Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix
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FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary - July 21, 2024 McLaren's Oscar Piastri, McLaren's Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in action at the start of the race REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/ File Photo
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Formula One statistics for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest's Hungaroring, round 14 of the 24 race world championship.
Lap distance: 4.381km. Total distance: 306.630km (70 laps)
2024 pole position: Lando Norris (Britain) McLaren One minute 15.227 seconds
2024 race winner: Oscar Piastri (Australia) McLaren
Race lap record: Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:16.627 (2020)
Start time: 1300 GMT (1500 local time)
HUNGARY
This weekend will be the 40th Hungarian Grand Prix, 16 of them won from pole. The race debuted in 1986 as the first behind the former 'Iron Curtain' and is usually run in high temperatures.
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 with 12 podium finishes.
McLaren have the best record with 12 wins.
Fernando Alonso (2003), Esteban Ocon (2021), Max Verstappen (2022, 2023) and Piastri (2024) 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.
Verstappen took his first F1 pole in Hungary in 2019. Alonso, Ocon and Piastri's wins were their first in Formula One.
The circuit is sometimes referred to as 'Monaco without the walls' because it is short and twisty with overtaking difficult. There are 14 corners.
Mercedes-powered cars have been on pole for the last five editions of the race.
The grid area and pit lane have been resurfaced.
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Piastri leads teammate Norris by 16 points. Verstappen is third and 81 points off the lead.
In the constructors' standings, McLaren (516 points) are now 268 points clear of second-placed Ferrari (248), with Mercedes third (220) and Red Bull fourth (192).
WINS
Hamilton has not won in more than a year, the most recent and 105th of his career came in Belgium on July 28, 2024. Hungary will be the seven-times world champion's 370th start.
Piastri has won six of 13 races this season, Norris four, Verstappen two and Russell one.
Verstappen has won 65 grands prix and is third on the all-time list after Michael Schumacher on 91.
Norris and Piastri both have eight career wins.
McLaren have had six one-two finishes this season, including the last three races. They have not had so many one-twos since 1988 when Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna managed 10.
POLE POSITION
Piastri, Norris and Verstappen have each been on pole four times this season, Russell once.
PODIUM
The McLaren drivers have each finished on the podium 11 times in 2025.
Charles Leclerc's second place in Monaco remains Ferrari's best of the season so far. The Monegasque now has five podiums for the season. Hamilton has yet to stand on the podium for Ferrari.
POINTS
Piastri is the only driver to have scored in every race this season. The Australian has scored for 39 race weekends in a row, if sprints are included -- and in 31 successive grands prix.
Only one driver on the grid has yet to score -- Alpine rookie Franco Colapinto.
MILESTONE
Verstappen will be starting his 200th race for Red Bull. REUTERS
