Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix
18 July 2024 - 17:59
by Alan Baldwin
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Red Bull's Sergio Perez is seen ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Picture: MARTON MONUS/REUTERS
Formula One statistics for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest’s Hungaroring, round 13 of the 24 race world championship.
Lap distance: 4.381km. Total distance: 306.630km (70 laps)
2023 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes one minute 16.609 seconds
2023 race winner: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull
Race lap record: Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:16.627 (2020)
Start time: 3pm SA time
Hungary: Lewis Hamilton has won a record eight times in Hungary (2007, 2009 and 2012 with McLaren and 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 with Mercedes) and been on pole a record nine times including 2023.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Verstappen are other past winners.
The lowest winning start in Hungary was Jenson Button from 14th on the grid in 2006. Verstappen won from 10th in 2022 and Hamilton was third in 2014 after starting from the pit lane.
This weekend will be the 39th Hungarian Grand Prix, with 16 of them won from pole. The race debuted in 1986 as the first behind the former Iron Curtain.
Verstappen took his first F1 pole in Hungary in 2019. Alonso and Ocon took their first wins there in 2003 and 2021 respectively.
The circuit is narrow, twisty and short and sometimes referred to as “Monaco without the walls”. There are 14 corners. Overtaking has proved difficult in the past. Mercedes have been on pole for the past four editions of the race.
Championship lead: Verstappen has led the championship for a record 51 successive races dating back to Spain in May 2022 and arrives in Hungary 84 points clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Red Bull are 71 points clear of Ferrari.
Wins: Four teams — Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes — have won a race this season, the most since 2021 when Red Bull, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren won.
Six different drivers have also triumphed.
Verstappen has won seven of 12 races, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz triumphant in Melbourne, Norris in Miami, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in Monaco, Mercedes’s George Russell in Spain and Hamilton in Britain.
Ferrari and Mercedes have both had two winning drivers this season.
Hamilton has a record 104 career victories from 344 starts. His win at Silverstone last time out was his first since 2021 and ended a run of 56 races without a win — a wait of 945 days in total.
Red Bull have won 120 races and are fourth in the all-time list of winners. Ferrari lead with 245, McLaren have 184 and Mercedes 127. Verstappen has won 61 grands prix and is third on the all-time list. Michael Schumacher is second on 91.
Pole position: Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent in Hungary last year.
Verstappen has had eight poles so far this year. That includes the first seven of the season, equalling Alain Prost’s 1993 record, and eight in a row including the last race of 2023 — equalling Ayrton Senna’s 1988-89 record.
Leclerc took pole in Monaco and Russell was fastest in Canada and Britain. Norris took the top spot in Spain.
Podiums: Verstappen has 107 career podiums, Hamilton 199. Verstappen has been on the podium nine times this season, Norris seven, Leclerc and Sainz five each.
Milestone: Hamilton can make his 200th F1 podium appearance on Sunday. Reuters
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Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix
Formula One statistics for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest’s Hungaroring, round 13 of the 24 race world championship.
Lap distance: 4.381km. Total distance: 306.630km (70 laps)
2023 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes one minute 16.609 seconds
2023 race winner: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull
Race lap record: Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:16.627 (2020)
Start time: 3pm SA time
Hungary: Lewis Hamilton has won a record eight times in Hungary (2007, 2009 and 2012 with McLaren and 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 with Mercedes) and been on pole a record nine times including 2023.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Verstappen are other past winners.
The lowest winning start in Hungary was Jenson Button from 14th on the grid in 2006. Verstappen won from 10th in 2022 and Hamilton was third in 2014 after starting from the pit lane.
This weekend will be the 39th Hungarian Grand Prix, with 16 of them won from pole. The race debuted in 1986 as the first behind the former Iron Curtain.
Verstappen took his first F1 pole in Hungary in 2019. Alonso and Ocon took their first wins there in 2003 and 2021 respectively.
The circuit is narrow, twisty and short and sometimes referred to as “Monaco without the walls”. There are 14 corners. Overtaking has proved difficult in the past. Mercedes have been on pole for the past four editions of the race.
Championship lead: Verstappen has led the championship for a record 51 successive races dating back to Spain in May 2022 and arrives in Hungary 84 points clear of McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Red Bull are 71 points clear of Ferrari.
Wins: Four teams — Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes — have won a race this season, the most since 2021 when Red Bull, Mercedes, Alpine and McLaren won.
Six different drivers have also triumphed.
Verstappen has won seven of 12 races, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz triumphant in Melbourne, Norris in Miami, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in Monaco, Mercedes’s George Russell in Spain and Hamilton in Britain.
Ferrari and Mercedes have both had two winning drivers this season.
Hamilton has a record 104 career victories from 344 starts. His win at Silverstone last time out was his first since 2021 and ended a run of 56 races without a win — a wait of 945 days in total.
Red Bull have won 120 races and are fourth in the all-time list of winners. Ferrari lead with 245, McLaren have 184 and Mercedes 127. Verstappen has won 61 grands prix and is third on the all-time list. Michael Schumacher is second on 91.
Pole position: Hamilton has a record 104 career poles, his most recent in Hungary last year.
Verstappen has had eight poles so far this year. That includes the first seven of the season, equalling Alain Prost’s 1993 record, and eight in a row including the last race of 2023 — equalling Ayrton Senna’s 1988-89 record.
Leclerc took pole in Monaco and Russell was fastest in Canada and Britain. Norris took the top spot in Spain.
Podiums: Verstappen has 107 career podiums, Hamilton 199. Verstappen has been on the podium nine times this season, Norris seven, Leclerc and Sainz five each.
Milestone: Hamilton can make his 200th F1 podium appearance on Sunday. Reuters
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