Hungaroring Layout & Records

Description

Hungaroring Track: three corners in detail

Turn 2
After exiting the tight Turn 1 in second gear, the drivers accelerate quickly up to 6th before braking downhill into Turn 2. It is very easy to break too late, locking a wheel and compromising the racing line at corner entry.

Equally it is very tempting to get on the power too early, which will compromise the racing line through 3, this penalty being carried along the entirety of following straight. This sequence of corners rewards patience and precision. From an engine’s perspective, the aim is to produce the exact torque requested by the driver, this being just as important on overrun as on traction.

Turns 8 and 9
Although these are definitely two corners in their own right, they are inextricably linked. Exiting the chicane, the drivers accelerate from 2nd to 4th, brake and drop down to 3rd to negotiate turn 8. A quick spurt and momentarily back up to 4th before a quick touch of the brakes and back down to 3rd to tackle turn 9.

Drivers have to be careful to not be too greedy through turn 8, as this will compromise their line through turn 9, this loss of speed being carried down to turn 11 as turn 10 is easily taken flat. The engine needs to be able to respond instantly to the driver’s rapidly changing demands throughout this section, such as 50ms downshifts followed by almost immediate power application.

Turn 14

Hungaroring turn 14 view

Turn 14 is last corner of the circuit. Taken in 3rd gear at between 130-150km/h, it is negotiated over a period of around two seconds from the point of turn-in. It is unusual in the sense that it is not a typical point-and-squirt corner, where the driver brakes, turns in and gets back on the power straight away.

Instead the driver holds some pedal throughout the corner, potentially stabbing at it deliberately to overcome any under steer balance. Finally the driver arrives at the end of the corner, hopefully on the right line to get the best exit onto the start/finish straight.

The engine will need to respond well to this relatively unusual set of circumstances, as any hesitation or drivability issue could upset the balance of the car mid-corner.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Hungaroring Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2024	2024 Hungarian F1 GP	July 21	Oscar Piastri Lando Norris Lewis Hamilton	McLaren McLaren Mercedes	70
2023	2023 Hungarian F1 GP	July 23	Max Verstappen Lando Norris Sergio Pérez	Red Bull McLaren Red Bull	70
2022	2022 Hungarian F1 GP	July 31	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton George Russell	Red Bull Mercedes Mercedes	70
2021	2021 Hungarian F1 GP	August 1	Esteban Ocon Lewis Hamilton Carlos Sainz	Alpine Mercedes Ferrari	70
2020	2020 Hungarian F1 GP	July 19	Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Red Bull Mercedes	70
2019	2019 Hungarian F1 GP	August 4	Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Red Bull Ferrari	70
2018	2018 Hungarian F1 GP	July 29	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari	70
2017	2017 Hungarian F1 GP	July 30	Sebastian Vettel Kimi Räikkönen Valtteri Bottas	Ferrari Ferrari Mercedes	70
2016	2016 Hungarian F1 GP	July 24	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	70
2015	2015 Hungarian F1 GP	July 26	Sebastian Vettel Daniil Kvyat Daniel Ricciardo	Ferrari Red Bull Red Bull	69
2014	2014 Hungarian F1 GP	July 27	Daniel Ricciardo Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	70
2013	2013 Hungarian F1 GP	July 28	Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Lotus F1 Red Bull	70
2012	2012 Hungarian F1 GP	July 29	Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Romain Grosjean	McLaren Lotus F1 Lotus F1	69
2011	2011 Hungarian F1 GP	July 31	Jenson Button Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso	McLaren Red Bull Ferrari	70
2010	2010 Hungarian F1 GP	August 1	Mark Webber Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Ferrari Red Bull	70
2009	2009 Hungarian F1 GP	July 26	Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Mark Webber	McLaren Ferrari Red Bull	70
2008	2008 Hungarian F1 GP	August 3	Heikki Kovalainen Timo Glock Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Toyota Ferrari	70
2007	2007 Hungarian F1 GP	August 5	Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Nick Heidfeld	McLaren Ferrari BMW Sauber	70
2006	2006 Hungarian F1 GP	August 6	Jenson Button Pedro de la Rosa Nick Heidfeld	Honda McLaren BMW Sauber	70
2005	2005 Hungarian F1 GP	July 31	Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher Ralf Schumacher	McLaren Ferrari Toyota	70
2004	2004 Hungarian F1 GP	August 15	Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello Fernando Alonso	Ferrari Ferrari Renault	70
2003	2003 Hungarian F1 GP	August 24	Fernando Alonso Kimi Räikkönen Juan Pablo Montoya	Renault McLaren Williams	70
2002	2002 Hungarian F1 GP	August 18	Rubens Barrichello Michael Schumacher Ralf Schumacher	Ferrari Ferrari Williams	77
2001	2001 Hungarian F1 GP	August 19	Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello David Coulthard	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	77
2000	2000 Hungarian F1 GP	August 13	Mika Häkkinen Michael Schumacher David Coulthard	McLaren Ferrari McLaren	77
1999	1999 Hungarian F1 GP	August 15	Mika Häkkinen David Coulthard Eddie Irvine	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	77
1998	1998 Hungarian F1 GP	August 16	Michael Schumacher David Coulthard Jacques Villeneuve	Ferrari McLaren Williams	77
1997	1997 Hungarian F1 GP	August 10	Jacques Villeneuve Damon Hill Johnny Herbert	Williams Arrows Sauber	77
1996	1996 Hungarian F1 GP	August 11	Jacques Villeneuve Damon Hill Jean Alesi	Williams Williams Benetton	77
1995	1995 Hungarian F1 GP	August 13	Damon Hill David Coulthard Gerhard Berger	Williams Williams Ferrari	77
1994	1994 Hungarian F1 GP	August 14	Michael Schumacher Damon Hill Jos Verstappen	Benetton Williams Benetton	77
1993	1993 Hungarian F1 GP	August 15	Damon Hill Riccardo Patrese Gerhard Berger	Williams Benetton Ferrari	77
1992	1992 Hungarian F1 GP	August 16	Ayrton Senna Nigel Mansell Gerhard Berger	McLaren Williams McLaren	77
1991	1991 Hungarian F1 GP	August 11	Ayrton Senna Nigel Mansell Riccardo Patrese	McLaren Williams Williams	77
1990	1990 Hungarian F1 GP	August 12	Thierry Boutsen Ayrton Senna Nelson Piquet	Williams McLaren Benetton	77
1989	1989 Hungarian F1 GP	August 13	Nigel Mansell Ayrton Senna Thierry Boutsen	Ferrari McLaren Williams	77
1988	1988 Hungarian F1 GP	August 7	Ayrton Senna Alain Prost Thierry Boutsen	McLaren McLaren Benetton	76
1987	1987 Hungarian F1 GP	August 9	Nelson Piquet Ayrton Senna Alain Prost	Williams Team Lotus McLaren	76
1986	1986 Hungarian F1 GP	August 10	Nelson Piquet Ayrton Senna Nigel Mansell	Williams Team Lotus Williams	76

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Hungaroring Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	18	8	2	2	12	9	2	3.5	3.4	286
2	Michael Schumacher	17	4	3	0	7	7	4	4.8	8.2	65
3	Ayrton Senna	8	3	4	0	7	3	0	2.8	4.4	53
4	Damon Hill	8	2	3	0	5	1	2	5.6	3.6	42
5	Sebastian Vettel	16	2	2	3	7	3	2	5.8	7.4	170
6	Max Verstappen	10	2	2	0	4	1	2	5.1	5.3	132
7	Jacques Villeneuve	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	10.0	11.1	24
8	Nelson Piquet	6	2	0	1	3	0	2	9.2	6.8	23
9	Jenson Button	17	2	0	0	2	0	0	10.2	10.0	66
10	Mika Häkkinen	9	2	0	0	2	2	2	7.7	8.8	29
11	Kimi Räikkönen	19	1	6	2	9	1	4	8.0	6.7	135
12	Fernando Alonso	21	1	2	2	5	2	1	7.3	7.0	143
13	Nigel Mansell	7	1	2	1	4	1	2	4.1	7.7	25
14	Rubens Barrichello	19	1	2	0	3	1	0	9.8	11.3	36
15	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1	0	2	3	0	2	10.7	10.7	71
16	Thierry Boutsen	8	1	0	2	3	1	0	11.0	9.3	20
17	Mark Webber	12	1	0	1	2	0	2	8.6	8.2	62
18	Oscar Piastri	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	3.0	35
19	Esteban Ocon	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.3	11.9	29
20	Heikki Kovalainen	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.5	11.0	15
21	David Coulthard	15	0	3	2	5	0	1	7.3	8.1	36
22	Lando Norris	6	0	2	0	2	1	0	4.8	8.0	44
23	Riccardo Patrese	8	0	1	1	2	2	1	5.1	9.0	16
24	Alain Prost	7	0	1	1	2	1	2	4.6	12.6	13
25	Nico Rosberg	11	0	1	0	1	2	1	6.8	10.5	44
26	Daniil Kvyat	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.5	11.7	18
27	Pedro de la Rosa	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	14.1	12.3	14
28	Timo Glock	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	15.6	12.4	11
29	Gerhard Berger	12	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.7	9.7	18
30	Valtteri Bottas	12	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.1	11.3	50
31	Ralf Schumacher	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.9	5.4	28
32	Nick Heidfeld	11	0	0	2	2	0	0	11.7	10.3	16
33	Carlos Sainz	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.3	7.6	63
34	Sergio Pérez	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.6	11.3	43
35	George Russell	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	13.3	9.8	32
36	Romain Grosjean	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.1	12.9	30
37	Juan Pablo Montoya	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.0	8.6	11
38	Johnny Herbert	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.0	13.6	7
39	Jean Alesi	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.3	13.7	6
40	Jos Verstappen	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	17.6	12.1	4
41	Eddie Irvine	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.8	14.8	4
42	Charles Leclerc	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	10.0	38
43	Felipe Massa	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	9.1	10.7	38
44	Pierre Gasly	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.7	12.7	27
45	Lance Stroll	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	12.5	14
46	Alex Albon	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	11.4	11
47	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.0	10
48	Yuki Tsunoda	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	12.3	10
49	Jarno Trulli	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	11.3	10
50	Nico Hülkenberg	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	13.3	9
51	Martin Brundle	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.3	8
52	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.6	10.7	8
53	Kevin Magnussen	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.7	13.1	7
54	Bruno Senna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	12.0	6
55	Nicholas Latifi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	14.7	6
56	Paul di Resta	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.8	6
57	Derek Warwick	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	9.7	6
58	Robert Kubica	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	14.7	5
59	Sébastien Buemi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	12.0	4
60	Takuma Sato	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	10.4	4
61	Olivier Panis	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	10.6	4
62	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9.0	3
63	Stefan Johansson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	16.0	3
64	Johnny Dumfries	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	5.0	2
65	Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	7.0	2
66	Eddie Cheever	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.7	9.7	2
67	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	12.3	2
68	Mark Blundell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	11.8	2
69	Kamui Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	14.0	2
70	Maurício Gugelmin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	11.0	2
71	Ivan Capelli	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	14.7	2
72	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	13.6	2
73	Shinji Nakano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	10.5	1
74	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	14.0	1
75	Karl Wendlinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	13.0	1
76	Éric Bernard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	13.0	1
77	Jaime Alguersuari	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	16.3	1
78	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	13.2	1
79	Marcus Ericsson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.4	16.6	1
80	Robert Doornbos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	18.0	0
81	Paul Belmondo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	9.0	0
82	Taki Inoue	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	21.0	0
83	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	19.0	0
84	Nicolas Kiesa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	13.0	0
85	Huub Rothengatter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	25.0	0
86	Eric van de Poele	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	22.0	0
87	Rio Haryanto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	21.0	0
88	Esteban Tuero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	21.0	0
89	Lucas di Grassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	18.0	0
90	Giorgio Pantano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	16.0	0
91	Paolo Barilla	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	15.0	0
92	Alan Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	12.0	0
93	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.0	0
94	Andrea Montermini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
95	Luciano Burti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	21.0	0
96	Giedo van der Garde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	14.0	0
97	Allan McNish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	14.0	0
98	Patrick Tambay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	7.0	0
99	Keke Rosberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	15.0	0
100	Olivier Grouillard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Hungaroring Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	McLaren	39	12	9	4	25	9	6	6.2	8.2	393
2	Ferrari	39	7	11	8	26	8	9	5.8	8.0	462
3	Williams	39	7	5	6	18	6	9	8.8	9.7	200
4	Mercedes	15	5	3	5	13	9	4	5.7	7.2	334
5	Red Bull	20	4	4	6	14	3	8	6.7	7.1	381
6	Benetton	16	1	1	4	6	1	1	8.5	11.2	40
7	Renault	15	1	0	1	2	2	0	10.1	11.7	43
8	Alpine	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	11.8	12.4	43
9	Honda	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	13.5	12.0	15
10	Lotus F1	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	9.3	8.5	65
11	Team Lotus	9	0	2	0	2	1	0	16.0	11.6	20
12	Toyota	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	10.1	9.4	31
13	Arrows	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	16.3	13.0	9
14	BMW Sauber	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	11.2	9.1	25
15	Sauber	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.5	13.6	10
16	Toro Rosso	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	13.2	38
17	AlphaTauri	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.3	12.8	19
18	Racing Point	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	9.8	18
19	Force India	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	15.0	13
20	BAR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	12.0	12
21	Jordan	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.0	12.2	12
22	Haas	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	13.9	8
23	Alfa Romeo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	14.1	7
24	Ligier	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.0	6
25	Aston Martin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.4	12.3	5
26	Jaguar	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	13.5	3
27	Footwork	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	14.4	3
28	Tyrrell	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	13.8	3
29	Racing Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	10.5	2
30	Brawn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8.5	2
31	Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.8	14.5	2
32	March	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.9	16.0	2
33	Brabham	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.4	16.3	2
34	Leyton House	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	11.0	1
35	Prost	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.9	13.9	1
36	Larrousse	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.9	13.2	1
37	Spyker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	19.5	0
38	Lambo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	16.0	0
39	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	9.5	0
40	Simtek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.5	17.0	0
41	Forti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	21.0	0
42	Onyx	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.5	18.0	0
43	Pacific	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	17.5	0
44	Super Aguri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	17.3	0
45	Virgin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	17.5	0
46	Fondmetal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	23.5	0
47	Rial	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	19.0	0
48	HRT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.7	19.8	0
49	Lola	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	17.0	0
50	Euro Brun	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	11.0	0
51	Coloni	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	13.0	0
52	Zakspeed	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.5	19.5	0
53	Osella	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	21.5	0
54	AGS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.3	16.7	0
55	Manor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.9	17.6	0
56	Dallara	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.4	18.6	0
57	Caterham	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.1	17.9	0
58	Minardi	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	15.6	0