Official F1 Journal Hungaroring Track Guide

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The Hungarian Grand Prix is the first of another European double header before the summer break.

Red Bull have brought upgrades to the Hungarian Grand Prix but only to Max Verstappen's car.

Sergio Perez makes his 270th Grand Prix start at the Hungarian Grand Prix. A victory for Lewis Hamilton would see him equal his record broken at the last race with nine victories at a single circuit. A top three finish for Lewis Hamilton would give him 200 podiums. If Lewis Hamilton gets Pole this weekend it would make him the first driver to record ten poles at a single track.

If Lando Norris wins the Hungarian Grand Prix it would be the first time three different British drivers have won in succession since 1965.

Race Stats

Laps - 70
Circuit Length - 4.381km
Race Distance - 306.630km
Corners - 14     6 Left       8 Right

DRS Zones - 1
         Detection - 5m before Turn 14
         Activation 1 - 40m after Turn 14
         Activation 2 - 6m after Turn 1

Downforce level - High
Tyre Degradation - Medium
Time at full throttle - 55%
Gear Changes - 78 per lap
Time lost in Pit Lane - 21.7(fast)
Pole Side - Left
     
Tyre Compounds -
           Hard            Medium           Soft
           C3                 C4                  C5                 
     
Minimum Starting Tyre Pressure -
                Front                        Rear
               22.0psi                     20.0psi

Maximum Tyre Camber -
                 Front                        Rear
                 - 3.25°                     - 2.00°

Track Stats

Times Held - 38
First Time Held - 1986
Pole Record - 1.13.447 Hamilton (2020)
Lap Record – 1.16.627 Hamilton (2020) 
Most Driver Poles - Hamilton (9)
Most Team Poles - Mercedes (9)
Most Driver Wins - Hamilton (8)
Most Team Wins - McLaren (11)
Wins From Pole -16
Wins From Front Row - 23
Winners - 19 different drivers
Pole Sitters -16 different drivers

​Podium Finishers - 40 different drivers
Most Driver Podiums - Hamilton (11)
Most Team Podiums - Ferrari 26
Lowest Starting Position to Win - 14th 
Largest Win Margin - 71.915s Hill ‘93 
​Smallest Win Margin - Boutsen 0.288s '90
Most Cars to Finish - 21
Least Cars to Finish - 8
Virtual Safety Car -  races
Safety Cars - 26% 6 races
Red Flags - 1 races
Rain (during the race) - 5 races

Schedule

F1
Friday - FP1 12:30 to 13:30 (BST)      FP2 16:00 to 17:00 (BST)
Saturday - FP3 11:30 to 12:30 (BST)  Qualifying 15:00 to 16:00 (BST)
Sunday - Race 14:00 (BST)

Previous Results

2021 
Qualifying -
         1 HAM      1'15.419
         2 BOT       1'15.734
         3 VER       1'15.840
Race -
            1 OCO (3 stop)
            2/DQ VET (3 stop) no fuel 4 sample
            2 HAM (4 stop)
            3 SAI (3 stop)
Fastest Lap - 1'18.394 GAS L70

2022 
Qualifying -
            1 RUS     1'17.377                              
            2 SAI       1'17.421                                             
            3 LEC      1'17.567                                            

Race -
            1 VER (2 stop)
            2 HAM (2 stop)
            3 RUS (2 stop)
 Fastest Lap - 1'21.386 HAM L57

​2023 
Qualifying -
           1 HAM   1'16.609
           2 VER    1'16.612
           3 NOR    1'16.694

Race - 
          1 VER (2 stops)
          2 NOR (2 stops)
          3 PER (2 stops)
Fastest Lap - 1'20.504 VER L53

Track Changes

• Fully rebuild paddock.
  
• Guardrail in Turn 2 on RHS has been replaced with concrete walls and debris fence.
  
• Tyre barriers in Turn 1, Turn 2, Turn 4, Turn 7, Turn 10, Turn 12, Turn 13 exit and Turn 14 exit replaced with new tyres.
  
• Installation of new concrete walls with debris fence in the run-off in Turn 4 and Turn 12.
  
• Installation of new concrete walls with debris fence at pit entry on RHS.
  
• Temporary concrete walls with debris fence on LHS in Turn 13 and Turn 14 around the temporary pedestrian bridge.
  
• Installation of a 2.5m wide grass verge behind the kerb at the exit of Turn 5 on LHS.
  
• Installation of a 2.5m wide gravel strip at the exit of Turn 12 on LHS.
  
• New 14m wide asphalt strip on start/finish straight in the area of the race control tower and at pit exit covering the full width of the track and the pit lane.
  
• The white line in Turn 4 on RHS has been moved further to the right to reduce the distance between the white line and the end of the kerb.
  
• The white line in Turn 11 on LHS has been moved further to the left to reduce the distance between the white line and the end of the kerb.

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Random Stats

• 3rd shortest track on the calendar
• Ricciardo scored his 2nd win here in 2014
• Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher are the only drivers to take a grand slam here. They both took Pole, lead every lap and won here.
• There have been five winners in 11 years here.
• The is a lower than 50% Pole to Win conversion rate at the Hungaroring
• Nobody knew it at the time but the events of 2007 Hungarian Qualifying between Lewis Hamilton & Fernando Alonso in front of the Mclaren garages would give birth to the so called ‘Spy Gate’ scandal and the departure of Mclaren Boss Ron Dennis!
• The 55% of the lap is spent at full throttle here is the 2nd lowest percentage of the lap spent flat out on the calendar. Only Monaco has a lower percentage.

Anny Wooldridge
Writer for F1 Journal

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