Motor racing-Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix

Start time: 1300 GMT HUNGARY Lewis Hamilton has won a record eight times in Hungary (2007, 2009 and 2012 with McLaren. Sixteen of the 35 races to date have been won from pole. Red Bull's Max Verstappen took his first career pole in F1 in Hungary in 2019.


Reuters | Updated: 29-07-2021 00:33 IST | Created: 29-07-2021 00:30 IST
Motor racing-Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix
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Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix, round 11 of the world championship: Lap distance: 4.381 km. Total distance: 306.630 km (70 laps)

2020 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:13.447. 2020 winner: Hamilton

Race lap record: One minute 16.627 seconds. Hamilton, 2020. Start time: 1300 GMT

HUNGARY Lewis Hamilton has won a record eight times in Hungary (2007, 2009 and 2012 with McLaren. 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 with Mercedes).

Another win would be a record for the most wins at any one grand prix. Michael Schumacher also won the French GP eight times and Hamilton has won eight times in Britain. The Briton has been on pole seven times in Hungary, another record he shares with Schumacher.

Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo are also past winners in Hungary. The lowest winning start in Hungary was Jenson Button from 14th on the grid in 2006.

Hungary's 1986 debut made it the first F1 race in eastern Europe. This weekend is the 36th Hungarian GP. Sixteen of the 35 races to date have been won from pole.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen took his first career pole in F1 in Hungary in 2019. RACE WINS

Hamilton has a record 99 career victories, of which 78 have been with Mercedes, from 276 starts. He has been on the podium 172 times. Verstappen has won five races so far in 2021, to Hamilton's four and one for Red Bull's Mexican Sergio Perez.

Ferrari have won 238 races since 1950, McLaren 182, Mercedes 119, Williams 114 and Red Bull 70. Former champions McLaren and Williams have not won since 2012. POLE POSITION

Hamilton has a record 100 career poles and has won 59 times from pole. Mercedes have gone six races without a pole position.

Verstappen has been on pole in the last four races, while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fastest in Azerbaijan and Monaco qualifying. CHAMPIONSHIP

Verstappen is eight points ahead of Hamilton. Red Bull lead Mercedes by four points. POINTS

McLaren's Lando Norris has had nine top five finishes in 10 races. The Briton has also finished his last 14 races in the points, the longest run of anyone on the grid. MILESTONE

Hamilton can this weekend become the first F1 driver to win 100 grands prix. Two times world champion Fernando Alonso turns 40 on Thursday. The Hungaroring was where the Alpine driver took his first Formula One win, in 2003.

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