FACTS AND STATISTICS: Hamilton Hits 200 Podiums As Piastri Becomes First Winner Born This Century

Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix threw up some fascinating figures, as Oscar Piastri became Formula 1’s newest winner and Lewis Hamilton came away as the first driver in history to secure 200 podium finishes. Want more? Here’s our post-race round-up for you…

 

• Today’s was McLaren’s 49th one-two finish, though they had only had one in the last 14 years (Monza 2021 with Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris).

• McLaren’s last Hungary one-two was in 1999 with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.

• Piastri is the fifth Australian to win a world championship Grand Prix, following in the footsteps of Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo.

• Piastri is the first F1 race winner born in the 21st century (April 2001).

• Incidentally, at the last race, Lewis Hamilton was the oldest winner of the 21st century.

• Piastri is the 115th driver to win a world championship Grand Prix.

• It’s the first time two drivers from the same team have taken their maiden wins in the same season since Williams in 2001 with Ralf Schumacher and Juan-Pablo Montoya.

• This is the 44th race victory for a driver from Australia, passing Italy for seventh on the all-time nations’ table.

• There have now been seven different winners this season, the most in the hybrid era (the last season in which there were more was in 2012 with eight winners).

• Norris has now finished second 12 times in his career, but only has one win.

• McLaren now have 11 podium finishes this year, but this is the first time this season both drivers have finished on the podium in the same race.

• After finishing P3, Hamilton becomes the first driver in history to reach 200 career podium finishes (Michael Schumacher is second on 155).

• It was Hamilton’s 12th career podium finish at the Hungaroring.

• Following his win at the last round, it was the first time Hamilton has finished on the podium in consecutive races since Spain and Canada 2023.

• With P4 for Ferrari, Charles Leclerc scored as many points today (12) as in the previous four Grands Prix combined.

• Max Verstappen crossed the line in P5 for Red Bull, having suffered a collision for the second time in three Grands Prix (he made contact with Norris in Austria), and finished in same position.

• In the second Ferrari, Carlos Sainz took P6 for his ninth consecutive points finish at the Hungaroring.

• In the second Red Bull, Sergio Perez finished in P7, having started 16th on the grid.

• Perez does not have a top-six finish in the last seven Grands Prix.

• George Russell was P8 after starting 17th on the grid.

• Russell has only scored four points in the two Grands Prix since he won in Austria.

• Yuki Tsunoda was P9 for RB, his seventh points finish of the season.

• Lance Stroll beat Aston Martin team mate Fernando Alonso to the final point by 4.484s.

• Stroll also finished 10th in the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.

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