Lewis Hamilton became the first driver in history to secure 200 podium finishes, and Oscar Piastri became the latest winner in Formula 1 at Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Desire more? Here is our recap of the race for you.
Although McLaren had only had one one-two finish in the previous 14 years (Monza 2021 with Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris), this was their 49th one-two finish overall.
When Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard won the Hungary race in 1999, McLaren was the team that did so.
After Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, Mark Webber, and Daniel Ricciardo, Piastri is the sixth Australian to win a world championship Grand Prix.
The first Formula One race winner born in the twenty-first century is Piastri (April 2001).
By the way, Lewis Hamilton became the oldest race winner of the twenty-first century at the last race.
Piastri is the 115th driver to win a Grand Prix in the world championship.
Since Williams in 2001, when Ralf Schumacher and Juan-Pablo Montoya won their first races together, this is the first time that two drivers from the same team have done so.
Australia’s driver has now won 44 races, moving up to seventh place in the all-time nations’ table, ahead of Italy.
This season has produced seven different champions, which is a record for the hybrid era (the last season with eight winners was 2012).
Throughout his career, Norris has only won once and finished second twelve times overall.
Although McLaren has already finished on the podium eleven times this year, this is the first time both drivers have done so in the same race.
After getting into a collision for the second time in three Grands Prix (he touched Norris in Austria), Max Verstappen crossed the finish line in P5 for Red Bull.
At the Hungaroring, Carlos Sainz secured P6 in the second Ferrari, marking his ninth straight point finish.
After starting 16th on the grid, Sergio Perez ended in P7 in the second Red Bull.
In the previous seven Grands Prix, Perez has failed to finish in the top six.
George Russell began the grid in 17th place and finished in P8.
Since winning in Austria, Russell has only scored four points from the two Grands Prix.
Yuki Tsunoda finished P9 for RB, his seventh season-high point total.
Lance Stroll won the last point by 4.484 seconds over Fernando Alonso, his teammate at Aston Martin.
In the Hungarian Grand Prix of 2023, Stroll also placed tenth.
