F1 Starting Grid 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix
Grid & Pits at the Hungaroring in Budapest
F1 Race Event: Hungarian Grand Prix
Race Track: Hungaroring
Start time:15:10 local | 14:10 GMT | 07:10 PT
Hamilton will be starting from pole position on the grid on the Hungarian Grand Prix. The British driver scored pole for the second time this season and the 90th time in his Formula 1 career.
It was the 7th pole for the current champion and his lap time was over 1 second faster than last years pole time of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull.
F1 Starting Grid 2020 Hungarian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | Pole gap |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:13,447 | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:13,554 | +0,107s |
| 3 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:14,377 | +0,930s |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:14,545 | +1,098s |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:14,774 | +1,327s |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:14,817 | +1,370s |
| 7 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:14,849 | +1,402s |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:14,966 | +1,519s |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:15,027 | +1,580s |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:15,508 | +2,061s |
| 11 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:15,661 | +2,214s |
| 12 | 63 | George Russell | Williams | 1:15,698 | +2,251s |
| 13 | 23 | Alex Albon | Red Bull | 1:15,715 | +2,268s |
| 14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:15,742 | +2,295s |
| 15 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:16,544 | +3,097s |
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:16,152 | +2,705s |
| 17 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:16,204 | +2,757s |
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:16,407 | +2,960s |
| 19 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:16,506 | +3,059s |
| 20 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:16,614 | +3,167s |
2020 Hungarian Race Strategy
The quickest strategy for the 70-lap Hungarian Grand Prix tomorrow is a one-stopper, as has often been the case in the past.
The best way is to start on the medium for 35 to 40 laps, and then go onto the soft until the end. Second-fastest is actually a two-stopper, with two stints on soft of 21 to 25 laps each, then a final stint on medium to the flag. The third-quickest is a soft-hard strategy, swapping tyres between laps 28 and 34, while the slowest is a medium-hard strategy, changing between laps 35 and 38.
2020 Hungarian Race Notes
- Weather. Today was cool and cloudy, with 20 degrees ambient and 26 degrees of track temperature halfway through qualifying.
- Strategies. Mercedes, Racing Point and Renault began Q2 on the P Zero Yellow medium tyres, with Mercedes and Racing Point setting their best times on this compound. Racing Point used two sets of mediums, whereas Mercedes used one. Both teams will start the race on this tyre, theoretically around half a second per lap slower than the P Zero Red soft but with a longer life and lower degradation: especially if tomorrow’s weather is warmer. Renault driver Esteban Ocon subsequently improved his Q2 time by using the soft tyre whereas his team mate Daniel Ricciardo stuck with the medium, but both Renaults qualified out of the top 10.
- Speed. The track record was already broken before the end of qualifying, despite track conditions that were not ideal. Hamilton’s pole lap beat last year’s equivalent by more than a second.
See onboard footage of Lewis Hamilton's 2020 Hungarian GP Pole Lap
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