Hungarian Grand Prix: Interesting Statistics

Several interesting statistical selections based on the results of the Hungarian Grand Prix…

Qualification

After winning qualifying at the Hungaroring, Lando Norris took his second pole position of the season and the third of his career. This is McLaren’s ninth pole position at the Hungarian circuit and the first since Hamilton’s pole position in a McLaren in 2012.

The last time a McLaren team occupied the entire front row was in Brazil in 2012, when Lewis Hamilton shared it with Jenson Button.

In Hungary, no one has won from pole position in the last three years.

Oscar Piastri qualified second and started from the front row for the third time.

Max Verstappen was third-fastest and now has just one pole position in the last six races, after seven consecutive pole positions at the start of the season.

Hamilton qualified fifth, the first time since he joined the team in 2013 that there was no Mercedes on the grid in the top four.

Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time in the first part of qualifying and topped the timesheets for the first time since the first practice session in Bahrain.

For the first time since 2018, the RB team, which has changed its name several times, managed to bring both cars into the top ten.

In the last six Grands Prix, Sergio Perez crashed out of contention in the first part of qualifying for the fourth time.

George Russell started from pole position in Hungary in 2022, but then crashed out of the race twice in a row in the first part of qualifying.

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly shared the last row of the grid. This is the worst qualifying in the history of the Enstone teams (Benetton, Renault, Lotus and Alpine).

Race

By winning the Hungarian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri took his first Formula 1 victory. He became the 115th winner in Formula 1 history – and the fifth Australian on that list, after Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo.

For the Australians this is the 44th victory in the race; according to this indicator they overtook the Italians and climbed to seventh place in the general classification. The drivers from Great Britain are in first place with 311 victories.

Piastri is the first Grand Prix winner born in the 21st century (6 April 2001).

Lando Norris finished second, allowing McLaren to claim its 49th victory double in history. The last time McLaren took home a double from Hungary was in 1999, when Mika Hakkinen won and David Coulthard finished second.

There have been seven different winners this season, the most since the switch to hybrid turbo engines. The last season with more winners was in 2012: eight.

By finishing third, Hamilton became the first driver in history to reach 200 podium finishes in his career. In second place is Michael Schumacher (155 podiums), in third place Sebastian Vettel (122 podiums).

After finishing fourth, Charles Leclerc today scored the same number of points (12) as in the four previous Grands Prix.

Max Verstappen finished fifth, suffering a collision for the second time in three Grands Prix.

His teammate Sergio Perez, who started 16th, finished the race in seventh place. He has never finished in the top six in his last seven Grands Prix.