Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside teammate Valtteri Bottas in an unlikely Mercedes front-row lockout after a chaotic qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

We discuss the trifecta of interesting small talk: international freight, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and traffic. Meat cuts also get a mention, as does the German Grand Prix, but to a lesser extent.

Former Ferrari chief executive and chairman Sergio Marchionne died on Wednesday aged 66, leaving behind a powerful legacy in the interconnected automotive, motorsport and business worlds.

Mercedes didn’t have the fastest car at the German Grand Prix, but even this plain fact couldn’t stop the Silver Arrows from marching to a memorable one-two victory.



Lewis Hamilton made a sensational comeback from 14th on the grid thanks to a combination of his prodigious wet-weather skills and Sebastian Vettel’s slow-speed crash. I walk through the race with F1.com senior writer Lawrence Barretto.