2019 Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on 4 Aug 2019 for Mercedes, from 3rd on the grid; Max Verstappen was second and Sebastian Vettel third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 67 of 70, from Max Verstappen; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. Hamilton stopped 2 times, on laps 31 and 48; 15 of 19 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 28. The fastest lap was Max Verstappen's, 1:17.103 on lap 69. 19 of 20 starters were classified; 1 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 250 points, 62 ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with 9 rounds left.

Date

4 Aug 2019

Circuit

Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary

Round

12 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:14.572)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 7 drivers: Antonio Giovinazzi qualified 14th, started 17th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 15th, started 14th; George Russell qualified 16th, started 15th; Sergio Pérez qualified 17th, started 16th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 18th, started 20th; Lance Stroll qualified 19th, started 18th; Robert Kubica qualified 20th, started 19th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 31, 48), stints of 31, 17, 22 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 25, 67), stints of 25, 42, 3 laps

3rd

Sebastian Vettel: 1 stop (lap 39), stints of 39, 31 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 15 · 2 stops: 4

First stops

median lap 28 of 70

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2019 standings