Hungarian Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

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

Qualification

After winning qualifying in Hungary, George Russell took the first pole of his career. This is Mercedes’ first pole this season – and the 136th ever. Russell became the sixth driver to take pole for Mercedes after Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

George Russell became the 105th driver in history to take pole position in Formula 1, the third new pole winner in 2022 after Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz, and the 19th Briton on the list.

Carlos Sainz qualified second, ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc for the third time this season.

Charles Leclerc showed the third time in qualifying, only the third time this season without hitting the front row.

Esteban Okon’s fifth place is a repeat of his best qualifying result, which he achieved in Saudi Arabia and Austria.

Fernando Alonso set sixth, the first time this year that both Alpine F1 drivers have qualified in the top six.

For the first time since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, both McLaren cars made it to the qualifying final.

Max Verstappen qualified tenth, leaving the top four for the first time this season.

race

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix with his eighth win of the season, his 28th in his career and his 70th podium finish. The race at the Hungaroring was the 50th of Verstappen’s career, in which he was in the lead.

Previously, Red Bull took just one win when he started outside the top six – Daniel Ricciardo won in Azerbaijan’17 and also started tenth. In Hungary Max repeated this feat, but he had never won before and started outside the top four.

For the second year in a row, but only the fourth time in history, a race in Hungary was won by a driver who did not start in the top four.

Lewis Hamilton finished second for his 11th podium finish at the Hungaroring – and for the fifth consecutive time this season – the longest run to date. Lewis climbed to the second wall of the podium for the 50th time in his career.

George Russell finished third for the fifth time this year, his 60th F1 finish. The podium finish in Hungary was exactly the same as in Hungary.

Sergio Perez finished in the top five for the first time in his career in Hungary.

Lando Norris finished the third race in a row in seventh place.

The Alpine F1 drivers finished eighth and ninth in Hungary, earning points with two cars for the third race in a row.

Valtteri Bottas did not see the finish flag, but did come in the final standings. For only the 13th time in Formula 1 history, all starting drivers have been classified.