Hungary Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

      Several interesting statistical highlights from the Hungarian Grand Prix…

      Qualifying

      Charles Leclerc, who won the qualifying session at Hungaroring, claimed his first pole position of the season and the 27th in his career, surpassing Mika Hakkinen in this regard. Charles moved up to 11th place in the overall standings, while Juan-Manuel Fangio remains in 10th (29 poles).

      Previously, Leclerc had never started from the front row in Hungary. For Ferrari, this is the 254th pole in history and the 445th start from the front row.

      Oscar Piastri has started second in three consecutive races. A year ago, he also began from second in Hungary—and won.

      Lando Norris qualified third, marking his first career time conceding his teammate at Hungaroring.

      George Russell qualified fourth, only the second time in his career he reached the qualifying final at this track.

      Fernando Alonso’s fifth place was a repeat of Aston Martin’s best qualifying result this season.

      Lance Stroll qualified sixth, achieving his best result this season.

      Gabriele Bortolotti, a Sauber rookie, qualified seventh, marking his best result this season.

      Eighth place was Max Verstappen’s worst qualifying result of the season.

      The qualifying results were the tightest in Formula 1 history—the top ten drivers were separated by just 0.543 seconds. The previous record was 0.577 seconds, set in Brazil ’03 and repeated in Hungary ’22.

      Race

      Lando Norris’s victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix was his ninth career win and fifth of the season. This is McLaren’s 200th victory overall. Ferrari has the most wins with 248. McLaren leads at Hungaroring with 13 wins.

      Oscar Piastri finished second—McLaren achieved its fourth consecutive double victory, seventh of the season, and 56th in history.

      Norris and Piastri finished only 0.698 seconds apart—this was the closest finish of the current season.

      Finishing third, George Russell achieved his sixth podium of the year.

      Like last year, all three podium drivers in Hungary used Mercedes power units.

      Having qualified on pole, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari finished only fourth— for the fifth consecutive year, the pole-sitter failed to win the race. The last sixteen starts from pole have brought Leclerc only one victory—in Monaco ’24.

      Fernando Alonso’s fifth place is Aston Martin’s best result of the current season.

      Gabriele Bortolotti’s sixth place is his best result of the season.

      Current world champion Max Verstappen finished ninth driving for Red Bull, 1 minute and 12 seconds behind the winner. Verstappen has not been on the podium in the last four Grands Prix.

      Lewis Hamilton finished 12th at Ferrari—his worst result at Hungaroring in 15 years.