Hungarian 2026 GP preview
Weekend schedule
All timezonesTimes shown in circuit-local time (CEST).
- FP1Fri13:30
- FP2Fri17:00
- FP3Sat12:30
- QualifyingSat16:00
- RaceSun15:00
A forecast appears here once the weekend is inside the forecast window.
The circuit
Full circuit guide →Hungaroring · 4.381 km · 14 corners · clockwise
319 km/h
Top speed
Nico Hülkenberg, 2025
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026Lando Norris · McLaren
- 2025Lando Norris · McLaren
- 2024Oscar Piastri · McLaren
Last pole times
- 2026Lando Norris · McLaren · 1:17.207
- 2025Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:15.372
- 2024Lando Norris · McLaren · 1:15.227
Historic moments
2021 · Ocon wins after a one-car restart
Valtteri Bottas locked up into Turn 1 in the wet and took out three cars; Lance Stroll wiped out Charles Leclerc alongside them. At the restart Lewis Hamilton was the only driver to line up on the grid, everyone else having dived for slicks, and Esteban Ocon led the rest of the way for his maiden Grand Prix win and Alpine's first.
2006 · Button's maiden win from 14th on the grid
Jenson Button started 14th in pouring rain in his 113th career start and carved through the field. He inherited the lead when race-long leader Fernando Alonso's wheel came loose and detached, handing Button his first Grand Prix win and Honda its first as a constructor since 1967.
What makes it different
- Often described as Monaco without the walls: high downforce, almost no straight worth the name, and an overtaking rate near the bottom of the calendar.
- It was the first Formula 1 race held behind the Iron Curtain, in 1986, and has run every year since - the longest unbroken run of any circuit on the current calendar.
- Built from open farmland in just eight months between October 1985 and May 1986, it was at the time the fastest circuit ever constructed for Formula 1.
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 8 wins · 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2007 | 10 podiums · 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2007 | 8 poles · 2023, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2008 |
| Lando Norris | 2 wins · 2026, 2025 | 2 podiums · 2026, 2025 | 2 poles · 2026, 2024 |
| Max Verstappen | 2 wins · 2023, 2022 | 2 podiums · 2023, 2022 | 1 pole · 2019 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 win · 2003 | 3 podiums · 2011, 2004, 2003 | 3 poles · 2009, 2007, 2003 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 win · 2024 | 1 podium · 2024 | — |
| Esteban Ocon | 1 win · 2021 | 1 podium · 2021 | — |
| George Russell | — | 2 podiums · 2025, 2022 | 1 pole · 2022 |
| Valtteri Bottas | — | 2 podiums · 2020, 2017 | — |
| Andrea Kimi Antonelli | — | 1 podium · 2026 | — |
| Sergio Pérez | — | 1 podium · 2023 | — |
| Carlos Sainz | — | 1 podium · 2021 | — |
| Charles Leclerc | — | — | 1 pole · 2025 |
Milestone watch
Lewis Hamilton has won here 8 times (2020, 2019, 2018, 2016).
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