Round 12 · 2023

Hungarian Grand Prix

Hungaroring, Hungary · 23 Jul 2023

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from P2, finishing 33.731s ahead of Lando Norris.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
George Russell was the big mover, climbing from P18 to P6.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap: 1:20.504 on lap 53.
36 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 2 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard → Medium.
3 drivers didn't finish: Logan Sargeant, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon.
A dry race, with the track around 49°C.
238 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	2 ▲1	1:38:08.634	26
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	3 ▲1	+33.731s	18
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	9 ▲6	+37.603s	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1 ▼3	+39.134s	12
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4 ▼1	+62.572s	10
6	George Russell	Mercedes	18 ▲12	+65.825s	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6 ▼1	+70.317s	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	11 ▲3	+71.073s	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8 ▼1	+75.709s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14 ▲4	+1 LAP	1
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	16 ▲5	+1 LAP	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	7 ▼5	+1 LAP	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	13	+1 LAP	0
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10 ▼4	+1 LAP	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	17 ▲2	+1 LAP	0
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	5 ▼11	+1 LAP	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	19 ▲2	+1 LAP	0
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20 ▲2	DNF	0
–	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	15	DNF	0
–	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	12	DNF	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.