Hungarian Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

Some interesting statistical compilations of the results of the Hungarian Grand Prix…

Qualification

By qualifying at the Hungaroring, Lewis Hamilton claimed his 104th career pole and his first since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The Hungaroring pole is the ninth of Lewis’s track career, the all-time record for any single-track driver in Formula 1 history.

Pole in Hungary is the fourth in a row for Mercedes.

Hamilton started from the front row for the 175th time in his career. Max Verstappen qualified second and started from the front row for the 51st time.

Lando Norris qualified third and finished in the top four for the fourth time in the last five races.

Oscar Piastri finished in the top four on the grid for the second time in a row.

Guanyu Zhou achieved the best result of his career. He had never made it to the final. In an Alfa Romeo with a bespoke Ferrari engine, he was faster than both of the works team’s leading drivers.

Fernando Alonso qualified eighth, remaining the only driver to reach the qualifying final at all stages of the season.

Race

Red Bull Racing achieved 12 consecutive victories, surpassing McLaren’s 11-streak win streak in 1988. At the same time, Red Bull broke another McLaren record by winning its first 11 Grands Prix since the start of the season.

Verstappen became the fifth driver in history to win seven races in a row (after Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg). Vettel has the most consecutive wins on this list with nine in 2013, also in a Red Bull car designed by Adrian Newey.

Verstappen led from start to finish for the 11th time in his career, matching Jackie Stewart and Michael Schumacher in this indicator. Now he is second to Jim Clark (13), Sebastian Vettel (15), Ayrton Senna (19) and Lewis Hamilton (23) in this ranking.

Verstappen’s lead of 33.731 seconds was the largest since Lewis Hamilton’s victory at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix (53.271 seconds).

Lando Norris finished second for the second straight race and repeated his career best for the third time. This is McLaren’s first podium at the Hungaroring since Lewis Hamilton won in 2012.

Sergio Pérez finished third on the podium at the Hungaroring for the first time in his career.

Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and was in the top four for the sixth time in the last nine races, but for the first time since 2017 he failed to make the podium at the Hungarian circuit.

Ninth place is Fernando Alonso’s worst result at the Hungaroring since 2009.

For the second race in a row, both Alpine cars failed to finish.