wuqian0821.com's Lewis Larkam recaps all of the news, updates and tidbits of information from the Budap♍est padd♔ock after Thursday’s media sessions ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix…

Lewis Hamilton watched highlights of Silverstone win

Lewis Hamilton admitted he watched back highli🐬ghts of his drought-ending victory at the British Grand Prix following the race weekend.

Asked if he did anythi👍ng special to celebrate his first F1 win in 945 days, the seven-time world champion told media including wuqian0821.com: “I wouldn’t say that I’ve done a huge amount in the sense of celebrating. I flew back and was just really proud when I got back to London.

“And then I stayed in, and I watched the highlights, and had a nice curry with a couple of friends. And t𒅌hen I got up the next day and went for a great run around Hyde Park, and probably was running with the biggest smile that I’ve probably ever had.”

Carlos Sainz teases Lando Norris about England's Euros loss

Carlos Sainz teased former McLaren teammate Lando Norris about England’s defeat to Spain in the E♍uro 2024 final. Norris went to the final in Berlin and watched England lose 2-1 to Spain.

Sainz left the message “2-1 viva Espana🦹!!” On Norris’ parking board at this weekend’s ꧋Hungarian Grand Prix.

Kevin Magnussen opens talks with other teams

Kevin Magnussen c🌳onfirmed he is already in talks with other teams about securing an F1 lifeline for 2025.

The Dane, whose expected departure from Haas was confirmed on Thursday, said Carlos Sainz remains tไhe cork in the bottle in the driver market. 

“He's the big name available right n🍸ow,” Magnussen said. “All the teams that have available seats are trying to secure him.

“I think eventually some of the teams will become impatient. He can't keep holding it up. But I'm sure he won't. He's going to make the decision that is best for him. He's rightly so, considering very carefully where he's going. When that lands, then꧟ all the rest will pretty quickly sort itself out.”

Alpine have ‘three good options’ for 2025

Pierre Gasly believes Alpine have “three good options” to pick from as they decid𓃲e upon his new teammate for the 2025 season.

“At the end of the day it’s not up to me,” the French🌞man said. “I welcome the fastest guy out there. We all know who it is.”

When asked if he has spoken to outgoing Ferrari driver Sainz about r🍎eturning to Enstone, Gasly replied♉: “I did my fair share of the job.

“Ultimately I believe in the project we’re building wit🍷h Alpine and I’ll always back the team up. Now it’s up to him to𒀰 make his own decision.”

Logan Sargeant explains social media absence

Williams driver Log𒀰an Sargeant explained why he has avoided using social media “for🌞 quite a while”.

“It’s quite a draining place,” ♏Sargeant said. “I think when you’re doing things well, of course people want to drag 🅷you down.

“When I do things well, it’s stil🔜l negative. Not completely, but you still see a lot of negativity. And it’s why yo🐼u see a lot of athletes really not in control of their social medias any more.

“It gives people a voice that have never experienced performing at this high of a level and how difficult it ✅is.”

Oliver Bearman on ‘blessing and curse’ of media hype

New Haas 2025 driver Oliver Bearman has admitted the media hy🎃pe surrounding him and Formula 2 teammate - and Mercedes 𓆏protege - Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been both a “blessing and a curse”.

“I would say it’s a similar pr💎oblem we have,” Bearman explained. “I think we are both the most - I would say more so Kimi than me - spoken about in the media, especially because the results we are getting are not quite where we were expecting. It doesn’t make it easy but that’s part of life.”