2026 Hungary F1 Stat Pack

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Welcome To The Hungaroring! 📍

Let’s give you a rundown of the Hungaroring circuit 📊

First race: 1986, won by Nelson Piquet for Williams

Laps: 70

Lap distance: 4.381 km

Race distance: 306.63 km

Corners: 14

Straight Mode Zones: 4

Pirelli tyre range: C3, C4 & C5

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Key Feats To Know 🔑

Furthest winning grid spot

• P14 by Jenson Button in 2006

Lap Record:

• 1:16.627 by Lewis Hamilton in 2020

Track Record:

• 1:13.447 by Lewis Hamilton in 2020

Most Wins 🥇

Most Wins By Team

1. McLaren - 13

2. Williams - 7

3. Ferrari - 7

4. Mercedes - 5

5. Red Bull - 4

6. Benetton - 1

7. Renault - 1

8. Honda - 1

9. Alpine - 1

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Most Poles 🛞

Most Poles By Team

1. Mercedes - 9

2. McLaren - 9

3. Ferrari - 9

4. Williams - 6

5. Red Bull - 3

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Most Podiums 🏆

Most Podiums By Team

1. McLaren - 27

2. Ferrari - 26

3. Williams - 18

4. Red Bull - 14

5. Mercedes - 14

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Recent Results 🥇 🛞

Most Wins By Grid Position 🥇

• Pole - 16 (40%)

• P3 - 9 (22.5%)

• P2 - 8 (20%)

• P4 - 3 (7.5%)

• P8 - 1 (2.5%)

• P10 - 1 (2.5%)

• P12 - 1 (2.5%)

• P14 - 1 (2.5%)

Maiden Wins 🥇

• Damon Hill - 1993

• Fernando Alonso - 2003

• Jenson Button - 2006

• Heikki Kovalainen - 2008

• Esteban Ocon - 2021

• Oscar Piastri - 2024

Maiden Poles 🛞

• Thierry Boutsen - 1990

• Max Verstappen - 2019

• George Russell - 2022

Maiden Podiums 🏆

• Jos Verstappen - 1994

• Pedro de la Rosa - 2006

• Timo Glock - 2008

• Daniil Kvyat - 2015

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Stats Of The Week 😲

We’ve had 10 races in 2026 & we’ve yet to have a repeat podium. 9/10 podiums are combinations we’ve never seen before too.

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How Teams Have Fared Recently In Hungary

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Best Qualifying Head-To-Head Record At Hungary? ⚔️

Streaks To Watch 👀

Consecutive Wins

• NA | NA

Consecutive Poles

• Kimi Antonelli - 2 | Mercedes - 10

Consecutive Podiums

• Charles Leclerc - 2 | Mercedes - 10

Consecutive Top 5 Race Results

• Lewis Hamilton - 6

• Charles Leclerc - 2

Consecutive Points Finishes (Without Sprints)

• Lewis Hamilton - 11

• Isack Hadjar - 6

• Arvid Lindblad - 5

• Lando Norris - 4

• Charles Leclerc - 3

• Gabriel Bortoleto - 2

• Franco Colapinto - 2

Consecutive Q3 Appearances (Last non-Q3 appearance)

• Lando Norris - 41 (Baku 2024)

• Oscar Piastri - 38 (Mexico 2024)

• Charles Leclerc - 27 (Imola 2025)

• George Russell - 26 (Monaco 2025)

• Isack Hadjar - 15 (Austin 2025)

• Kimi Antonelli - 10 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

• Lewis Hamilton - 10 (Abu Dhabi 2025)

• Max Verstappen - 7 (Japan 2026)

• Arvid Lindblad - 3 (Barcelona 2026)

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📊 2026 Leaderboards

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Full Stats For Each Driver 🏎️

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Oscar Piastri

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Got his maiden win in Hungary in 2024

• Is the only driver to outqualify Lando Norris in Hungary (2025)

• 4 of 6 drivers who got their maiden win in Hungary never won again at the circuit (Piastri, Ocon, Kovalainen, Alonso). Also the last 3 drivers to get their maiden win in Hungary haven’t won there again as of right now (Piastri, Ocon, Kovalainen)

• Has consecutive podiums (P1 in 2024, P2 in 2025) & consecutive front row starts in Hungary (P2 in 2024 & 2025)

• Has never qualified worse than 4th in Hungary & never finished worse than 5th (was P5 in 2023)

• Perfect Q3 rate & points-scoring rate in Hungary

• The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

• Has scored 53 points in Hungary, 5th most of all his circuits

• Has led 51 laps in Hungary

• The only McLaren drivers with consecutive podiums in Hungary are Piastri, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, David Coulthard & Lando Norris

• Another podium in Hungary would see Piastri join Norris (2023-2025), Senna (1988-1992), Coulthard (1998-2001) as the only McLaren drivers with 3+ consecutive podiums in Hungary

• McLaren has finished 1-2 in Hungary in 2 straight years entering 2026

KEY STATS

• Has not collected more than 12 points in a race weekend since Miami

• Piastri’s most common finishing position this year is P5 (Monaco, Canada, Spa)

• Hasn’t been on the podium since Miami

• Piastri’s 6 races without a podium is his longest drought since he went 12 races without a podium from Austin 2023 to Imola 2024

• Piastri now has 2 podiums, 2 races not started & 2 finishes outside the points (P11 in Canada & Silverstone) & 3 P5s this season

• Has failed to finish in the points in 2 of his last 6 races

• OP7 - Piastri has qualified P7 in 5/7 races since the F1 season resumed in Miami

• Piastri has also qualified P7 in 4 of the last 5 races & hasn’t qualified better than 7th since Canada, which was May 23

• Best race result of the season is 2nd in Japan, best qualifying result of the season is 3rd in Japan

• Has been outqualified by Lando Norris in 6 of the last 7 races (only outqualified Norris in Monaco during this stretch)

• After starting the season up 3-0 in qualifying H2H against Norris, Piastri is now trailing 6-4 against his teammate

• Has made Q3 in 38 consecutive races, second longest streak on the grid

• Piastri is on a 19-race winless streak, the 2nd longest of his career (34 winless races from the start of his career to 2024 British GP)

OTHER STATS

• Piastri would surpass his manager Mark Webber in career wins (both tied at 9) with his next victory

• 1 win away from becoming the 7th McLaren driver to hit 10 wins (would join Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard & Lando Norris)

• 1 win away from becoming the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10+ wins

• Tied with Alan Jones for 3rd most all-time poles by an Australian (Mark Webber - 13, Jack Brabham - 13, Jones - 6, Piastri - 6)

• Holds the record for most poles in a season by an Australian (6 in 2025)

• Grand slam at Zandvoort 2025 is McLaren’s only grand slam this century & the team’s first since Mika Hakkinen at Monaco 1998

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Lando Norris

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Did his first F1 test at Hungary in 2017

• Norris secured McLaren’s 200th GP victory at Hungary last year

• Hungary last year is the most recent time Norris won from outside pole position

• Hungary was the 9th win of Norris’ F1 career

• Hungary was the 5th win of Norris’ 2025 season, establishing a new career high in wins in a season for him (previous best was 4 in 2024)

• His 2024 pole in Hungary was by 0.022s, the third smallest pole margin in the circuit’s history, only trailing Max Verstappen in 2019 (0.018s) & Lewis Hamilton in 2023 (0.003s)

• Has a 100% Q3 rate in Hungary

• The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

• Norris (2023-2025), Ayrton Senna (1988-1992) & David Coulthard (1998-2001) are the only McLaren drivers with 3+ consecutive podiums at Hungary

• Another podium would see Norris tie Coulthard with 4 consecutive podiums in Hungary, leaving him only 1 behind Senna’s McLaren record of 5 consecutive Hungary podiums

• The last McLaren driver to win back-to-back in Hungary was Mika Hakkinen (1999-2000) while the only McLaren drivers with consecutive wins in Hungary are Hakkinen & Ayrton Senna (1991-1992)

• The only McLaren drivers with poles in Hungary are all world champions: Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Mika Hakkinen & Ayrton Senna

• The only McLaren drivers with multiple poles in Hungary are Hamilton, Hakkinen & Senna

• Was undefeated in qualifying H2H against his teammates in Hungary before being outqualified by Oscar Piastri last year at the circuit

• Has never started worse than 8th in Hungary

• McLaren has finished 1-2 in Hungary in 2 straight years entering 2026

KEY STATS

• Has scored 6 points or less in 2 of the last 3 race weekends (Austria, Spa)

• Has finished 7th in 2 of the last 3 races

• Norris has finished 3 consecutive races off the podium. The last time he completed 3 straight races without a single podium was Brazil to Qatar 2024

• If Norris isn’t on the podium in Hungary, it will be his first 4-race streak without a podium since 2023 Las Vegas to 2024 Jeddah

• If Norris finishes Hungary & isn’t on the podium, it will be the first time he goes 4+ consecutive finishes without a podium since 2022 Abu Dhabi to 2023 Austria

• Norris already has more non-podium results (8) than he did all of last season (6)

• Is even on podiums with Oscar Piastri this season (2-2)

• There were only 3 races last season that Norris finished/wasn’t DSQ where he wasn’t on the podium. He’s already finished 5 races this year off the podium

• Has made Q3 in 41 consecutive races, the longest active streak & tying Sebastian Vettel for the 6th longest streak ever

• Norris is 1 of 5 drivers ever to make Q3 in over 40 consecutive races

• Has outqualified Oscar Piastri in 6 of the last 7 races

• After starting the season 0-3 in qualifying H2H against Oscar Piastri, Norris is now up 6-4 against his teammate

• Best qualifying result of the season in GP format is 3rd in Canada & Spa

• Norris, Charles Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in any format this season

• Norris (Miami sprint) & Kimi Antonelli (Monaco GP) are the only drivers to lead from start to finish in any format this season

• Norris & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to take pole in any format this season (both were in sprint format)

• Norris, Charles Leclerc (x2), Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen (x3) are the only drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

OTHER STATS

• Norris is only 3 podiums away (46) from matching Lewis Hamilton in podiums for McLaren (49)

• Norris is 30th in F1 history in laps led (723)

• Norris has stood on the podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2020-2026)

• Norris, Coulthard & Mika Hakkinen are the only drivers to record a podium finish in 7+ consecutive seasons for McLaren

• Norris is the 29th driver in F1 history to go 7+ straight seasons with a podium.

• Could join Mika Hakkinen as the only McLaren drivers ever to have 10+ podium finishes in three straight seasons

• Since joining McLaren in 2019, Norris has 46 podiums to his teammates’ combined total of 31

• 1 win away from tying David Coulthard for 5th most wins in McLaren history (12)

• Norris has only 6 Q1 exits over his career with his last being the 2024 Azerbaijan GP

• Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since he won it at Abu Dhabi 2025

• Is the only driver in F1 history to have his 1st 11 wins come at 11 different circuits

• Has 16 poles at 15 different circuits

• Is McLaren’s all-time leader in race starts

• Is 1 of only 3 drivers to start their career with McLaren & win their maiden title with the team, joining Alain Prost & Lewis Hamilton

• Is 4th in poles in McLaren history (16), trailing Ayrton Senna (46), Mika Hakkinen (26) & Lewis Hamilton (26)

• Has never lost the qualifying H2H battle against a teammate since joining F1

• Owns the record for most podiums in a season by a McLaren driver with 18 in 2025

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Max Verstappen

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Got his maiden F1 pole in Hungary in 2019 but hasn’t been on pole there since

• His 2019 pole was by 0.018s, the second smallest in the circuit’s history, only trailing Lewis Hamilton in 2023 (0.003s)

• 8 of his 10 race finishes in Hungary have been in the top 5

• Finished 9th last year in Hungary, tied with 2021 for his joint worst-finishing result at the circuit

• Hungary is 1 of 22 tracks where he has multiple wins

• Won from 10th on the grid at the 2022 Hungarian GP

• Is just 1 of 3 drivers to win from 10th or lower in Hungary (Jenson Button 14th in 2006, Nigel Mansell 12th in 1989)

• With a win, would join Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna as only drivers with +3 wins in Hungary

• His 2023 win in Hungary was by 33.731 seconds, the 5th largest margin of victory in the circuit’s history

• Hasn’t been on the podium in Hungary since 2023

• Perfect Q3 rate in Hungary

• The only drivers on the grid with a perfect Q3 rate in Hungary are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris & Max Verstappen (min. multiple appearances)

• His only non-points finish in Hungary was a DNF in 2018 otherwise he has scored points every time he finishes a race in Hungary

• The only time he was ever outqualified in Hungary was 2016 by Daniel Ricciardo

• Has the best qualifying H2H record in Hungary on current grid among drivers with multiple appearances (10-1)

KEY STATS

• Max’s next podium will be his 100th since 2020; he will become the first driver to hit 100 since the start of this decade

• Maintains the highest podium rate on the current grid with his podium in Spa

• Delivered Red Bull its 300th podium after finishing 3rd in Spa. This made Red Bull the 5th team in F1 history to reach 300 podiums

• Verstappen is responsible for 130 of Red Bull’s 300 podiums (43.33%)

• Has podiums in 3 of the last 6 races

• Since Canada, Verstappen has the same number of podiums (3) as George Russell with the only drivers having more podiums being Kimi Antonelli (4) & Lewis Hamilton (4)

• Since Miami, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 5th any time he’s able to complete the race

• Since Canada, Verstappen hasn’t finished worse than 4th any time he’s able to complete the race

• Has been responsible for the last 28 Red Bull podiums, last 34 wins & last 26 poles

• Made the 3rd front-row start of the season in Spa

• Verstappen now has more front row starts (3) than any other non-Mercedes driver

• Verstappen (x3), Charles Leclerc (x2) & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row this season in GP format

• Verstappen & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season in GP format

• Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to start on the front row in any format this season

• The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

• Best qualifying result of the season is 2nd in Miami, Monaco & Spa

• This is the first time since 2020 where Verstappen doesn’t have a pole after 10 races

• Max now has equal DNFs (3) as podiums (3)

• The only time Max had more DNFs than podiums since joining Red Bull was 2017

• Has now been outqualified by Isack Hadjar the same number of times (3) as he was outqualified by his teammates from 2023-2025 (3)

• Next win would make Verstappen only 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to win a race in 11 consecutive seasons (Schumacher & Lewis Hamilton tied with 15 are the others)

• Next win with Red Bull will be his 72nd, tying Michael Schumacher with Ferrari for 2nd most wins with a single constructor

• Next pole would make Verstappen 1 of only 5 drivers in F1 history to take pole in 8+ consecutive seasons, joining Hamilton (15), Schumacher (13), & Nelson Piquet (8)

• Verstappen has not finished outside of the points since the 2016 Belgian GP when he was still only 18 years old

• Verstappen hasn’t finished behind his teammate in 59 consecutive races, the longest streak in F1 history

• The last time Verstappen finished a race behind his teammate was Baku in 2023

• Verstappen has lost 28 combined positions on Lap 1 whenever he starts on the front row this season (-7 in Miami, -20 in Monaco, -1 Spa). He has combined to gain 2 positions in all other GP races on Lap 1

• Would become the first driver to win a race with the #3 since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021

OTHER STATS

• 2026 is the first season where Verstappen has 3+ DNFs since 2021

• Verstappen has 3 DNFs due to technical issues this season. He only had 3 DNFs not related to a collision from 2022 to 2025

• Verstappen has 11 consecutive seasons of multiple podiums. He is the 5th driver ever to accomplish this, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel & Alain Prost

• Verstappen is the 8th driver in F1 history to have a podium finish in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Fernando Alonso & Alain Prost

• Verstappen is the only driver on the grid to currently have a podium streak of more than 10 consecutive seasons (next closest is Charles Leclerc with 8 & Lando Norris with 7)

• Verstappen is the first driver to get on the podium using a Ford-branded engine since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian GP

• Is responsible for the first 3 podiums of the Red Bull Ford PT era

• Verstappen is 1 of only 6 drivers in F1 history to lead a race in 11+ consecutive seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (20), Michael Schumacher (15), Sebastian Vettel (13), Fernando Alonso (12) & Alain Prost (11)

• Verstappen has recorded a top 5 finish in each of his 12 seasons in F1 (2015-2026)

• Hasn’t missed Q3 in consecutive races since 2015 (Spa-Monza)

• Verstappen has never had multiple Q1 exits in the same season since joining F1 in 2015 (this could change this season)

• Verstappen only has 8 career Q1 eliminations

• Will make his 250th race start in Austin later this year assuming the calendar stays the same

• Verstappen has now scored points in cars powered by Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Red Bull-Ford (Honda, Renault, Ferrari & Ford are 4 of the 5 most successful power units in F1 history with only Mercedes missing from his arsenal)

• Has as many Q1 eliminations since the start of 2026 (1) as he did over the entire ground-effect era (1)

• Won more races (71) than any other driver since his Red Bull debut (Lewis Hamilton is next closest with 63)

• Needs 2 more poles to become the 5th driver in F1 history to have 50+ poles

• Won 18 races from start to finish, 1 away from tying Ayrton Senna for 2nd most in F1 history

• Tied with Lewis Hamilton for second most grand slams in F1 history at 6, 2 away from matching the F1 record of 8 by Jim Clark

• Has gotten on the podium from an F1-record 17 different starting grid spots (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th (PL), 20th)

• Won races from a record 10 different grid positions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 17th)

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Isack Hadjar

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Made Q3 by qualifying 10th but finished outside the points in 11th

• Finished 3rd in the F2 sprint race at Hungary in 2024

• His 2024 F2 podium in Hungary was his only podium finish at the track in the junior single-seater categories

KEY STATS

• Gained 15 positions in Spa - going from P21 to P6, more than any other driver

• Hadjar has the most positions gained in a race by a Red Bull driver this season (+15 in Spa beating Max Verstappen’s +14 in Australia, P20 to P6)

• Hadjar gaining 15 positions from his starting spot in Spa was the most by any driver in any race this season

• Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver to gain +15 positions in a race since Max Verstappen gained 16 positions in Brazil last year (P19/PL to P3)

• Hadjar in Spa was the first time a Red Bull driver other than Max Verstappen gained +15 positions in a race since Sergio Perez in Australia 2023 (P20 to P5)

• Has finished in the top 6 in 6 consecutive races

• Has scored points in 6 consecutive races

• The only driver on a longer points-scoring streak than Hadjar is Lewis Hamilton (11)

• Hadjar is the first Red Bull driver in the 2nd seat to score points in 6+ consecutive races in a season since Sergio Perez had a 7-race points streak to start 2024. He could equal this in Hungary

• Hadjar has made Q3 in 15 consecutive races & in all 10 races so far this season

• Hadjar is the only non-Mercedes, Ferrari & McLaren driver to make Q3 in all races this season

• His best qualifying result of the season was 3rd in Australia, the season opener

• Hadjar has already outqualified Verstappen more times (3) than Verstappen’s teammates had from 2024-2025 (1-47)

• Hadjar has outqualified Max Verstappen the same number of times over his first 10 races at Red Bull (3) as Verstappen’s teammates did from 2023-2025 (3)

• If Hadjar outqualifies Max Verstappen again, it will mean he’s already outqualified him more times through 11 races (4) than Verstappen’s teammates have done over the last 70 races from 2023-2025 (3)

• Is the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 in their first 10 races for the team since Daniel Ricciardo in 2014

• Has 4 career top 5 finishes (Zandvoort 2025, Canada 2026, Monaco 2026, Silverstone 2026)

OTHER STATS

• No Red Bull driver has outqualified Max Verstappen in consecutive races since Sergio Perez in 2022 (Monaco-Baku)

• Took Hadjar only 7 GPs to score more points (34) than the Red Bull 2nd seat had all of last season (30)

• Is 1 of only 3 drivers to qualify in the top 3 in their Red Bull debut (Isack Hadjar - P3, Australia 2026/ Daniel Ricciardo - P2, Australia 2014/ Sebastian Vettel - P3, Australia 2009)

• Was the first Red Bull driver to make Q3 on their debut for the team since Max Verstappen at Barcelona 2016

• Holds the record for most Q3 appearances by a Red Bull junior team driver in their debut season with 16 last year

• Youngest French driver in F1 history to stand on the podium

• 5th youngest podium finisher in F1 history (only Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll, Kimi Antonelli & Lando Norris were younger)

• Has only 2 career Q1 eliminations

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George Russell

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Got his maiden pole position at Hungary in 2022

• His first Mercedes F1 test in Hungary in 2017

• His only Q3 appearances were his maiden pole in 2022 & his P4 in qualifying in 2025

• During his time with Mercedes, Russell has 1 pole, 2 Q3 appearances & 2 Q1 eliminations in Hungary

• Over his career, Russell has 4 Q1 eliminations, 2 Q3 appearances & 1 Q2 exit in Hungary

• Russell has as many Q1 exits with Williams (2) as he does with Mercedes (2) in Hungary

• Russell’s P18 in qualifying in 2023 was his worst qualifying result in Hungary

• Has been eliminated in Q1 in 2 of the last 3 years (P4 in 2025, P17 in 2024, P18 in 2023)

• The last time both Mercedes drivers made Q3 in Hungary was 2022 (Russell didn’t make Q3 in 2023 or 2024, Antonelli didn’t make Q3 in 2025)

• Finished on the podium in last year’s race

• Has 2 podiums in Hungary with both being P3

• Has 5 consecutive points finishes at Hungary (2021-2025)

• Went P17 to P8 as a Williams driver in 2021 at Hungary

• Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver to win in Hungary

• Russell, Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg are the only Mercedes drivers with poles in Hungary

• Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver with 3+ podiums at Hungary, though Russell could join him

KEY STATS

• His DNF in Spa ended a career-long 3-race podium streak

• Since Canada, Russell now has 3 races finished without points (DNF in Canada & Spa, P12 in Monaco) & 3 races with a podium (Barcelona, Austria, Silverstone)

• Spa was Russell’s first Lap 1 retirement since Silverstone 2022

• Has still scored 48 points over the last 3 GPs, second most & equal to Kimi Antonelli

• Russell trailed Antonelli by 68 points after Monaco. After Silverstone, he trailed by 25 points. Now he trails by 50 points again after Spa

• If Russell overcomes his initial 68-point deficit to win the championship, it would be the largest deficit in the championship ever overcome to win the title (Max Verstappen, 46 points overcome in 2022 is the record; Russell was at 68 points after Monaco)

• Hasn’t finished worse than 2nd when completing a race since Monaco

• Russell’s next win will mark a new career high for him (currently at 2, tied with 2025 & 2024, when he also had 2 wins each season)

• His next pole will mark a new career high for Russell (currently at 4, tied with 2024 when he also had 4)

• His next podium will make Russell the 39th driver in F1 history to reach 30 career podiums

• Has already led more laps in 2026 (146) than any other season in his F1 career

• Has made Q3 in 26 consecutive races

• If you include sprints, Russell has taken pole in 6/14 competitive qualifying sessions this season

• Is 2 Q3 appearances away from his 100th Q3 appearance

• Since 2022, Russell has 11 poles while his teammates have combined for 7

• Since the start of 2024, the only drivers with more poles than Russell (11) are Lando Norris (15) & Max Verstappen (16)

• Russell has more podiums (29) than Oscar Piastri (28) & is tied on podiums with Carlos Sainz (29)

OTHER STATS

• Lost the lead of the drivers’ championship in Suzuka after leading for the first 2 GPs (Australia & China)

• Russell is responsible for Mercedes’ 150th pole as a team (Barcelona 2026)

• The only races over the last 2 years where Russell has finished outside of the points are Monaco 2025 & Monaco 2026

• Since the start of 2025, Russell has qualified inside the top 6 in 32 of 33 races (Monaco 2025 the only exception due to mechanical issue)

• Career-long points scoring streak of 20 consecutive races came to an end in Canada earlier this year

• Won the 1st race of 2026 with the last 3 winners of the season-opening race going on to become world champion that year

• Russell has won races on 5 different continents (Australia, Asia, North America, Europe, South America)

• Every driver who has won a race in 5 different continents has gone on to become world champion (h/t to f1statsguru)

• Has a win in 3 consecutive seasons, a pole in 3 consecutive seasons & a podium in 6 consecutive seasons

• 6 of Russell’s 7 wins have seen him start from 1st on the grid with the lone exception being 3rd in Austria 2024

• If Russell becomes world champion in 2026, he would become the first driver to win their maiden title in their 8th season or later since Nico Rosberg in 2016

• Out of all the drivers in F1 history who have lost wins due to disqualification, Russell is the only one who isn’t a world champion (Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, James Hunt)

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Kimi Antonelli

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Eliminated in Q2 last year & was the last points scorer in P10 during the 2025 F1 race in Hungary

• Won the F2 feature race at Hungary in 2024

• Lewis Hamilton is the only Mercedes driver to win in Hungary

• George Russell, Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg are the only Mercedes drivers with poles in Hungary

• Would join Riccardo Patrese (1989, 1992) as the only Italian polesitters in Hungary

• Would join Riccardo Patrese (1991, 1993) as the only Italian drivers to be on the podium in Hungary

• Italian driver has never won in Hungary

• Hungary & Monza were the only European races last year where Antonelli finished in the points

KEY STATS

• Can tie George Russell in career wins in Hungary (Antonelli at 6, Russell at 7)

• His next win will be Italy’s 50th F1 win as a nation

• Spa was his first win since Monaco on June 7, ending a 3-race drought without a win

• Antonelli has led 293 laps this season, 4 short of the total Lewis Hamilton had as a Mercedes driver in 2021 (297)

• Antonelli would become the first Mercedes driver to lead 300+ laps in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 (613)

• Antonelli has led the championship for 8 GPs & cannot mathematically lose the lead in Hungary. That means Antonelli is guaranteed to at least lead the championship for as long as Lando Norris has over his career (9 GPs)

• Passed Juan Manuel Fangio for 5th most podiums in Mercedes history (11)

• Tied Riccardo Patrese for 2nd most wins by an Italian driver in F1 history with 6. He can pass Patrese with a win in Hungary

• Only 7 wins away from tying Alberto Ascari for most wins by an Italian driver ever (13)

• Needs to lead 33 more laps to pass Giuseppe Farina for 3rd most laps led by an Italian driver in F1 history (Antonelli at 304, Farina at 336)

• Antonelli can break Alberto Ascari’s record for most wins in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1952) with his next win

• Antonelli can also break Alberto Ascari’s record for most poles in a season by an Italian driver (6 in 1953) with his next pole

• Antonelli’s next podium will be his 9th of 2026, tying him with Riccardo Patrese for most podiums in a season by an Italian driver (Patrese had 9 in 1992 with Williams)

• Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 wins in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2021

• Antonelli joins Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to record more than 5 wins in a season

• Antonelli is the first Mercedes driver with more than 5 poles in a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

• Antonelli has joined Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg as the only Mercedes drivers to ever record more than 5 poles in a season

• Antonelli maintains the best pole-to-win rate in F1 history among all drivers with at least 1 victory from pole (83.33%, 5/6), only marginally ahead of Max Verstappen (77.08%)

• The most common front-row starting combination this season is Kimi Antonelli on pole & Max Verstappen in P2, which has happened 3 times (Miami, Monaco, Spa)

• Antonelli has more wins than George Russell (6-4) since they became teammates at Mercedes in 2025

• Now has the same number of poles (6) as Oscar Piastri (6) & Carlos Sainz (6)

• Is the only driver this season to never qualify worse than 4th

• Has outqualified teammate George Russell in 6 of 10 races this season

• Is 1 front row start away from his 10th career front row start

• Antonelli now has the same number of poles converted to wins (5) as Charles Leclerc (5) & George Russell (5). He can soon pass them.

• Antonelli is the only driver this season to lead a GP race from start to finish (Monaco)

• Can break Sebastian Vettel’s record of being the youngest driver’s champion in F1 history (23 years, 4 months, 11 days) if he wins a title before 2030

• If Antonelli loses the championship, he will be responsible for the largest blown lead since the introduction of this points format

OTHER STATS

• Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for 8 GPs, more than Charles Leclerc (5) has led over his career. That means since 2022, Antonelli has led the drivers’ championship for a longer period than Ferrari

• Antonelli has already outqualified George Russell more times this season (6) than he did all of last season (3)

• Antonelli is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a grand slam & the only teenager to do so. Antonelli beat Max Verstappen’s record for youngest driver to record a grand slam by almost exactly 4 years (Antonelli - 19y, 9m, 13d / Verstappen - 23y 9m 4d in Austria 2021)

• Antonelli is the only driver on the grid to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season. Antonelli is the first driver since Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win 5 of the first 6 races of a season

• Antonelli is the first driver in F1 history to have their first 4 wins happen consecutively (eventually had his first 5 wins happen consecutively)

• Antonelli matched Lewis Hamilton’s longest career winning streak (5) & he accomplished it in 84 days between China & Monaco

• Antonelli joins Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton as the only drivers on the current grid to win 5+ consecutive races

• The longest winning streaks by a Mercedes driver: Nico Rosberg - 7, Lewis Hamilton - 5, Kimi Antonelli - 5, Juan Manuel Fangio - 3

• Antonelli was the first driver to win 5+ races in a row since Max Verstappen (2023-2024) & the first Mercedes driver to do so since Lewis Hamilton in 2020

• Antonelli had a longer winning streak (5) than even his idol Ayrton Senna (4)

• His 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver since Alberto Ascari won 7 in a row from 1952—1953. Antonelli & Alberto Ascari are the only Italian drivers to win 5+ consecutive races in a row

• Antonelli’s 5 consecutive wins was the longest winning streak by an Italian driver or team since Ferrari won 7 in a row from 2004 European GP to 2004 Hungary GP

• Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver with 6 consecutive podiums since Lewis Hamilton (7 from Austin 2021 to Bahrain 2022)

• Since 2025, the only 2 drivers to have 3 consecutive poles are Lando Norris & Antonelli

• Joined Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna as only drivers to get their first 3 poles consecutively

• Is the first Italian driver to take 3 straight poles since Riccardo Patrese in 1991

• Antonelli was the first Mercedes driver since Lewis Hamilton to have 3 consecutive poles (Styria GP to British GP 2020)

• If Antonelli wins the championship in 2026, he’ll become the first driver to win the title in their 2nd season since Lewis Hamilton in 2008

• Is the youngest driver in F1 history to lead the drivers’ championship & is also the first teenager to lead the standings

• Is the first teenager in F1 history to win multiple races

• Antonelli would become the first driver to win the championship & their first race in the same season since Keke Rosberg in 1982

• Is the youngest driver to win consecutive races in F1 history

• At Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to qualify on pole in F1 history at the age of 19 years, 6 months & 17 days old

• Got his maiden win in China, becoming the 116th different winner in F1 history

• At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the youngest driver to convert pole to victory & the youngest driver to record a hat trick (pole, win, fastest lap)

• At the Chinese GP, Antonelli became the second youngest driver to win a race, only trailing Max Verstappen (2016 Spanish GP)

• Became the 3rd Italian driver to record a hat trick, joining Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina

• Antonelli’s favourite driver was Ayrton Senna. Both drivers got their maiden win in the second race of their second season while using the #12 & both wins were hat tricks

• Holds the record for most points by a rookie driver with 150 in 2025 (not adjusted by era)

• Is the youngest driver in F1 history to record a fastest lap & lead a lap (18 years 7 months 12 days old in Suzuka 2025)

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Charles Leclerc

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Took his first Hungary pole last year

• However, was unable to convert his pole to a win or even a podium after finishing 4th

• Leclerc’s 2025 pole in Hungary was the only pole of that season that didn’t come from Mercedes, McLaren or Red Bull. It is still the most recent Ferrari-powered pole

• Hungary was the 16th different track that #16 Charles Leclerc took pole at

• His 2025 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.026s, the fourth smallest in the circuit’s history

• Hungary 2025 was the first time since the 2023 US GP where Leclerc started on pole but did not end up even on the podium (was DSQ in Austin)

• Excluding races where he was DSQ, DNF or DNS, finishing 4th is his joint worst finishing result from a pole start (2025 Hungary, 2022 Monaco, 2021 Baku, 2019 Mexico)

• No wins or podiums in Hungary

• China, Interlagos & Hungary are the only tracks on the current calendar (excluding Madrid) where Leclerc doesn’t have a podium

• Leclerc has led exactly 44 laps at Hungary & his last 2 finishing results at the circuit are also 4th & 4th

• His only non-Q3 appearance at the circuit came when he was still with Sauber in 2018 as a rookie

• Has 4 consecutive points-scoring finishes in Hungary (2022-2025)

• Led 28 laps last year & 14 laps in 2022 but didn’t win/finish on the podium in either race

• Has led laps in Hungary in each of the last 2 years (2024 & 2025)

• Ferrari has 2 wins in Hungary since Michael Schumacher’s last win in Hungary in 2004 (Sebastian Vettel in 2015 & 2017)

• Leclerc is 1 of 2 Ferrari poles in Hungary over the last 20 years (Leclerc - 2025, Vettel - 2017)

• Would become the first Ferrari driver with consecutive poles in Hungary since Michael Schumacher (2004-2005)

• Would also join Schumacher (1996-1997, 2000-2002, 2004-2005) as the only Ferrari drivers with consecutive poles at Hungary

• Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Nigel Mansell as the only Ferrari drivers to win in Hungary

KEY STATS

• Leclerc collected the 54th podium of his career in Spa, becoming the 16th driver to reach 54+ career podiums

• Leclerc is only 1 podium away from tying Rubens Barrichello & Sebastian Vettel for second most podiums in Ferrari history (1. Michael Schumacher - 116, t2. Rubens Barrichello - 55, t2. Sebastian Vettel - 55, 4. Charles Leclerc - 54)

• Leclerc has consecutive podiums for the first time since Austin-Mexico in 2025

• A podium in Hungary will make it the first time Leclerc has 3+ consecutive podiums since he got 4 in a row from Spa to Baku in 2024

• Leclerc is now the 5th driver in F1 history to do 160+ starts with a single constructor (Ferrari), joining Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes (246), Max Verstappen - Red Bull (220), Michael Schumacher - Ferrari (180) & Lando Norris - McLaren (161)

• Leclerc has now made more starts with a Ferrari PU (181) than Michael Schumacher (180). He only trails Kimi Raikkonen (209)

• Has scored more points over the last 3 GPs (51) than any other driver

• Has scored more points over the last 2 GPs (47) than any other driver with Lewis Hamilton the next closest with 34

• Has gained 14 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 2 races

• Leclerc’s next win will make him the 37th driver in F1 history to reach 10 wins

• Leclerc’s next win will make him the 8th Ferrari driver to reach 10 wins with the team & tie him with Kimi Raikkonen

• His last 3 wins have not come from pole position

• Leclerc was the first driver to ruin Kimi Antonelli’s perfect pole-to-win rate (Silverstone)

• Leclerc has led more laps this season (90) than he did all of last season (48)

• Leclerc is the only non-Mercedes driver with consecutive front row starts this season

• Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win in GP format this season

• Leclerc (x2) & Max Verstappen (x3) are the only non-Mercedes drivers with multiple front row starts this season

• Leclerc, Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

• Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in any format this season

• Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

• Has outqualified Lewis Hamilton in 3 consecutive races

• Leclerc & Lewis Hamilton have been teammates for 34 races with Leclerc up 25-9 in qualifying H2H

• Is 32 laps led away from reaching 1000 career laps led (968)

• Is 1 Q3 appearance away from cracking into the top 10 of most Q3 appearances in F1 history (currently at 152, Daniel Ricciardo is 10th with 153)

OTHER STATS

• Delivered Ferrari its 250th win as a team in Silverstone, which was also the place where Ferrari got its first ever win in 1951

• Leclerc now has wins at all of the original tracks still on the calendar from F1’s inaugural season (Silverstone, Spa, Monaco, Monza)

• Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton & Max Verstappen are the only drivers on the grid to win in Silverstone, Spa, Monaco & Monza

• Has more wins from outside pole position (4) than Lando Norris (3)

• His next win from outside pole position will tie him with Oscar Piastri (5)

• Is the only driver in F1 history to not deliver a team a drivers’ title after doing 150+ races for them

• Has only 7 career Q1 exits with his last being the 2023 Spanish GP

• Has not failed to make Q3 since Imola 2025

• 2026 is the 5th straight season where Leclerc has multiple podiums

• Has a podium in 8 straight seasons (2019-2026) & has taken pole in 5 consecutive seasons (2021-2025)

• Leclerc is the only driver in F1 history with more than 20 poles to not be a world champion & is the only driver in F1 history to make 150+ starts with a team & have less than 10 wins with them

• If Leclerc doesn’t win a world championship in 2026, he will join Felipe Massa as the only Ferrari drivers to complete at least 8 seasons with the Scuderia & not win a title

• Since the start of the 2009 season, Leclerc has more poles (27) than all other Ferrari drivers combined (24)

• Has more poles (27) than his teammates have front row starts (22) during their time spent as teammates

• During his time with Ferrari, Leclerc has 27 poles to his teammates’ combined total of 8

• Leclerc has only converted 1 of his last 16 poles to victory

• Looking to become Ferrari’s 16th drivers’ champion & end their championship drought as their last drivers’ title came in 2007 & last constructors’ title in 2008

• 2 poles away from tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s 29 poles for 10th most in F1 history

• Leclerc’s 27 poles with Ferrari only trails Michael Schumacher (58) for most in team history

• Has converted only 5 of his 27 poles to victory, giving him a pole-to-win rate of 18.52%, 5th worst in F1 history among drivers with at least 1 win from pole

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Lewis Hamilton

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Got his first win as a Mercedes driver in Hungary in 2013

• Is the only driver in F1 history to win 3 races in a row at Hungary (2018-2020)

• Has an F1 record 8 wins at Hungary. No other driver on the grid has more than 2

• Has more wins in Hungary (8) than Williams (7), Ferrari (7), Mercedes (5) & Red Bull (4)

• Has more wins in Hungary (8) than the rest of the grid combined (6) & more poles in Hungary (9) than the rest of the grid combined (6)

• His 9 poles in Hungary is the F1 record for most poles at a single circuit by a driver

• Has an F1 record 9 poles in Hungary. No other driver on the grid has more than 2.

• His 9 poles in Hungary are tied with Mercedes, McLaren & Ferrari for most ever at the circuit

• Has more than double the podiums (12) of the next closest active driver (Fernando Alonso with 5)

• His 286 points in Hungary are more than any other driver in F1 history. The next closest driver on the grid is Alonso with 153

• Has led 487 laps at Hungary with the next closest driver ever being Michael Schumacher with 296

• If he leads 13 laps in Hungary, Hamilton will be the first driver in F1 history to lead 500 laps at a single circuit

• If Hamilton wins in Hungary for a 9th time, he will tie himself for most wins at a single circuit in F1 history (9 wins at Silverstone)

• Another pole in Hungary would make Hamilton the first driver in F1 history with 10 poles at a single circuit

• Took the 200th podium of his career at Hungary in 2024

• His most recent pole position in F1 came in Hungary in 2023

• His 2023 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.003s to Max Verstappen, the smallest in the circuit’s history

• His 2015 pole in Hungary was by a margin of 0.575s, the fourth biggest in the circuit’s history

• Finished 12th last year in Hungary, his worst ever finishing result at the circuit & the first time he completed a race outside of the points in Hungary (his only other non-points finish was a DNF in 2014)

• Qualified 12th last year, his worst ever qualifying result on pure pace & the first time he missed Q3 on pure pace in Hungary (his only other non-Q3 appearance was 2014 when his car caught fire and he didn’t set a single lap time)

• Has finished 6th or better in 17 of his 18 race finishes in Hungary (12th in 2025 the only exception)

• Has finished in the top 5 in 16/18 race finishes in Hungary (12th in 2025, 6th in 2015 the only exceptions)

• Has started in the top 5 in 16/19 races in Hungary (2014, 2022, 2025 are the only exceptions)

• Has been on the podium in 6 of the last 8 years in Hungary (2023 & 2025 the only exceptions)

• Went from P22 to P3 on the podium in the 2014 race

• Has 11 front rows in Hungary, tied with himself for most front rows at a single circuit in F1 history (11 at Hungary, Silverstone & Abu Dhabi)

• His only pole of the ground-effect regulations came in Hungary (2023)

• Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Nigel Mansell as the only Ferrari drivers to win in Hungary

• Would join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello & Charles Leclerc as the only Ferrari polesitters in Hungary

• Could get a Ferrari podium in Hungary before Charles Leclerc does

KEY STATS

• Through 10 GPs, Hamilton already has more points (159) than he did after all of 2025 (156)

• Hamilton is the only driver that has scored points at every GP weekend/race this season & is the only driver that has completed 100% of all racing laps (603/603)

• Hamilton is still the only driver that has finished every race inside the top 6

• Hamilton trailed Antonelli by 66 points after Monaco. He currently trails him by 45 points

• Hamilton is back to P2 in the championship for the first time since after the Barcelona GP

• If Hamilton wins the championship this season, his 66-point deficit that he faced after Monaco would be the largest deficit overcome to win a title under the current points system

• Has 4 podiums in the last 6 races & 6 consecutive finishes inside the top 5

• Hamilton has exactly half the races he’s started in his career (195/390, 50%)

• Hamilton is 1 podium away from his most podiums in a season since 2023 when he had 6

• Hamilton is the first driver ever to make 350 Q3 appearances

• Has scored the most points since Barcelona (69 with George Russell next with 66)

• Has scored the most points since Monaco (87 with Kimi Antonelli next with 73)

• Has scored the most points since Canada (108 with Kimi Antonelli next with 104)

• Has gained 14 points on Kimi Antonelli over the last 5 races

• Hamilton is the only non-Mercedes driver to record 3 consecutive podiums this season

• Hamilton has the longest active points-scoring streak on the grid (11 straight GP races)

• Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to win a GP race this season

• Hamilton & Lando Norris are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on pole this season in any format (Hamilton - Silverstone sprint, Norris - Miami sprint)

• Hamilton, Max Verstappen (x3) & Charles Leclerc (x2) are the only non-Mercedes drivers to qualify on the front row in GP format this season

• Hamilton & Charles Leclerc are the only non-Mercedes drivers to outqualify Kimi Antonelli this season

• Hasn’t led the drivers’ championship since the 2021 Russian GP

• Hamilton’s next pole will be his first since Hungary in 2023

• Hamilton’s next pole will make him the first driver to take pole with McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

• Hamilton is in the midst of his longest Q3 streak as a Ferrari driver (10 consecutive races)

• Hamilton’s win in Barcelona was the largest margin of victory this season (19.561s)

• Would join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to win a championship with Mercedes & Ferrari

OTHER STATS

• Hamilton has 5+ podiums in 19 of his 20 seasons with 2025 being the only exception

• Hamilton has 17 seasons with a win. Only 16 other drivers in F1 history have 17 or more total career victories.

• Has not reached more than 6 podiums in a season since 2022 & hasn’t had more than 10 podiums in a season since 2021

• Has already led more races (3) in 2026 than he did in all of 2025 (2)

• Earlier this year, Hamilton became the first teammate to outqualify Charles Leclerc 3 times in a row since Carlos Sainz in 2024 (Austria - Silverstone - Hungary)

• Hamilton is the only driver in F1 history to win a race in their 20s, 30s & 40s

• Hamilton is the first driver in F1 history to win a race for McLaren, Mercedes & Ferrari

• Hamilton is still the only driver that has won a race after their 300th GP start. He’s done it 3 times (Silverstone 2024, Spa 2024, Barcelona 2026)

• Hamilton has as many wins (106) as Fernando Alonso has podiums (106)

• Hamilton is responsible for the oldest 44 victories on the current grid

• Hamilton’s victory in Barcelona was the first by a world champion driving for Ferrari since Sebastian Vettel at Singapore in 2019

• Joined Fernando Alonso as the only drivers currently on the grid to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

• Hamilton was responsible for the 250th victory by a Ferrari power unit in F1 history

• Hamilton is the oldest British driver to ever win a race, passing Nigel Mansell’s record set in 1994

• Hamilton is the first driver aged 40+ to win a race since Mansell in 1994

• Hamilton & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to win a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

• Would also join Juan Manuel Fangio as the only drivers to take pole with Mercedes & Ferrari

• Always won the drivers’ championship in his second season with his new team

• Needs to lead 5 more races to have 200 races led in his career

• Joined Juan Manuel Fangio, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso & Rubens Barrichello as the only drivers ever to win with a Mercedes & Ferrari engine

• Will make his 400th race start at the Las Vegas GP

• Hamilton is the first driver since Michael Schumacher to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes & is the fourth driver in F1 history to have a podium for Ferrari & Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi)

• Hamilton is 1 of 4 drivers to take a podium in their 20s, 30s & 40s, joining Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso (h/t to F1StatsGuru on X)

• Hamilton, Alonso & Schumacher are the only drivers 40 years or older to take a podium since the start of this century

• Owns the record for number of different seasons with a podium with 19 (next closest is Michael Schumacher at 16 seasons)

• Hamilton, Michael Schumacher & Juan Manuel Fangio are the only drivers to lead a race with Mercedes & Ferrari

• Is tied for 2nd most grand slams in F1 history with Max Verstappen (6 each). Hamilton’s last grand slam was Abu Dhabi 2019

• Is the only driver in F1 history to score over 5000 points, not adjusted for eras

• Won at 31 different circuits, taken pole at 32 different circuits & stood on the podium at 36 different circuits, all F1 records

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Carlos Sainz

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Is the most recent Ferrari driver to be on the podium in Hungary (2021)

• His podium in 2021 saw him start 15th and finish 3rd

• Had scored points in 9 consecutive races at Hungary (2016-2024) before finishing 14th last year

• His 14th place finish last year was the first time Sainz completed a race at Hungary & finished outside of the points (DNF in 2015 with Toro Rosso)

• Hungary 2021 and Brazil 2019 are his only races where he’s started 10th or worse and finished on the podium

• Has scored points in Hungary with every team he’s driven for (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari) except Williams

• Has made Q3 in Hungary with every team he’s driven for except Williams

• Looking for Williams’ first points at Hungary since Nicholas Latifi (P7) and George Russell (P8) in 2021

• Led 8 laps in Hungary with all of them coming in 2022

KEY STATS

• Sainz has 6 points after 10 races this season. That’s fewer than when he had 9 points after 10 races with Toro Rosso as a rookie in 2015. He also had 13 points after 10 races last year.

• Did not score points for a 5th consecutive GP with his last points finish coming in Canada

• This is the first time Sainz hasn’t scored points in 5+ consecutive GPs since he went 6 straight races without points in 2016 (Germany to Japan). He could equal this streak this weekend.

• Has outqualified Alex Albon in 4 straight races & in 8 of the last 9 races

• Sainz has outqualified Alex Albon in 17 of the last 20 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where they were double DSQ)

• Sainz, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

• Has missed Q3 in 11 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Qatar 2025

• Williams still looking for their first Q3 appearance of the season

• Best qualifying result of the season was 12th in Monaco

• Has scored 6 points this season compared to 5 scored by teammate Alex Albon

• Sainz only needs to score 8 points to tie Alex Albon on points since they became teammates at Williams in 2025. Outscored by Alex Albon 78-70

• Responsible for 54 of Williams’ last 62 points dating back to last year’s Azerbaijan GP

• 1 podium away from his 30th career podium

• Will make his 250th race start in Qatar this year

OTHER STATS

• All of Sainz’s points finishes have been 9th place this season (China, Miami, Canada)

• Sainz has recorded multiple points finishes every season since he debuted in F1

• Has outqualified Alex Albon in 22 of the 33 qualifying sessions they were classified in as teammates (excludes double DSQ in Singapore)

• Sainz & Alain Prost are the only drivers in F1 history to score podiums for McLaren, Ferrari & Williams

• Has a podium in 7 consecutive seasons (2019-2025) & front row start in 5 straight seasons (2021-2025)

• 10 straight seasons of at least 10 points finishes, with 5 different constructors (Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari & Williams)

• 8 straight seasons of 10+ Q3 appearances, with 4 different constructors (Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams)

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Alex Albon

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Qualified last in Hungary last year (20th)

• Has not scored points in Hungary since 2020

• His only points finishes in Hungary are 5th in 2020 with Red Bull & 10th in 2019 with Toro Rosso

• Has 3 Q2 eliminations & 3 Q1 eliminations in Hungary

• His best starting grid spot in Hungary came as a rookie with Toro Rosso

• Scored points with Toro Rosso and Red Bull at Hungary, but never in his 4 starts with Williams

• Has scored only 11 points in 6 starts at Hungary

• Looking for Williams’ first points at Hungary since Nicholas Latifi (P7) and George Russell (P8) in 2021

KEY STATS

• Will make his 100th race start with Williams in Hungary

• Will become the 27th driver in F1 history to do 100+ starts with a single team

• Spa was the first time since Australia where Albon finished ahead of Carlos Sainz in a race they both completed/finished

• Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

• Albon has missed Q3 in 21 straight races with his last Q3 appearance being Spa 2025

• Best qualifying result of the season was 11th in Monaco

• Best finishing result of the season was 8th in Monaco

• Hasn’t scored points since Monaco

• Albon has 5 points this season, only 1 fewer than Carlos Sainz (6)

• Has scored only 8 points since the 2025 Azerbaijan GP compared to 54 for Carlos Sainz

• Has only outqualified Carlos Sainz in 2 of 10 races this season & in 3 of the last 20 races dating back to last season (excludes Singapore where both Williams were DSQed)

OTHER STATS

• Is Williams’ all-time leader in race starts

• His 318 points without a win are 4th most in F1 history

• In 2025, Albon became first Williams driver to finish in the top 8 in the drivers’ standings since Valtteri Bottas in 2016

• Albon is 1 of 3 drivers in F1 history to make more than 120 starts without starting a race in the top 3, joining Kevin Magnussen & Johnny Herbert

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Arvid Lindblad

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Finished in F2 sprint race in Hungary last year & 6th in the F2 feature race

• Did not score any points in Hungary in F3 in 2024

KEY STATS

• Spa was the first time Lindblad finished a race ahead of Liam Lawson since Australia (in races they’ve both completed)

• Has outqualified Liam Lawson in 2 straight races

• Has scored points in 5 consecutive GP races dating back to Monaco (7th in Monaco, 9th in Barcelona, 10th in Austria, 7th in Silverstone, 9th in Spa)

• Has scored points in 6/10 races this season & in 6/9 race starts this season (had a DNS in Canada)

• Has scored points in 6 consecutive GP weekends as he picked up 1 point in the Canada sprint

• Has scored points in 7/10 GP weekends this season

• Has made Q3 in 3 consecutive races & in 4 of the last 6 races

• Hasn’t qualified worse than 11th since Monaco

• Has made Q3 in 6/10 races this season

• Lindblad’s 7th place finish in Monaco & Silverstone were the best finishing results of his young career so far

• Had the best qualifying performance of his career in Spa, qualifying 8th

• His qualifying performances have been getting better since Barcelona (11th, 10th, 9th, 8th)

OTHER STATS

• Has until Feb. 25 2027 to become the youngest polesitter in F1 history by beating Kimi Antonelli’s record of 19 years, 6 months & 18 days. But since there likely won’t be a race in February, Lindblad essentially has until the end of this season

• The 2026 Miami GP is the only Q1 elimination of Lindblad’s career so far

• Is the fourth youngest driver to start a race in F1 history & the youngest British driver to start a race in F1 history

• Became the 3rd youngest points scorer in F1 history on his F1 debut after finishing 8th in Australia

• Is the youngest British driver to score points in F1 history

• Was the 357th different point scorer in F1 history

• Overtook reigning champion Lando Norris & 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton on Lap 1 of the Australian GP, his first F1 racing lap ever

• Lindblad is now 1 of 5 drivers on the grid currently who scored points on their F1 debut, joining Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Ollie Bearman & Kimi Antonelli

• Lindblad is the first driver for Red Bull’s junior team to finish in the top 8 in their F1 debut since Sebastian Buemi at the 2009 Australian GP

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Liam Lawson

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Was the highest-finishing Red Bull controlled driver last year in Hungary, finishing 8th in front of Max Verstappen (9th), Isack Hadjar (11th) & Yuki Tsunoda (17th)

• That also means Lawson scored more points than any Red Bull controlled driver (4) last year in Hungary

• Outqualified Isack Hadjar last year in Hungary & was less than a tenth off Max Verstappen in Q3

• Finished 3rd at his first appearance at Hungary during the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship season but did not stand on the podium again in Hungary in the junior categories

• At the time, Hungary was Lawson’s second consecutive Q3 appearance & points finish last year (started 9th & finished 8th in both Spa & Hungary)

KEY STATS

• Failed to score points in Spa, ending a career-long 5-race points-scoring streak

• Spa was the first time Lawson failed to score points since Miami when he DNFed

• Spa was the first time Lawson finished a race outside of the points since Australia

• Failed to make Q3 in Spa, ending a career-long 4-race Q3 streak

• Was the first time he failed to make Q3 since Canada

• Has not qualified worse than 11th since Canada (10th in Monaco, 8th in Barcelona, 9th in Austria, 10th in Silverstone & 11th in Spa)

• Has not qualified worse than 12th since Japan (12th in Miami, 12th in Canada, 10th in Monaco, 8th in Barcelona, 9th in Austria, 10th in Silverstone & 11th in Spa)

• Lawson has scored points in 7 of 10 races this season

• Lawson has completed 9 races this season (DNF in Miami), he’s scored points in 7/9 races

• Finished behind Arvid Lindblad in Spa, the first time that’s happened since Australia

• Has yet to finish consecutive races behind his teammate this year

• Has not been eliminated in Q1 since Monza 2025

• Lawson currently has an average finishing position of 8.56 this season, best of his career

• His average qualifying position of 10.80 is also the best of his career so far

• Lawson has made Q3 5 times already in 2026, only 3 short of his personal best of 8 set last season

• Lawson has already scored points in 7 races this season. He scored points in 7 races all of last season

• Lawson has already scored more points this season (39) than he did all of last season (38)

OTHER STATS

• Scored points in 5 consecutive races from Canada to Silverstone this year, the longest streak of his career

• Made Q3 in 4 consecutive races this year from Monaco to Silverstone, the longest streak of his career

• The last F1 win by a Kiwi driver was Denny Hulme at 1974 Argentina GP at Buenos Aires

• Last F1 pole by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1973 South African GP at Kyalami

• Last F1 podium by Kiwi driver was Hulme at 1974 Austrian GP

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Fernando Alonso

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Took his maiden F1 win in Hungary in 2003

• Hasn’t won in Hungary since his F1 maiden win at the track

• Finished 5th last year in Hungary, which was his best finishing position of the season

• Started 5th last year in Hungary, which was his joint best starting position of the season alongside Imola

• Has scored points in 13 of his last 14 races in Hungary (P11 in 2024 is the only exception)

• Has never completed & finished a race worse than 11th in Hungary (2005, 2024)

• Has made Q3 in 5 consecutive races at Hungary

• The last time Alonso raced in Hungary with a Honda engine, he made Q3 (8th) & scored points (6th)

• Has scored points in all 3 races he started in Hungary with a Honda engine (5th in 2015, 7th in 2016, 6th in 2017)

• Has scored more points in Hungary (153) than any other circuit

• Hungary is the track with the 5th most laps led (143) over his career. Only more at Malaysia, Silverstone, Monaco, and Barcelona

• Has scored points in Hungary with Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine, and Aston Martin

• The only drivers with more podiums in Hungary than Alonso (5) are Lewis Hamilton (12), Kimi Raikkonen (9), Ayrton Senna (7), Michael Schumacher (7) & Sebastian Vettel (7)

• Alonso’s 153 points in Hungary only trails Sebastian Vettel (170) & Lewis Hamilton (286)

• Has completed more laps in Hungary (1427) than any other driver in F1 history

KEY STATS

• Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 5 consecutive races (Monaco to Spa)

• Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 6/10 races this season

• Finished last of all remaining finishers in Spa in 19th

• 2nd time in 3 races that he’s been last among remaining finishers (Austria, Spa)

• Best qualifying performance of the season was 17th in Australia

• Alonso, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

• The only drivers who have completed fewer laps than Alonso this season (460) are Nico Hulkenberg (438), Lance Stroll (384) & Valtteri Bottas (368)

• Responsible for 27 of Aston Martin’s last 28 points

• The last time Alonso made Q3 using a Honda engine was 2017 Brazilian GP on Nov. 12 2017

• Alonso’s last Q3 appearance was 2025 Abu Dhabi

• No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

• Aston Martin has completed 844 laps this season, second fewest with only Cadillac behind with 837

OTHER STATS

• Hasn’t been outqualified in consecutive races since Miami to Monaco in 2024 (3 races in a row)

• Barcelona was the first time ever that Alonso qualified last on pure pace

• Alonso was 1 of 4 drivers in F1 history to outqualify a teammate in 40+ consecutive races, joining Michael Schumacher (56), Alex Albon (47) & Ayrton Senna (44)

• Has scored points in 22 consecutive seasons with 2001 with Minardi, his rookie year, being the only exception

• Monaco earlier this year was the first time Alonso scored points with a Honda engine since the last race of 2017 (Abu Dhabi 2017)

• It took Alonso fewer races to score points in 2026 (6 GPs) than it did in 2025 (9 GPs)

• Alonso has now scored points in 276 GP weekends

• 2026 was the first time Alonso didn’t have a Q3 appearance after his first 5 races of the season since 2015 (never made Q3 in 2015)

• 2026 was also the first time in Alonso’s career where he was eliminated in Q1 in each of the first 6 races of a season since the format was introduced in 2006 (now at 10 races without making it out of Q1)

• Has wins, poles, podiums & laps led using a Renault, Ferrari & Mercedes power unit but not a Honda power unit

• Next Q3 appearance will be his 50th as an Aston Martin driver

• A podium in 2026 means Alonso will become only the third driver ever to stand on the podium in 15+ different seasons, joining Lewis Hamilton (18) & Michael Schumacher (16)

• A win in 2026 means Alonso will become the 7th driver to win a race in 10+ different seasons

• Has finished inside the top 10 of the drivers’ standings every season since returning to F1 in 2021

• Is 5 Q3 appearances away from 250 Q3 appearances

• Alonso has made 10+ Q3 appearances in 5 consecutive seasons

• Hasn’t led a race since the 2023 Saudi Arabian GP

• Has not lost a qualifying H2H battle against a teammate during a season since Lewis Hamilton in 2007 (8-9), though he did tie Esteban Ocon 11-11 in 2021

• If Alonso wins a race, he will break the F1 record for longest interval between wins in F1 history (current record for time between wins is 6y 6m 28d by Riccardo Patrese at 1990 San Marino GP & current record for GPs between wins is 114 GPs between wins by Kimi Raikkonen at 2018 US GP)

• Alonso would also break the record for longest interval between first & last win ever if he wins a race

• Alonso owns the record for most GPs between podiums with 146 races passing between his podiums at Hungary in 2014 & Qatar in 2021

• Also owns the record for most time (20y 7m 13d) & GPs (399) between first & last podium

• Is the only driver in F1 history to make +400 GP starts (434)

• Won from 9 different grid positions, 2nd most in F1 history (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15)

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Lance Stroll

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Has finished in the points in Hungary in each of the last 3 years (7th in 2025, 10th in 2024, 10th in 2023)

• Has made Q3 in 2 straight years in Hungary

• His 6th place starting spot last year was the best of his 2025 season while his 7th place finish was second best, only trailing a 6th place finish in Australia

• The last time Stroll was eliminated in Q1 in Hungary was 2019

• Scored 20 points in Hungary with 12 coming in 2020 when he finished 4th

KEY STATS

• Hungary will be Stroll’s 200th GP in F1

• Stroll will become the 25th driver to make 200 GP starts in F1 history

• His 200th GP start will surpass the career total of Alain Prost (199)

• Stroll would join Nico Hulkenberg & Andrea de Cesaris as the only drivers in F1 history to make 200+ starts without a win

• Hungary 2025 was Stroll’s last Q3 appearance

• Has missed Q3 in 20 consecutive races

• Has qualified 21st or 22nd in 9/10 races this season

• Has qualified 22nd in 5/10 races this season

• Has DNFed in 4 of the last 5 races (Monaco, Barcelona, Austria, Spa)

• Silverstone is the only race he’s completed over the last 5 races

• Stroll has now only completed 3 of 10 races this season (1 DNS, 6 DNFs)

• Best qualifying performance of the season was 19th in Miami

• Stroll is 1 of 4 drivers who haven’t scored points this season, joining Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas & Sergio Perez

• Stroll, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

• Owns the worst average finishing position this season (17.00)

• Owns the worst average qualifying position this season (21.20)

• No Aston Martin driver has made it out of Q1 yet this season

• The only driver who has completed fewer laps than Stroll this season (384) is Valtteri Bottas (368)

• Aston Martin has completed 844 laps this season, second fewest with only Cadillac behind with 837

• Has outqualified Fernando Alonso in 2 of the last 4 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone)

• Is 22nd in the drivers’ standings

• Hasn’t scored points since the last race of last season (Abu Dhabi 2025)

• Has scored 1 point over the last 18 GPs

OTHER STATS

• The last time Stroll outqualified Fernando Alonso in consecutive races was Miami-Imola-Monaco in 2024 (3 straight)

• Holds the F1 record with 97 Q1 eliminations, which is 23 more than the next closest driver (Kevin Magnussen, 74)

• 4 points finishes away from his 70th career points finish (GP races)

• In Australia earlier this season, Stroll became the first driver to finish 15 or more laps down since Takuma Sato at the Turkish GP in 2006 (17 laps down); Sato also used a Honda PU

• Made the last ever DRS overtake at Abu Dhabi 2025

• Has never won the qualifying H2H battle against his full-time teammate in any of his F1 seasons

• Holds the record for youngest front-row starter in F1 history (18 years 10 months 5 days at Monza in 2017)

• His 199 GPs without a win are 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Andrea De Cesaris & Nico Hulkenberg

• His 325 points without a win is 3rd most in F1 history, only trailing Romain Grosjean (391) & Nico Hulkenberg (622)

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Esteban Ocon

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Got his maiden and only F1 win in a chaotic race at Hungary in 2021

• Led 65 laps at 2021 Hungary GP, more than all other races combined (15)

• Without his win, he has only scored 4 points at Hungary in his other 7 starts

• Is the only French driver to win in Hungary

• Ocon, Romain Grosjean, Jean Alesi & Alain Prost (x2) are the only French drivers to stand on the podium in Hungary

• Has not scored points in Hungary since finishing 9th in 2022 & has not made Q3 there since 2022

KEY STATS

• Has made 190 GP starts, which means he could become the French driver with the most race starts in F1 history by the end of 2026. He currently trails (Alain Prost - 199 & Jean Alesi - 201)

• Finished 17th in Spa, his worst finishing result of the season

• Has been eliminated in Q1 in back-to-back races

• Has been eliminated in Q1 in 5 of the last 6 races

• Ocon only has 1 Q3 appearance in his last 26 races (Abu Dhabi 2025)

• Ocon has 0 Q3 appearances, 5 Q2 eliminations & 5 Q1 eliminations this season

• Ocon, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

• Outscored 43-13 in points by Ollie Bearman since Singapore last year & 18-3 to start 2026

• Ocon has outqualified Ollie Bearman in only 2 of the 10 races this season

• Has an equal number of points scored (3) as Ollie Bearman has points finishes (3) this season

• Has only scored points in Suzuka & Monaco this season

OTHER STATS

• Ocon owns the F1 record for most GPs without a pole position (190)

• Trying to make it 7 straight seasons with at least 1 finish inside the top 5 (2020-2025) & has finished at least 1 race inside the top 6 in every season since 2017

• Is the last French driver to win a race (Hungary 2021)

• Has only 3 Q3 appearances since the start of 2025 & only 7 Q3 appearances since the start of 2024

• Has scored the 3rd most points by a French driver in F1 history, trailing Alain Prost & Pierre Gasly

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Ollie Bearman

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Did a free practice session with Haas at Hungary in 2024

• Picked up podiums in Hungary in F3 in 2022 and F2 in 2023

• Was 10th and 15th in the two F2 races in Hungary in 2024

• DNFed in last year’s race but did outqualify Esteban Ocon

KEY STATS

• Has outqualified Esteban Ocon in 4 consecutive races

• Has not scored points in 5 consecutive races with his last points finish being Canada

• Has not made Q3 in 8 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being China

• Has as many points finishes (3) this season as Esteban Ocon has points (3) this year

• Outqualified Esteban Ocon in 8 of 10 GPs this season & in 13 of the last 17 races dating back to last season

• Responsible for 18 of Haas’ 21 points this season

• Has scored 43 of Haas’ last 56 points since Singapore last year

OTHER STATS

• Owns a career 23-13 H2H qualifying record against his teammates

• Another top 5 finish would see Bearman tie Kevin Magnussen for most top 5 finishes by a Haas driver with 3

• Is 3 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

• Bearman has the 3rd most points finishes in Haas history with 13

• Bearman needs 11 more points finishes as a Haas driver to match Romain Grosjean (24) & 22 more to match Kevin Magnussen (35)

• Bearman (2025 Chinese GP), Kevin Magnussen (2022 Bahrain GP) & Romain Grosjean (2016 Bahrain GP) are the only times a Haas driver has been top 5 in the drivers’ standings

• Is the only driver in Haas’ history to score points in 5 consecutive races (Singapore 2025 to Las Vegas 2025)

• His all-time best race finish was 4th place at the 2025 Mexican GP

• Shares the joint best result in Haas history with Romain Grosjean (Bearman - 4th at 2025 Mexico GP, Grosjean - 4th at 2018 Austrian GP)

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Pierre Gasly

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Last scored points in Hungary in 2021

• Has DNFed in 2 of the last 3 years in Hungary (19th in 2025, DNF in 2024, DNF in 2023)

• Hasn’t made Q3 in Hungary since 2021

• Started 16th in 2025, 20th in 2024, 15th in 2023 & 20th in 2022

• 2023 was the last time Gasly made it out of Q1 in Hungary

• Started his career with 4 consecutive Q3 appearances at Hungary (2018-2021) but hasn’t made Q3 since

• Hungary is 1 of 3 tracks where he has recorded the fastest lap (China, Monaco)

• Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2020, 2023, 2024)

• Has not scored points with Alpine in Hungary but has done so with AlphaTauri, Red Bull & Toro Rosso

• In his first 4 seasons, Gasly had 3 top 6 finishes in Hungary (6th in 2019 & 2019 + 5th in 2021). He also had 3 top 6 starts in his first 4 seasons (6th in 2019 & 2019 + 5th in 2021)

KEY STATS

• Hasn’t scored points in 3 consecutive GP races while his teammate Franco Colapinto has scored points in 2 straight GP races

• Gasly is 10 races away from tying Esteban Ocon as the Alpine driver with most races in team history (Gasly - 79, Ocon - 89)

• Gasly is tied with Ocon for most podiums in Alpine history (3 each)

• Gasly has scored points in 8/10 race weekends this season with Austria & Austria being the only exceptions

• Gasly is the second highest-scoring French driver in F1 history with 500 points, only trailing Alain Prost (798.5 points)

• Responsible for 64 of Alpine’s 83 points scored since the start of 2025

• Gasly has already scored points in more GP races this year (7) than he did all of last season (5)

• In 10 GPs, Gasly has already scored nearly double the amount of points this season (42) than he did all of last season (22)

• Has not made Q3 in 4 consecutive races with his last Q3 appearance being Monaco

• Has qualified 12th in back-to-back races

• Has qualified 11th or 12th in 3 straight races

OTHER STATS

• Gasly reached 500 points scored after collecting 1 point in Silverstone

• Gasly became the 24th driver in F1 history to reach 500 points scored

• Picked up the 6th podium of his career after he was reinstated to the podium in Monaco. This was also his 1st podium since Brazil 2024

• Gasly has now recorded a podium finish in every season with Alpine except 2025 (2023-2024, 2026)

• Earlier this year, Gasly scored points in 7 consecutive GP weekends for the first time in his career

• Gasly was the first Alpine driver to score points in 7 consecutive race weekends since Fernando Alonso scored points in 10 consecutive race weekends in 2022

• Has at least 5+ points finishes in 9 straight seasons dating back to 2018

• Gasly is 2nd all time in most GPs without a pole position (188), only trailing former teammate Esteban Ocon (190)

• The last French driver to take pole was Jean Alesi in 1997 at Monza

• Is 14 Q3 appearances away from reaching 100 Q3 appearances

• Has at least 6 Q3 appearances in 8 straight seasons dating back to 2018

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Franco Colapinto

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Alpine has not scored points or made Q3 in Hungary since 2022

• Alpine finished 18th & 19th last year in Hungary

• Colapinto’s best result at Hungary came in F3 in 2022 when he came P2 in a sprint race

• No Argentine driver has ever scored points at Hungary

KEY STATS

• Has scored points in back-to-back races (Silverstone & Spa)

• Is the only Alpine driver who has scored points over the last 2 races

• Has finished ahead of Pierre Gasly in back-to-back races

• Has scored points in 3 of the last 4 races now (Barcelona, Silverstone, Austria)

• Has scored points in 5 of the last 7 races too (Miami, Canada, Barcelona, Silverstone, Spa)

• Has not made Q3 since Canada, currently on a 5-race streak of not making Q3

• Colapinto holds the longest streak of time without a DNF. His last DNF was at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP

• Colapinto has not yet had a retirement during his time with Alpine

• Colapinto’s best finishing result is 6th, set earlier this year in Canada & his best qualifying result is 8th, set this year in Miami

OTHER STATS

• Had his first Q1 elimination of the season in Silverstone. This was his first Q1 elimination since Abu Dhabi 2025

• Hasn’t had consecutive Q1 eliminations since Qatar-Abu Dhabi 2025

• Has 8 career points finishes

• Colapinto has 24 points, 4th most in Argentina’s history. Needs 54 to pass José Froilán González for 3rd most

• Colapinto has been responsible for Argentina’s 2 best results dating all the way back to February 1982 during this season (P6 - 2026 Canadian GP & P7 - 2026 Miami GP)

• Has completed 5 laps in a podium position this season

• Colapinto had consecutive points finishes for the first time in his career earlier this year (scored points in Miami & Canada)

• Was the first Argentine driver with consecutive points finishes since Carlos Reutemann from 1980-1981

• At the Chinese GP, Colapinto became the first Argentine driver to complete laps in a top 2 position since Carlos Reutemann at the 1982 South African GP

• Is the only Argentine driver to score points using a Mercedes engine for multiple teams (Alpine, Williams)

• Argentina’s last F1 win was Carlos Reutemann at the Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit in 1981

• Argentina’s last F1 pole was also Reutemann in 1981 at Caesars Palace

• Argentina’s last F1 podium was Reutemann again at the 1982 South African GP at Kyalami

• Colapinto would become the 4th Argentine driver to win a race or take pole & the 6th Argentine driver to finish on the podium

• Colapinto could also be the first Argentine to lead a race since Reutemann at the 1981 Belgian GP at the Zolder circuit

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Nico Hulkenberg

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Best finish at Hungary came as a rookie with Williams in 2010 (6th)

• Has not scored points in Hungary since 2016 when he finished 10th with Force India

• Has qualified 11th - just narrowly missing Q3 - 3 times in Hungary

• Has finished 13th in Hungary in back-to-back years (2024-2025)

• Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2014-2015, 2017)

• Out of all circuits where Hulkenberg has 10+ starts, Hungary is where he has the fewest points finishes

• Has scored only 9 points in 12 race starts in Hungary

• The only circuits on the calendar where Hulkenberg has scored fewer points than Hungary are Miami (4 starts), Qatar (3 starts), Baku (7 starts), Jeddah (4 starts) & Zandvoort (3 starts)

KEY STATS

• Hungary will be his 260th GP, making Hulkenberg the 10th driver in F1 history to reach 260 GPs

• The only drivers who have completed fewer laps than Hulkenberg this year (438) are Lance Stroll (384) & Valtteri Bottas (368)

• Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez & Lance Stroll are the only drivers this season who haven’t scored points

• Hulkenberg has never had a pointless season as a full-time driver

• The fewest points Hulkenberg has scored in a season is 9 with Haas in 2023

• Looking for his first points finish for Audi

• Hasn’t scored points since Abu Dhabi 2025

• His race results this season have been either 11th-13th or DNF/DNS

• His 2026 race results are a DNS, 11th, 11th, DNF, 12th, 13th, DNF, 12th, DNF, 13th

• If Hulkenberg scores points with Audi, he will become only the 3rd driver in F1 history to score points with 8+ different teams (would be tied with John Surtees & trail Andrea De Cesaris with 9)

• Hulkenberg would become the first German driver to score points for a German constructor since Nico Rosberg & Mercedes

• Has qualified 11th in 4/10 races this season

• Best qualifying performance of the season was 9th in Barcelona, best race result was 11th in China & Japan

• Has not finished a race ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto since Canada & has not outqualified his teammate since Barcelona

OTHER STATS

• Owns the F1 record for most GP starts without a win (259)

• Is the only driver in F1 history to make +210 starts & not have a win

• 17-17 qualifying H2H record against Gabriel Bortoleto since they became teammates

• Hulkenberg is the 1st driver ever to race with a Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Cosworth & Audi engine

• Has driven for 9 different constructors in F1 history, something only 8 other drivers have done (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Aston Martin, Haas, Kick Sauber, Audi)

• Nico Rosberg is the last German driver to win for a German engine manufacturer

• Only 3 German drivers have started over 250 GPs (Hulkenberg - 258, Sebastian Vettel - 299, Michael Schumacher - 307)

• Got the first podium of his career at Silverstone in 2025, breaking the F1 record for most starts before 1st career podium (239). For context, no other driver with a podium had to wait more than 101 races for their first podium

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Gabriel Bortoleto

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CIRCUIT STATS

• His P6 finish in Hungary last year is the best finishing result of his career so far

• His P7 start in Hungary last year is also the joint best starting position of his career alongside 2025 Monza & 2025 Abu Dhabi

• Became the first Brazilian to score points in Hungary since Felipe Massa in 2014

• Has a podium in Hungary during 2022 Formula Regional European Championship

• Picked up another podium at Hungary during 2023 F3 sprint

• The last time a Brazilian was on the podium in Hungary was Rubens Barrichello in 2004

KEY STATS

• Has finished 8th in back-to-back races (Silverstone, Spa)

• Bortoleto is tied with Felipe Nasr for 8th most points scored by a Brazilian ever (29)

• Needs to score 5 points to pass Bruno Senna (33 points) next on the list of all-time Brazilian points scorers

• Made his first Q3 appearance since Suzuka

• Has not made consecutive Q3 appearances since 2025 Abu Dhabi - 2026 Australia

• Is now responsible for all 3 of Audi’s points finishes

• Is responsible for the first 10 points in Audi’s F1 history

• This is the first time Bortoleto has scored points in consecutive races since Spa-Hungary last year

• Bortoleto has never scored points in 3 consecutive races, this could change in Hungary

• Has outqualified Nico Hulkenberg in 3 consecutive races

• This is the first time he’s outqualified Hulkenberg in 3 consecutive races since he did it 7 races in a row in 2025 from Austria to Baku

• Has not finished a race behind Hulkenberg since Canada

• Is 2 Q3 appearances away from his 10th career Q3 appearance

OTHER STATS

• Bortoleto is responsible for 3/4 of Audi’s Q3 appearances this season (Australia, Japan, Spa)

• Is 17-17 in qualifying H2H against Nico Hulkenberg since becoming teammates in 2025

• The last Brazilian driver to be on the podium was Felipe Massa at the 2015 Italian GP

• The last Brazilian driver to win a race was Rubens Barrichello in Monza in 2009

• The last Brazilian driver to be on pole was Felipe Massa at the 2014 Austrian GP

• Responsible for Audi’s first F1 Q3 appearance & points ever (Australia 2026)

• Bortoleto’s best finishing result is 6th in Hungary last year & his best qualifying result is 7th in Hungary & Abu Dhabi last year

• Trying to become the 10th Brazilian in F1 history to lead a lap

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Sergio Perez

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Has scored points in 3 consecutive races in Hungary (7th in 2024, 3rd in 2023, 5th in 2022)

• Has not made Q3 in 2 of his last 3 races in Hungary (made it in 2023 but not 2022 or 2024)

• Has 3 DNFs in Hungary (2014-2015, 2021)

KEY STATS

• DNF in Spa, giving him 2 DNFs in the last 3 races

• Perez has either DNFed (Austria, Spa) or finished 14th (Barcelona, Silverstone) over the last 4 races

• Best qualifying result of the season is 18th in Australia & 18th in Monaco

• Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

• Hasn’t outqualified Valtteri Bottas since Austria

• Has outqualified Valtteri Bottas in 6 of 10 races

• On a trajectory where Perez could win his first qualifying H2H against a full-time teammate since Lance Stroll in 2020 for Racing Point

• Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

• If Perez scores points with Cadillac, he will become the 15th driver in F1 history to score points with 6+ different teams

• 1 podium away from getting his 40th career podium, which would make him the 26th driver in F1 history to hit 40+ podiums

• Perez’s last Q3 appearance was Abu Dhabi 2024, his final appearance with Red Bull

• Perez’s last GP points finish was Las Vegas 2024 (10th place finish)

• Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

• Perez, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

• Will reach 300 career race starts later this year in Brazil

• Perez & Rubens Barrichello are the only drivers in F1 history to start 285+ races & never lead the drivers’ championship

• Perez, Nico Hulkenberg & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers on the grid to drive for 6+ different constructors (Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, Red Bull & Cadillac)

• Has recorded a podium in each of the last 5 seasons he’s raced (2020-2024) & a front row start in each of the last 4 seasons he’s raced (2021-2024)

• Hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in the drivers’ standings since 2013 for McLaren

• Has had at least 5 points finishes & 3 Q3 appearances in all 14 seasons he’s driven in F1 (2011-2024)

• Needs to lead 11 more laps to hit 400 career laps led

• Perez is Mexico’s all-time leading race winner, polesitter & podium finisher

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Valtteri Bottas

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CIRCUIT STATS

• Has not scored points in Hungary since 2020

• Finished 16th in 2024, 12th in 2023, DNF in 2022, DNF in 2021

• Was part of the chaotic crash in Hungary at the start of the 2021 race

• The only times Bottas didn’t make Q3 in Hungary was his first time there in 2013 & his most recent time there in 2024

KEY STATS

• Has outqualified Sergio Perez in 2 straight races for the first time as teammates

• Has qualified better than 20th in back-to-back races, the first time Bottas has done that in 2026 (18th in Silverstone, 19th in Spa)

• Has completed the fewest laps of any driver this season (368) with Lance Stroll being the next closest at 384 laps completed

• His best qualifying result of the season so far is 18th in Silverstone

• Cadillac has yet to qualify better than 18th this season (Perez in Australia & Monaco, Bottas in Silverstone)

• Has qualified 20th-22nd in 7 of the 10 races this season

• Has qualified 20th in 6/10 races this season

• Has completed 2 straight races for the first time since China to Canada (4 straight races completed)

• Hasn’t finished in the points in his last 39 races, dating back to Qatar 2023

• Hasn’t made Q3 since Abu Dhabi 2024, his final race with Kick Sauber

• In the 4 races they’ve both finished, Bottas has only finished ahead of Perez once (China)

• Has been outqualified by Sergio Perez in 6 of the 10 races this season

• Currently Sergio Perez & Lewis Hamilton are the only teammates of Bottas to have a better qualifying H2H record against him

• His best finishing position this season is 13th in China. This is also Cadillac’s best finishing result so far

• Would become Cadillac’s first points scorer

• Perez, Bottas, Stroll & Hulkenberg are the only drivers who haven’t scored points this season

• Bottas, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez & Fernando Alonso are the only drivers who haven’t made Q3 this season

OTHER STATS

• Bottas has made Q3 at every circuit he’s raced at on the current calendar

• Holds the record for most consecutive Q3 appearances with 103 between the 2017 Australian GP & 2022 Saudi Arabian GP (next closest was 66 by Lewis Hamilton)

• Is 3 points away from becoming the 6th driver in F1 history to reach 1800 points scored

• Bottas & new teammate Sergio Perez have shared only 1 podium together in F1 (Turkey 2021)

• Bottas & Charles Leclerc are the only drivers in F1 history to have 20+ poles without winning a drivers’ championship

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How Long Has It Been Since?

Last Time Each Driver Won

• Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

• Charles Leclerc - Silverstone 2026

• George Russell - Austria 2026

• Lewis Hamilton - Barcelona 2026

• Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

• Lando Norris - Brazil 2025

• Oscar Piastri - Zandvoort 2025

• Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

• Sergio Perez - Baku 2023

• Valtteri Bottas - Turkey 2021

• Esteban Ocon - Hungary 2021

• Pierre Gasly - Monza 2020

• Fernando Alonso - Spain 2013

Last Time Each Driver Was on Pole

• Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

• George Russell - Austria 2026

• Max Verstappen - Abu Dhabi 2025

• Oscar Piastri - Qatar 2025

• Lando Norris - Las Vegas 2025

• Charles Leclerc - Hungary 2025

• Carlos Sainz - Mexico 2024

• Lewis Hamilton - Hungary 2023

• Sergio Perez - Miami 2023

• Valtteri Bottas - Brazil 2021

• Lance Stroll - Turkey 2020

• Fernando Alonso - Germany 2012

• Nico Hulkenberg - Brazil 2010

Last Time Each Driver Was On Podium

• Kimi Antonelli - Spa 2026

• Charles Leclerc - Spa 2026

• Max Verstappen - Spa 2026

• Lewis Hamilton - Silverstone 2026

• George Russell - Silverstone 2026

• Lando Norris - Barcelona 2026

• Pierre Gasly - Monaco 2026

• Oscar Piastri - Miami 2026

• Carlos Sainz - Qatar 2025

• Isack Hadjar - Zandvoort 2025

• Nico Hulkenberg - Britain 2025

• Esteban Ocon - Brazil 2024

• Sergio Perez - China 2024

• Fernando Alonso - Brazil 2023

• Valtteri Bottas - Saudi Arabia 2021

• Lance Stroll - Sakhir 2020

• Alex Albon - Bahrain 2020

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