Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend?
It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days.
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Hungaroring.
Driver performance summary
| Driver | Q stage | Q pos. | Q gap to team mate | GP grid pos. | GP pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Q3 | 3 | -0.799s | 3 | 5 |
| Sergio Perez | Q1 | 16 | +0.799s | 16 | 7 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Q3 | 5 | -0.881s | 5 | 3 |
| George Russell | Q1 | 17 | +0.881s | 17 | 8 |
| Charles Leclerc | Q3 | 6 | +0.209s | 6 | 4 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Q3 | 4 | -0.209s | 4 | 6 |
| Lando Norris | Q3 | 1 | -0.022s | 1 | 2 |
| Oscar Piastri | Q3 | 2 | +0.022s | 2 | 1 |
| Lance Stroll | Q3 | 8 | +0.201s | 8 | 10 |
| Fernando Alonso | Q3 | 7 | -0.201s | 7 | 11 |
| Esteban Ocon | Q1 | 19 | -0.117s | 19 | 19 |
| Pierre Gasly | Q1 | 20 | +0.117s | 20 | 20 |
| Alexander Albon | Q2 | 13 | -0.114s | 13 | 14 |
| Logan Sargeant | Q2 | 14 | +0.114s | 14 | 17 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Q3 | 9 | -0.030s | 9 | 12 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Q3 | 10 | +0.030s | 10 | 9 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Q2 | 12 | -0.550s | 12 | 16 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Q1 | 18 | +0.550s | 18 | 18 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Q2 | 15 | +0.231s | 15 | 15 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Q2 | 11 | -0.231s | 11 | 13 |
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Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver do you think did the best job throughout the race weekend?
Who got the most out of their car in qualifying and the race? Who put their team mate in the shade?
Cast your vote below and explain why you chose the driver you picked in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend?
- No opinion (0%)
- Kevin Magnussen (1%)
- Nico Hulkenberg (0%)
- Zhou Guanyu (1%)
- Valtteri Bottas (0%)
- Yuki Tsunoda (5%)
- Daniel Ricciardo (0%)
- Logan Sargeant (0%)
- Alexander Albon (0%)
- Pierre Gasly (0%)
- Esteban Ocon (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (1%)
- Lance Stroll (0%)
- Oscar Piastri (35%)
- Lando Norris (25%)
- Carlos Sainz Jnr (0%)
- Charles Leclerc (2%)
- George Russell (0%)
- Lewis Hamilton (28%)
- Sergio Perez (1%)
- Max Verstappen (2%)
Total Voters: 118
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2024 Hungarian Grand Prix
- McLaren team orders “a new situation we’re inexperienced at handling” – Piastri
- Verstappen dismisses critics of “vocal” radio messages and late-night simracing
- Norris’ former McLaren team mates say he was right to give up win
- Mercedes surprised Hamilton’s car was “completely unscathed” in Verstappen clash
- McLaren is first team to produce two new winners in a season since 2001
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Jim from US (@jimfromus)
21st July 2024, 15:52
HAM for battling hard. PER scored some points, yay. Can’t give it to either McLaren driver has the team management sucks and they obviously had the best car and could just have a driver pull over and still take 1-2.
Mayrton
21st July 2024, 19:28
I’d go for Hamilton too. He kept his head cool and the young ones should learn from him.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
21st July 2024, 16:04
I’ve gone for Lewis.
I think he drove a solid weekend in a less than perfect car and fought off a rabid dude at the end.
Respect to Yuki as well for being the only one stopper.
BasCB (@bascb)
21st July 2024, 16:47
I hope no one votes anymore, then since Hamilton is currently leading with exactly 44 votes cast :-)
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
21st July 2024, 16:08
Voted for Piastri. It is a special one, the first F1 win. He was on the heels of his more experienced teammate on Saturday, took the lead on Sunday and should have been the first car to pit being the lead car. In the end as he said, he was in the right place at the right time.
notagrumpyfan
21st July 2024, 16:22
Norris was faster on Saturday and seemed to be faster during the race.
Just don’t understand (from a team perspective) why he chose to fend off Piastri at the start rather than Verstappen. The team should’ve discussed this before the race that all that counted was to keep Verstappen behind at T1.
But McLaren seems to be poor at strategic and tactical decisions: Why, oh why, pit Norris before Piastri when the undercut is so significant.
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
21st July 2024, 16:41
Norris was faster in the last stint, but Piastri was faster in the first stint and had built a decent gap to Norris. While the two drivers seems to be all smiles after the race and at the podium, it is definitely frosty beneath. When the car was in midfield, two drivers with similar pace is not a problem. But Mclaren at this phase of the calender is the fastest car. The ideal thing at the debrief would be for the team to take the blame for their strategic blunder of pitting the second car first and set the firm goal of passing Red Bull for the constructors.
BasCB (@bascb)
21st July 2024, 16:46
I do think Norris did put in some effort to show Piastri it was nothing personal against him today (the handshake right away, patting his shoulder later on) though.
I’d think both Hamilton and Piastri were mainly just not going to bring it up to Norris because they fully know how hard it must have been (remember Rosberg and Hamilton and the cap throw thing?) making it a muted affair there.
Mayrton
21st July 2024, 19:30
He still lacks race pace. McLarens decision is incomprehensible. Lando is the nr 2 in the standing and this season clearly isn’t over with McLaren being so strong and RedBull having a terrible car. A big mistake once again by McLaren. Gutted for Piastri as well, being gifted his first win. That’s not what you want as a racing driver.
Jere (@jerejj)
21st July 2024, 16:12
First win, yes, but NOR for both DOTW & DOTD based on pure performance.
BasCB (@bascb)
21st July 2024, 16:20
In the end I voted for Norris for having done the fair thing, right thing, the thing for himself long term, the team game.
When interviewed after the race by Barretto from F1TV he mentions thinking about it and trying to see it from Ocscar’s point of view and deciding that it was the right thing to do, tears welling up in his eyes, adding that it was hard. I think he is the better human being and sportsman for it. A positive point of view to take and a positive one for the sport.
Mayrton
21st July 2024, 19:32
From an audience’s perspective yes, but Lando could certainly use to lose a bit of his kindness and he missed a big opportunity to claim his ambitions.
Simon (@donsimoni)
21st July 2024, 19:43
Another take on the position swap: Norris has shown his pace before, widened the gap considerably. He discussed the issue at length and then gave in by nearly stopping on the straight. Pure show of force and dominance. No matter the result and the hug afterwards, Piastri better talk to his psychologist next week to not let get Norris under his skin too much.
KB Davies
21st July 2024, 16:24
Shout out to both McLaren drivers, but i chose Hamilton. He fought off Verstappen in two stints, and forced him into a characteristic error, whilst avoiding being taken out by his crazy kamikaze dive.
The Mercedes should have been 4th,but he dragged it to the podium.
DaveW (@dmw)
21st July 2024, 16:24
I always try to look back in the pack but Hamilton maxed out a pretty risky tire strategy with stopping so early and fought off Verstappen in a faster car twice, knowing full well he would probably get hit in the process, which he did.
Gigantor (@kbdavies)
21st July 2024, 18:28
Well said!
CarWars (@maxv)
21st July 2024, 16:31
Norris was the better one over the whole weekend
BLS (@brightlampshade)
21st July 2024, 18:42
This is a tricky one this weekend, with strong cases for a few of them to win.
David BR (@david-br)
21st July 2024, 20:02
Difficult one, Hamilton probably as he qualified about as well as he could and had a good race, including the (successful) battle with Verstappen. Piastri, not really, didn’t get pole and wasn’t really the fastest McLaren by the end of the race, but did get past Norris at the start and drove the first two stints perfectly. The same in reverse for Lando. Anyone else? Definitely not Verstappen this weekend, anyhow.
Denis (@denis1304)
21st July 2024, 21:43
Why didn’t Lando let Oscar by ASAP and tried to pass him? He made an a$$ of himself today.
Denis (@denis1304)
21st July 2024, 21:43
Why didn’t Lando let Oscar by ASAP and tried to pass him? He made a donkey of himself today.
Christopher Rehn (@chrischrill)
22nd July 2024, 10:21
On a slightly related note, was this Max Verstappen’s worst race of his career? He was clearly fast enough for P3, he messed up trying to pass Hamilton the first time (when he was basically ahead), then jumped over the Mercedes the next time he tried. He fought, he argued, but all that happened was he lost to a Ferrari that was clearly a slower car.