2021 Hungarian Grand Prix

Esteban Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on 1 Aug 2021 for Alpine F1 Team, from 8th on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Carlos Sainz third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Ocon took the lead for good on lap 40 of 70, from Fernando Alonso; the lead changed hands 5 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 2). Ocon stopped 3 times, on laps 2 and 3 and 37; 13 of 13 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 2. The fastest lap was Pierre Gasly's, 1:18.394 on lap 70. 13 of 20 starters were classified; 7 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 195 points, 8 ahead of Max Verstappen, with 11 rounds left.

Date

1 Aug 2021

Circuit

Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary

Round

11 of 22

Winner

Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:15.419)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 1 driver: Antonio Giovinazzi qualified 14th, started from the pit lane. 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

Esteban Ocon: 3 stops (laps 2, 3, 37), stints of 2, 1, 34, 33 laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 4 stops (laps 2, 4, 19, 47), stints of 2, 2, 15, 28, 23 laps

3rd

Carlos Sainz: 3 stops (laps 2, 3, 32), stints of 2, 1, 29, 38 laps

Finishers

3 or more: 13

First stops

median lap 2 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 2021 standings