McLaren could equal their longest streak of 1-2 finishes, Hamilton could become the first driver to lead 500 laps at a single circuit and Verstappen makes his 200th start with Red Bull. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix!
THE 2025 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the 1,139th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
The 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the 40th time that Formula 1 has raced in Hungary. It will be the 41st Hungarian Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1936 and the 40th time that the event has been held as a round of the World Championship.
The Hungaroring becomes the eighth circuit to have hosted as many as 40 F1 races.
Max Verstappen is set to make his 200th start with Red Bull at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix. He becomes only the second driver to make as many as 200 starts with a single team, after Lewis Hamilton who made 246 starts with Mercedes between 2013 and 2024.
Charles Leclerc makes his 140th start with Ferrari this weekend, overtaking Felipe Massa as the driver who has made the third-most starts with the Scuderia. After this weekend, only Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen will have made more starts with Ferrari than Leclerc.
The 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the seventh F1 race to take place on August 3. The German Grand Prix was held on this day in 1952, 1958, 1969, 1975 and 2003, while the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix was the last race held on this date.
Lap 56 of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will be the 2,900th racing lap at the Hungaroring in its history on the F1 calendar.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
McLaren have recorded 1-2 results in all of the last three Grands Prix. Another 1-2 finish in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would see McLaren equal the longest streak of 1-2 finishes in their history. The only other time they’ve taken four 1-2 finishes was between the 1988 German and Belgian Grands Prix.
A victory for McLaren would mark the team’s 200th Grand Prix win. McLaren would become the second team to reach the milestone, after Ferrari. Ferrari secured their 200th victory at the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix.
If Lewis Hamilton leads 13 laps of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have led as many as 500 laps at a circuit in Formula 1.
If Oscar Piastri leads the Drivers’ Championship after the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, he’d set a new record for the most consecutive races after which an Australian driver has been top of the standings. It would be the tenth round in a row after which he has led. Jack Brabham led after all nine races in the 1959 season.
Ollie Bearman has finished 11th in all of the last four Grands Prix. Another 11th place finish this weekend would see Bearman set a new record for the most consecutive finishes in a position other than first.
A victory for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would be his ninth win at the Hungaroring. It would see him equal his own record for most wins at single circuit, having won at Silverstone nine times between 2008 and 2024.
Unless Lance Stroll wins the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, he will equal Romain Grosjean for fifth on the list of most F1 starts without taking a victory.
A podium finish for Lando Norris will mark the 200th podium finish for car number 4 in Formula 1. It would become the fifth car number to make 200 podium appearances.
A podium finish for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would be his 13th top three finish at the Hungaroring. It would be only the second time that a driver has taken as many as 13 podium finishes at a single circuit, after Hamilton himself at Silverstone.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would see him become the first driver to secure as many as ten pole positions at a single circuit. He took his ninth pole at the Hungaroring in 2023.
Victory for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would see Hungary equal Britain as the country in which he has recorded the most wins. Hamilton has recorded nine wins in Britain and eight to date in Hungary. Michael Schumacher is the only other driver to have won as many as nine times in a single country.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 108th pole, overtaking Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would be his 45th pole with Red Bull, overtaking Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him overtake Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
Victory for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would see him become the fourth driver – after Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to record as many as three wins at the Hungaroring.
Ferrari have the most podiums of any team at the Hungaroring, with 26, but their record could be equalled or overtaken at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix by McLaren, who have 25 top three results at the track to date.
If Lewis Hamilton leads 13 laps of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have led 500 laps at a single circuit in F1 history.
A fastest lap for Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen would make them the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen – to record as many as three fastest laps at the Hungaroring.
Williams and Ferrari are tied as the teams with the most fastest laps at the Hungaroring, with nine each. Either team could set a new record in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, while Red Bull could equal the existing record.
If Lewis Hamilton scores 14 points in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have scored 300 points in the event’s history.
38 points for Ferrari in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will see them become the first team to record 500 points in the event’s history.
Lewis Hamilton leads the way for most points-scoring appearances and most top ten finishes at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with 17. He could set a new record this weekend, or his current total could be equalled by Fernando Alonso.
Fernando Alonso has finished more races at the Hungaroring than any other driver, with 18 finishes. He could extend the record to 19 in the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix. If he fails to do so, his existing tally can be equalled by Lewis Hamilton.
Oscar Piastri is one of only three drivers – along with Antonio Pizzonia and Johnny Dumfries – who holds a 100% points-scoring rate at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He’ll be hoping to maintain that record at the track where he took his maiden Grand Prix win last year.
A first lap retirement for Charles Leclerc at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would see him become the first driver to record three first lap DNFs at the Hungaroring. Lance Stroll could equal the current record, which is shared between Leclerc, Eddie Irvine and Rubens Barrichello.
2025 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Pole position for Lando Norris at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix would make him the sixth driver to take consecutive poles at the Hungaroring and would see him equal the record for the longest pole streak at the track.
Mercedes and McLaren are currently tied as the teams with the most pole positions at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with nine apiece. Either team could become the first to reach ten poles here at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix, while Ferrari could equal the existing record.
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are tied for the most top ten qualifications at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with 17 apiece. Either driver could set a new record on Saturday.
Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will all be hoping to hold on to their 100% Q3 appearance records at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
A Q2 exit for Nico Hulkenberg would see him equal Sergio Perez for the most Q2 eliminations in Hungary.
George Russell is currently tied with Kevin Magnussen and Marcus Ericsson for the most Q1 exits at the Hungarian Grand Prix. He could become the first driver to record five Q1 exits here this weekend, while Yuki Tsunoda could equal the existing record of four.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s fifth oldest winner – and the oldest since Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.