your chance for

the UK tour. We're not going to do it at the end of next year. So

we would love to see you there for the last time for a little

while. Just confirm that. I am confirming it. I think we, you

know, let's just confirm it. We've locked in. We've both

discussed it. So there you go. Breaking news. Matt and Tommy

not touring for a year. I'm sure that will be BBC News

headlines. So there you go. Go and get your tickets. We'd love

to see you there for our UK tour. And of course, we're

really looking forward to coming to Zandvoort as well in

August. So, uh, lots of love. Take care. Adios. Bye. Good

bye. Oh, the tickets are going to be flying off the shelves

now. Oh, I've ordered 20 for myself. Oh, no, please don't.

They'll be empty seats. I'm just going to lie down. And then

watch here.

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