STAT CORNER: Hamilton is the king of the Hungaroring

The heavily-revamped Hungaroring is host the last round of the 2025 F1 season before the F1 field kicks off its well-deserved three-week summer break. F1Technical's senior writer reports on who the most successful driver in the history of the Hungarian Grand Prix is.

The Hungarian Grand Prix first appeared on the World Championship in 1986, the first time Formula 1 had ventured behind the so-called “Iron Curtain.”

Since then, it has been a permanent fixture, even during the Covid pandemic year of 2020. Ferrari's seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver with eight wins, nine pole positions and 12 podium finishes.

Michael Schumacher is second when it comes to wins and pole positions with four and seven respectively, while Kimi Raikkonen is second to Lewis in terms of podium finishes with nine.

Of the teams, McLaren has the best record here with 12 wins, followed by Williams and Ferrari, both on seven. McLaren and Mercedes share the lead when it comes to pole positions on nine, with Ferrari third on eight. Ferrari tops the table for podium places with 29 ahead of McLaren on 25 and Williams on 18.

Three drivers still racing today took their maiden Formula 1 win at the Hungaroring: Fernando Alonso in 2003 with Renault, Esteban Ocon in 2021, effectively with the same Enstone-based team, by then known as Alpine and Oscar Piastri with McLaren last year win.