2023 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Hungary  2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 22 in the 2023 Formula One season
Layout of the Hungaroring
Layout of the Hungaroring
Date 23 July 2023 (2023-07-23)
Official name Formula 1 Qatar Airways Hungarian Grand Prix 2023
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.531 mi)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 303,000[1]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:16.609
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time 1:20.504 on lap 53
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Lap leaders

The 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Hungarian Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 23 July 2023 at the Hungaroring circuit in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

The race saw the first pole position for Lewis Hamilton since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen won the race, allowing Red Bull Racing to break the record for most consecutive wins for a constructor, with 12. The race also marked the return of Daniel Ricciardo as a full time driver, replacing Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of 21–23 July. It was the eleventh round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the 39th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix.[2]

Championship standings before the race

Coming into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 99 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Fernando Alonso third, a further 19 points behind. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship, leading Mercedes by 208 points and Aston Martin by a further 22 points.[3]

Entrants

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See also: 2023 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of Daniel Ricciardo, who replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri starting from this Grand Prix.[4][5]

Tyre choices

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Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[6]

A reduction in allocated tyre sets from the standard 13 to 11 was trialled during this Grand Prix, with the intention of making tyre usage more sustainable. The usage of tyre compounds during qualifying was mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2 and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry.[7]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event, consisted of two one-hour sessions on 21 July, at 13:30 and 18:00 local time (UTC+2), and a one-hour practice session on 22 July at 13:30.[8] The first practice session was red-flagged twice after Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz Jr. crashed in changing conditions; Pérez's crash inflicted heavy damage to his Red Bull Racing RB19, and Sainz was able to recover to the road as the red flag was waved.[9] The first session ended with George Russell fastest ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lance Stroll.[10] Charles Leclerc was fastest in the second practice session, with Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly finishing second and third, respectively.[11] The third session ended with Lewis Hamilton fastest, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez finishing second and third, respectively.[12]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 22 July 2023, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).[8]

Qualifying report

Hards were used for the first segment, Q1, where Zhou Guanyu was fastest in his Alfa Romeo in front of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez. A brief scuffle with traffic towards the end of the first session was detrimental to George Russell, who alongside Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant, Yuki Tsunoda and Alexander Albon were all knocked out. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll were investigated for impeding. No action was taken.[13]

Mediums were used for the second segment, Q2. Lando Norris led the session early on with Oscar Piastri behind him. Verstappen initially topped the timesheets but his lap was deleted due to track limits. Nico Hülkenberg was sixth as Bottas returned to fourth. Tenth-placed Fernando Alonso snuck into the final segment (Q3) by a gap of 0.002 seconds, knocking out Carlos Sainz Jr. Sainz was joined by Daniel Ricciardo, Esteban Ocon, Stroll and Pierre Gasly as part of the group all knocked out.

Softs were used for the third and final segment, Q3. This was Pérez's first time in Q3 since the Miami Grand Prix two months ago; he would qualify ninth, ahead of Hülkenberg. Verstappen put his car on provisional pole until Hamilton pushed through to make his first pole position since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – and breaking a streak of consecutive Verstappen poles dating back to the Miami Grand Prix. Zhou put up the highest qualifying performance of his career in fifth, with his teammate Bottas in seventh behind Charles Leclerc. Norris and Piastri continued to show the McLaren MCL60's newfound pace by qualifying third and fourth. Alonso was in eighth.[14][15]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.577 1:17.427 1:16.609 1
2 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:18.318 1:17.547 1:16.612 2
3 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.697 1:17.328 1:16.694 3
4 81 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.464 1:17.571 1:16.905 4
5 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:18.143 1:17.700 1:16.971 5
6 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.440 1:17.580 1:16.992 6
7 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:18.775 1:17.563 1:17.034 7
8 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:18.580 1:17.701 1:17.035 8
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:18.360 1:17.675 1:17.045 9
10 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 1:18.695 1:17.652 1:17.186 10
11 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:18.393 1:17.703 N/A 11
12 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:18.854 1:17.841 N/A 12
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 1:18.906 1:18.002 N/A 13
14 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:18.782 1:18.144 N/A 14
15 10 France Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1:18.743 1:18.217 N/A 15
16 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:18.917 N/A N/A 16
17 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 1:18.919 N/A N/A 17
18 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1:19.027 N/A N/A 18
19 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:19.206 N/A N/A 19
20 2 United States Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 1:19.248 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:23.613
Source:[16][17]

Race

The race was held on 23 July 2023, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2).[8]

Race report

At the start, Max Verstappen overtook polesitter Lewis Hamilton into turn 1 and led the rest of the 70-lap race comfortably, initially with Oscar Piastri behind him. Also in turn 1, Zhou Guanyu, after a poor start, rear-ended Daniel Ricciardo, who was pushed into the back of Ocon. This pushed Ocon into Gasly, with the latter two retiring. This meant Ricciardo was momentarily in last place.

Tyre changes shook up the order, with Pérez ending up second behind Verstappen, who was leading comfortably; Verstappen would come into the pits himself and retain his lead. Charles Leclerc was under attack by Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz Jr., but Stroll fell behind as Fernando Alonso moved past him. Pérez stopping meant that Lando Norris was second, and Pérez soon overtook Norris' teammate Piastri for fourth with a small push for Piastri into the grass, which stewards did not investigate. Soon, Hamilton took Piastri's spot but could not catch Pérez. Leclerc sped in the pit lane, at a speed of 80.7 km/h (50.1 mph) compared to a limit of 80 km/h (50 mph), and received a five-second penalty.

By the end of the race, Verstappen pulled out a 33-second gap – Verstappen's highest of the season – as Norris continued to defend against Pérez. Logan Sargeant had a spin, resulting in his retirement. Red Bull won the race, breaking the record for most consecutive wins by a constructor, with 12, McLaren had previously held the record since 1988, with 11 consecutive wins. McLaren's Norris took second place with Piastri in fifth. Alonso and Stroll were ninth and tenth, respectively. Second place for Norris marked the first time in his Formula One career that he had claimed back to back podiums and the first time McLaren had achieved consecutive podiums since they achieved back to back wins with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at the 2012 United States Grand Prix and 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, respectively.[18][19][20][21]

Post race

On the podium, Norris accidentally broke Verstappen's trophy – a hand-made Herend vase valued at about $45,000 – during the celebrations. Norris initially poked fun at the incident, "blaming" Verstappen for it, although he subsequently apologised to Verstappen and his team. Herend produced a replacement trophy at no cost, which was presented to Verstappen in late August with Norris in attendance holding a fake invoice for the trophy.[22][23]

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 70 1:38:08.634 2 261
2 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 70 +33.731 3 18
3 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 70 +37.603 9 15
4 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 +39.134 1 12
5 81 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1:02.572 4 10
6 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 70 +1:05.825 18 8
7 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 70 +1:10.3172 6 6
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 70 +1:11.073 11 4
9 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 70 +1:15.709 8 2
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 14 1
11 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 16
12 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 7
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 69 +1 lap 13
14 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 10
15 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 69 +1 lap 17
16 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 5
17 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 19
183 2 United States Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 67 Withdrew 20
Ret 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 2 Collision 12
Ret 10 France Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1 Collision 15
Fastest lap: Netherlands Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:20.504 (lap 53)
Source:[17][24][25][26]

Notes

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[25]
  • ^2 – Charles Leclerc finished sixth, but he received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[24]
  • ^3 – Logan Sargeant was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.[24]

Championship standings after the race

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For full season standings, see 2023 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

References

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