Hungary 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:18.277	1:17.456	1:17.207
2	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:18.730	1:17.803	1:17.219	+0.012
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.984	1:17.626	1:17.445	+0.238
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:18.726	1:18.393	1:17.479	+0.272
5	Piastri	McLaren	1:18.891	1:17.928	1:17.684	+0.477
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.656	1:18.249	1:17.725	+0.518
7	Russell	Mercedes	1:18.856	1:18.445	1:17.760	+0.553
8	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:18.754	1:17.872	1:17.856	+0.649
9	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:19.233	1:18.360	1:18.281	+1.074
10	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:18.796	1:18.639	1:18.686	+1.479
11	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:19.161	1:18.765		+1.309
12	Gasly	Alpine	1:19.741	1:18.844		+1.388
13	Colapinto	Alpine	1:19.771	1:19.027		+1.571
14	Bortoleto	Audi	1:19.069	1:19.105		+1.649
15	Ocon	Haas	1:20.010	1:19.734		+2.278
16	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:20.126	1:19.808		+2.352
17	Bearman	Haas	1:20.233			+1.956
18	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:20.621			+2.344
19	Albon	Williams	1:20.658			+2.381
20	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.659			+2.382
21	Bottas	Cadillac	1:20.886			+2.609
22	Pérez	Cadillac	1:21.322			+3.045

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	70	1:39:56.180	3	Mercedes
2	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	4	70	+15.080	2	Red Bull Ford
3	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	7	70	+18.728	1	Mercedes
4	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	2	70	+23.840	3	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	5	70	+24.540	3	Ferrari
6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	70	+55.488	2	Red Bull Ford
7	George Russell	Mercedes	6	70	+57.503	2	Mercedes
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	11	69	+1 lap	2	Red Bull Ford
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	10	69	+1 lap	2	Audi
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	9	69	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	14	69	+1 lap	1	Audi
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	12	69	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20	69	+1 lap	2	Honda
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	16	69	+1 lap	2	Honda
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	13	68	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas	15	68	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	19	68	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	18	68	+2 laps	3	Mercedes
19	Oliver Bearman	Haas	17	68	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	55	Gearbox	2	Mercedes
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	PL	48	Suspension	2	Ferrari
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	21	13	Brakes	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Hamilton Qualified 2, started 5 · 3-place penalty
Antonelli Qualified 4, started 7 · 3-place penalty
Pérez Qualified 22, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Stroll20→13+7
Antonelli7→3+4
Lawson11→8+3
Bortoleto14→11+3
Verstappen4→2+2
Hadjar8→6+2
Alonso16→14+2
Albon19→17+2
Hülkenberg10→9+1
Norris1→10
Hamilton5→50
Gasly12→120
Sainz Jr.18→180
Russell6→7-1
Lindblad9→10-1
Ocon15→16-1
Leclerc2→4-2
Colapinto13→15-2
Bearman17→19-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Antonelli21.326R22
2Lindblad21.395R20
3Hülkenberg21.420R19
4Gasly21.458R16
5Gasly21.574R39
6Lawson21.598R42
7Sainz Jr.21.614R18
8Verstappen21.625R14
9Hamilton21.693R30
10Piastri21.720R33

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Norris172217143 stops
Verstappen1427292 stops
Antonelli22481 stop
Leclerc162020143 stops
Hamilton131726143 stops
Hadjar1923282 stops
Russell2727162 stops
Lawson2121272 stops · +1 lap
Hülkenberg1920302 stops · +1 lap
Lindblad20491 stop · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

40 races here since 1986Won from pole: 16 of 40

Win from furthest back (P14): Jenson Button 2006

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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