The Hungarian Grand Prix 2019 was the 12th round of the 2019 F1 season, and took place at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, on August 4th.
Lewis Hamilton won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Max Verstappen, who originally had the pole position, and Sebastian Vettel completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 24 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 27-29: 6 stops
The fastest pit stop was Max Verstappen's, stopping the clock at 21.164 seconds during his pit stop on lap 67, while the slowest one was was Valtteri Bottas's, who stopped the clock at 33.328 seconds, 12.164 seconds slower than Verstappen, during his pit stop on lap 5.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
We saw a variety of options in terms of pit stop strategies during this race, however most drivers chose a 1 stop. Only Valtteri Bottas, Lance Stroll, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton decided to try something different with a 2 stops strategy.
The race winner, Lewis Hamilton, was on a 2 stops strategy.
1 stop
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1Antonio Giovinazzi
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1George Russell
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-Robert Kubica
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5Sergio Pérez
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11Romain Grosjean
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2Daniil Kvyat
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-Charles Leclerc
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-Pierre Gasly
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2Lando Norris
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2Alexander Albon
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3Kimi Räikkönen
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3Carlos Sainz
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1Nico Hülkenberg
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1Kevin Magnussen
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2Sebastian Vettel
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6Daniel Ricciardo
2 stops
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6Valtteri Bottas
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1Lance Stroll
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1Max Verstappen
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2Lewis Hamilton
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 1 stop strategy lost an average of 1 positions, while those on a 2 stops strategy lost an average of 1 positions.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 1 stop strategy was the best option, even if Lewis Hamilton managed to win the race making 2 stops.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Hungaroring, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 1 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, .
Water pressure
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Romain GrosjeanLap 49
Qualifying
Max Verstappen managed to get the pole position by 0.018 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:14.572. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Valtteri Bottas.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 13 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that all of the drivers that took place in Q3 managed to improve their times in this last session.