Hungarian Grand Prix Statfile

21 July 2016 11:53

The Formula One paddock has parked up on the outskirts of Budapest for the 11th round of the championship.

Here, Press Association Sport has compiled a list of the key statistics and trivia heading into Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

* Defending champion Lewis Hamilton moved to within one point of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the championship following his third successive victory at the British Grand Prix, and fourth of his career. Only Alain Prost (five) has won more times at Silverstone than Hamilton.

* Max Verstappen inherited second place at Silverstone after Rosberg was hit with a post-race 10-second penalty for a breach in team radio rules. It means Verstappen, 18, has now scored 77 points since moving to Red Bull. Hamilton, on 110 points, is the only driver to have scored a greater tally over the same period.

* Verstappen's Red Bull team have moved to within just six points of Ferrari, and the British Grand Prix was one to forget for Sebastian Vettel who crossed the line only in ninth - his worst finish since the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

* A win at the Hungaroring on Sunday would make Hamilton the most successful driver in the history of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton is currently tied on four wins (2007, 2009, 2012 and 2013) with Michael Schumacher.

* Schumacher, the seven-time world champion, has also led more laps here (296) than any other driver. But Hamilton will eclipse that record if he leads 19 laps on Sunday.

* Aside from Hamilton, five previous winners of the Hungarian Grand Prix are set to start on Sunday. Both Fernando Alonso (2003) and Jenson Button (2006) won their first race here, while Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo have also triumphed in Budapest.

* Hamilton has failed to win in Hungary for the past two seasons, but it has not prevented him from winning the championship. Indeed it has been 12 years since the winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix (Schumacher in 2004) has gone on to win the title.

* Schumacher (seven) holds the record for the most poles here, but only 13 of the 30 previous races staged at the Hungaroring have been won from the front slot on the grid.

Venue: Hungaroring, Budapest

Circuit length: 4.381km/2.722miles

Laps: 70

Race distance: 306.630km/190.531miles

Lap record: 1min 19.071secs (Michael Schumacher, 2004)

2015 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1min 22.020secs

2015 winner: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)

2015 fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1min 24.821secs

Number of corners: 14 (8 left/6 right)

Tyre compounds to be used: supersoft/soft/medium

Bumpiness: low/medium. The track has been re-surfaced for this year's race.

Overtaking chance: low

Engine severity: low

Brake wear severity: medium/high

Gearbox severity: medium

Winners from pole position since 2004: 4

Number of safety cars deployed since 2004: 5

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Schedule (British Summer Time)

Friday 22nd July

Free Practice 1: 09:00-10:30

Free Practice 2: 13:00-14:30

Saturday 23rd July

Free Practice 3: 10:00-11:00

Qualifying: 13:00

Sunday 24th July

Hungarian Grand Prix: 13:00

Source: PA