Only four cars finished on the lead lap in the Hungarian Grand Prix and two of those – the Ferraris – were over a minute behind.
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen set a scorching pace as they disputed the lead. After losing the lead to Hamilton, Verstappen used a set of soft tyres to set a fastest race lap which was 1.4 seconds quicker than anyone else’s and almost four seconds quicker than that of his team mate, who spent much of the race stuck in traffic.The huge gap they enjoyed over the other cars ultimately gave Mercedes the space they needed to bring Hamilton in for an extra pit stop and threaten Verstappen. The Red Bull driver was not able to respond to Hamilton’s pit stop – the Mercedes driver took around 1.8 seconds out of him on his out-lap alone, and Verstappen would have lost the lead had he come in.
For a long time it seemed Verstappen would be quick enough on his worn hard tyres to keep Hamilton behind. But on lap 63 – the 38th lap for that set – his pace dropped and never recovered. Having struggled to take more the second a lap he needed out of Verstappen to catch him, Hamilton was suddenly over two seconds quicker, and from then on it was a question of when, not if, Verstappen would lose the lead.
Other position changes in a lively final 10 laps included Sebastian Vettel passing his team mate Charles Leclerc, Valtteri Bottas demoting Lando Norris and Alexander Albon taking the final point off Sergio Perez. The Racing Point driver had, like Verstappen, tried to run a long stint on the hard tyres.
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
Position change
| Driver | Start position | Lap one position change | Race position change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 2 | -2 | -6 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Charles Leclerc | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Pierre Gasly | 6 | -3 | 0 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 20 | 1 | 6 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | 11 | 0 | -1 |
| Romain Grosjean | 9 | -1 | |
| Kevin Magnussen | 14 | -2 | 1 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Lando Norris | 7 | 0 | -2 |
| Sergio Perez | 16 | 4 | 5 |
| Lance Stroll | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 17 | -1 | -1 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 13 | -2 | -2 |
| Alexander Albon | 12 | -1 | 2 |
| George Russell | 15 | 1 | -1 |
| Robert Kubica | 19 | -1 | 0 |
2019 Hungarian Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
| Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’17.103 | 69 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’18.528 | 1.425 | 60 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’19.331 | 2.228 | 59 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’19.786 | 2.683 | 65 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’20.493 | 3.390 | 49 |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’20.603 | 3.500 | 52 |
| 7 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’20.621 | 3.518 | 65 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’20.839 | 3.736 | 49 |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’20.880 | 3.777 | 65 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’21.002 | 3.899 | 66 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’21.008 | 3.905 | 67 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull-Honda | 1’21.045 | 3.942 | 65 |
| 13 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’21.188 | 4.085 | 65 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’21.650 | 4.547 | 59 |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’21.734 | 4.631 | 47 |
| 16 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’21.932 | 4.829 | 55 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’22.386 | 5.283 | 66 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’22.809 | 5.706 | 46 |
| 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’23.134 | 6.031 | 64 |
| 20 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’23.436 | 6.333 | 42 |
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
| Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | C3 (31) | C2 (17) | C3 (22) |
| Max Verstappen | C3 (25) | C2 (42) | C4 (3) |
| Sebastian Vettel | C3 (39) | C4 (31) | |
| Charles Leclerc | C3 (27) | C2 (43) | |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | C4 (29) | C2 (40) | |
| Pierre Gasly | C3 (28) | C2 (41) | |
| Kimi Raikkonen | C4 (29) | C3 (40) | |
| Valtteri Bottas | C3 (5) | C2 (41) | C3 (23) |
| Lando Norris | C4 (28) | C2 (41) | |
| Alexander Albon | C3 (28) | C2 (41) | |
| Sergio Perez | C3 (18) | C2 (51) | |
| Nico Hulkenberg | C3 (36) | C4 (33) | |
| Kevin Magnussen | C3 (38) | C4 (31) | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | C2 (46) | C4 (23) | |
| Daniil Kvyat | C3 (21) | C2 (47) | |
| George Russell | C3 (16) | C2 (52) | |
| Lance Stroll | C3 (16) | C2 (34) | C4 (18) |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | C3 (15) | C2 (53) | |
| Robert Kubica | C3 (18) | C2 (49) | |
| Romain Grosjean | C4 (19) | C2 (30) |
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2019 Hungarian Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
| Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 21.164 | 67 | |
| 2 | George Russell | Williams | 21.333 | 0.169 | 16 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 21.390 | 0.226 | 48 |
| 4 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 21.563 | 0.399 | 50 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 21.575 | 0.411 | 27 |
| 6 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 21.618 | 0.454 | 38 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 21.705 | 0.541 | 25 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 21.734 | 0.570 | 36 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 21.744 | 0.580 | 46 |
| 10 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 21.754 | 0.590 | 18 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren | 21.832 | 0.668 | 29 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 21.901 | 0.737 | 18 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 22.035 | 0.871 | 19 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 22.085 | 0.921 | 16 |
| 15 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 22.104 | 0.940 | 28 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 22.205 | 1.041 | 29 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 22.498 | 1.334 | 46 |
| 18 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 22.880 | 1.716 | 31 |
| 19 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 23.002 | 1.838 | 21 |
| 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 23.218 | 2.054 | 15 |
| 21 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 23.676 | 2.512 | 28 |
| 22 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 24.819 | 3.655 | 39 |
| 23 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 26.066 | 4.902 | 28 |
| 24 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 33.328 | 12.164 | 5 |
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