Formula One statistics for the Hungarian Grand Prix

Formula One statistics for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest's Hungaroring, round 13 of the 24 race world championship.

Lap distance: 4.381km. Total distance: 306.630km (70 laps)

2023 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes one minute 16.609 seconds

2023 race winner: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull

Race lap record: Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:16.627 (2020)

Start time: 1300 GMT (1500 local time)

HUNGARY

Lewis Hamilton has won a record eight times in Hungary (2007, 2009 and 2012 with McLaren and 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 with Mercedes) and been on pole a record nine times including last year.

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, RB's Daniel Ricciardo, Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Verstappen are other past winners.

The lowest winning start in Hungary was Jenson Button from 14th on the grid in 2006. Verstappen won from 10th in 2022 and Hamilton was third in 2014 after starting from the pit lane.

This weekend will be the 39th Hungarian Grand Prix, with 16 of them won from pole. The race debuted in 1986 as the first behind the former 'Iron Curtain'.

Verstappen took his first F1 pole in Hungary in 2019. Alonso and Ocon took their first wins there in 2003 and 2021 respectively.

The circuit is narrow, twisty and short and sometimes referred to as 'Monaco without the walls'. There are 14 corners. Overtaking has proved difficult in the past. Mercedes have been on pole for the last four editions of the race.

CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Verstappen has led the championship for a record 51 successive races dating back to Spain in May 2022 and arrives in Hungary 84 points clear of McLaren's Lando Norris.

Red Bull are 71 points clear of Ferrari.

WINS

Four teams - Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes - have won a race this season, the most since