Round 11 · Budapest · 26 July 2026
Hungarian Grand Prix 2026
Race analysis
Lando Norris won by 15.1 seconds. 12 of 19 finishers made 2 stops.
- Winner
- Lando Norris
- McLaren
- Winning margin
- 15.080 s
- to Max Verstappen
- Most common strategy
- Two-stop
- 12 of 19 finishers
- Longest stint
- 49 laps
- Arvid Lindblad, Hard
Conditions
Dry race. Track temperature 47–53 °C.
- Air
- 30–32 °C
- Track
- 47–53 °C
- Humidity
- 26 %
- Rain
- None
Source: OpenF1 weather station data, averaged per lap of the race winner. Wind on average 2.4 m/s.
How the race unfolded
Running order after every lap. Biggest climber: George Russell, from P19 after lap 1 to P7. Hover or tap a driver to highlight.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Pit stop
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Order on track at the end of each lap; the last point is the official result, including penalties. ✕ = retired.
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| Driver | After lap 1 | Best | Result | +/− | Pit laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lando NORRIS | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17, 39, 56 |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | 3 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 14, 41 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | 6 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 22, 53 |
| Charles LECLERC | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 16, 36, 56 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | 4 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 13, 30, 56 |
| Isack HADJAR | 7 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 19, 42 |
| George RUSSELL | 19 | 7 | 7 | +12 | 27, 54 |
| Liam LAWSON | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 21, 42 |
| Nico HULKENBERG | 10 | 9 | 9 | +1 | 19, 39 |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | 9 | 8 | 10 | −1 | 20 |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | 13 | 8 | 11 | +2 | 29 |
| Pierre GASLY | 11 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 16, 39, 55 |
| Lance STROLL | 20 | 12 | 13 | +7 | 8, 37 |
| Fernando ALONSO | 15 | 10 | 14 | +1 | 34, 55 |
| Franco COLAPINTO | 14 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 15, 37 |
| Esteban OCON | 12 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 17, 35 |
| Alexander ALBON | 18 | 15 | 17 | +1 | 26, 54 |
| Carlos SAINZ | 17 | 15 | 18 | −1 | 18, 43, 54 |
| Oliver BEARMAN | 16 | 14 | 19 | −3 | 22, 42 |
| Oscar PIASTRI | 1 | 1 | DNF | – | 16, 33 |
| Sergio PEREZ | 22 | 20 | DNF | – | 1, 46 |
| Valtteri BOTTAS | 21 | 20 | DNF | – | – |
Gap to the leader
Seconds behind the leader at the end of each lap, top 10 finishers. The gap between the top two peaked at 18.4 s on lap 47.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Measured when each driver crosses the line. Gaps shrink behind a safety car; pit stops show as sudden jumps.
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| Driver | Lap 10 | Lap 20 | Lap 30 | Lap 40 | Lap 50 | Lap 60 | Lap 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lando NORRIS | +1.3 | +12.4 | +1.0 | +10.4 | Leader | Leader | Leader |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | +4.1 | +13.9 | +4.2 | Leader | +17.8 | +6.4 | +15.1 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | +7.2 | Leader | +10.3 | +3.4 | +6.2 | +12.7 | +18.6 |
| Charles LECLERC | +5.7 | +17.8 | +8.7 | +23.5 | +22.5 | +20.7 | +23.8 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | +4.6 | +15.3 | +10.4 | +14.1 | +13.2 | +14.4 | +19.6 |
| Isack HADJAR | +12.7 | +38.4 | +28.5 | +32.3 | +51.5 | +40.8 | +55.4 |
| George RUSSELL | +26.4 | +27.0 | +44.7 | +34.2 | +40.6 | +50.6 | +57.5 |
| Liam LAWSON | +17.6 | +26.9 | +51.9 | +54.0 | +82.5 | +86.7 | – |
| Nico HULKENBERG | +22.6 | +52.4 | +56.7 | +79.1 | +87.4 | +87.4 | – |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | +21.0 | +33.1 | +54.8 | +57.9 | +73.8 | +86.3 | – |
Tyre strategy by finishing position
Each bar is one set of tyres; the number is the stint length in laps. Hover a bar for details.
- SSoft
- MMedium
- HHard
- ?Unknown
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
DNF = did not finish. Lapped drivers end before the final lap.
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| Pos | Driver | Team | Stops | Stints (laps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 3 | Medium 17 → Hard 22 → Unknown 17 → Soft 14 |
| 2 | Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Medium 14 → Hard 27 → Soft 29 |
| 3 | Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 22 → Hard 31 → Hard 17 |
| 4 | Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 3 | Soft 16 → Hard 20 → Hard 20 → Soft 14 |
| 5 | Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 3 | Soft 13 → Hard 17 → Hard 26 → Soft 14 |
| 6 | Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Medium 19 → Hard 23 → Hard 28 |
| 7 | George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 27 → Hard 27 → Hard 16 |
| 8 | Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 2 | Medium 21 → Hard 21 → Soft 27 |
| 9 | Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 2 | Medium 19 → Hard 20 → Soft 30 |
| 10 | Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 1 | Medium 20 → Hard 49 |
| 11 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 1 | Soft 29 → Hard 40 |
| 12 | Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 3 | Medium 16 → Hard 23 → Hard 16 → Soft 14 |
| 13 | Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 2 | Soft 8 → Medium 29 → Soft 32 |
| 14 | Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 2 | Soft 34 → Medium 21 → Soft 14 |
| 15 | Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 2 | Medium 15 → Hard 22 → Hard 31 |
| 16 | Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Medium 17 → Hard 18 → Hard 33 |
| 17 | Alexander ALBON | Williams | 2 | Medium 26 → Hard 28 → Soft 14 |
| 18 | Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 3 | Soft 18 → Medium 25 → Soft 11 → Soft 14 |
| 19 | Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Medium 22 → Hard 20 → Hard 26 |
| DNF | Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 2 | Medium 16 → Hard 17 → Hard 22 |
| DNF | Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 2 | Medium 1 → Medium 45 → Soft 2 |
| DNF | Valtteri BOTTAS | Cadillac | 0 | Medium 13 |
Who was quickest in the pits?
Time from pit entry to pit exit for every stop. Racing Bulls had the fastest median; the quickest single stop was Arvid Lindblad on lap 20 (21.3 s).
- One pit stop
- Team median
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Pit lane time includes driving through the pit lane, so compare stops within a race, not across circuits.
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| Driver | Team | Lap | Pit lane time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 20 | 21.3 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 22 | 21.3 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 53 | 21.3 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 16 | 21.4 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 19 | 21.4 s |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 42 | 21.5 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 39 | 21.5 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 30 | 21.6 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 14 | 21.6 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 18 | 21.6 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 55 | 21.7 s |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 29 | 21.7 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 16 | 21.7 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 33 | 21.7 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 13 | 21.7 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 36 | 21.7 s |
| Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 8 | 21.7 s |
| Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 56 | 21.8 s |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 19 | 21.8 s |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 21 | 21.9 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 16 | 21.9 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 56 | 21.9 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 54 | 22.0 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 41 | 22.0 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 54 | 22.0 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 39 | 22.1 s |
| Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 17 | 22.1 s |
| Alexander ALBON | Williams | 26 | 22.1 s |
| Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 34 | 22.1 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 27 | 22.2 s |
| Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 37 | 22.2 s |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 42 | 22.2 s |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 35 | 22.3 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 42 | 22.3 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 56 | 22.4 s |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 17 | 22.5 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 22 | 22.5 s |
| Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 55 | 22.6 s |
| Alexander ALBON | Williams | 54 | 22.7 s |
| Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 15 | 22.9 s |
| Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 21 | 23.2 s |
| Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 37 | 24.2 s |
| Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 46 | 24.2 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 43 | 28.6 s |
Which tyre held up best?
Lap time trend by tyre age, relative to the start of each stint. Medium held up best; Hard lost 0.02 s per lap more as it aged.
- SSoft
- MMedium
- HHard
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Median of all clean laps at each tyre age (excludes in/out laps, safety car and outliers; lightly smoothed; tyre ages reached by few stints hidden). Not fuel-corrected: cars get lighter as fuel burns, which hides part of the wear, so compare compounds with each other rather than reading absolute values. Below zero means fuel burn-off outweighed tyre wear.
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| Compound | Stints | Trend per lap | Oldest tyre age shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 18 | +0.001 s/lap | 26 laps |
| Medium | 19 | −0.009 s/lap | 21 laps |
| Hard | 27 | +0.016 s/lap | 25 laps |
Who had the best race pace?
Lando Norris was quickest on clean laps (median 1:24.501), 0.244 s per lap ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
- Median lap
- Middle 50% of laps
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Clean laps only: excludes lap 1, in- and out-laps, safety car/VSC laps (56, 57, 58) and laps slower than 107% of the field median. Not corrected for fuel load or tyre age.
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| # | Driver | Median lap | Gap | Middle 50% | Clean laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando NORRIS | 1:24.501 | – | 1:23.618 – 1:25.328 | 62 |
| 2 | Lewis HAMILTON | 1:24.745 | +0.244 s | 1:24.228 – 1:25.502 | 62 |
| 3 | Charles LECLERC | 1:24.898 | +0.397 s | 1:24.215 – 1:25.668 | 62 |
| 4 | Oscar PIASTRI | 1:24.915 | +0.413 s | 1:24.418 – 1:25.496 | 50 |
| 5 | Kimi ANTONELLI | 1:25.009 | +0.507 s | 1:24.647 – 1:25.725 | 62 |
| 6 | Max VERSTAPPEN | 1:25.094 | +0.592 s | 1:23.972 – 1:25.572 | 62 |
| 7 | George RUSSELL | 1:25.320 | +0.818 s | 1:24.365 – 1:26.587 | 62 |
| 8 | Isack HADJAR | 1:25.490 | +0.989 s | 1:24.323 – 1:26.389 | 62 |
| 9 | Liam LAWSON | 1:26.359 | +1.858 s | 1:25.667 – 1:26.921 | 60 |
| 10 | Nico HULKENBERG | 1:26.399 | +1.898 s | 1:25.451 – 1:27.125 | 60 |
| 11 | Pierre GASLY | 1:26.632 | +2.131 s | 1:25.359 – 1:27.373 | 60 |
| 12 | Arvid LINDBLAD | 1:26.706 | +2.204 s | 1:26.278 – 1:27.406 | 62 |
| 13 | Lance STROLL | 1:26.919 | +2.418 s | 1:25.574 – 1:27.535 | 60 |
| 14 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | 1:27.132 | +2.631 s | 1:25.843 – 1:27.684 | 62 |
| 15 | Franco COLAPINTO | 1:27.245 | +2.744 s | 1:26.084 – 1:28.112 | 59 |
| 16 | Fernando ALONSO | 1:27.313 | +2.811 s | 1:25.737 – 1:28.174 | 62 |
| 17 | Esteban OCON | 1:27.337 | +2.836 s | 1:26.338 – 1:27.861 | 59 |
| 18 | Carlos SAINZ | 1:27.779 | +3.278 s | 1:27.201 – 1:28.386 | 58 |
| 19 | Alexander ALBON | 1:27.928 | +3.427 s | 1:27.250 – 1:28.505 | 60 |
| 20 | Oliver BEARMAN | 1:28.033 | +3.532 s | 1:27.103 – 1:28.489 | 57 |
| 21 | Sergio PEREZ | 1:28.905 | +4.404 s | 1:27.763 – 1:29.551 | 40 |
| 22 | Valtteri BOTTAS | 1:28.969 | +4.468 s | 1:28.836 – 1:29.202 | 12 |