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!colspan=2 style="color: white; background: darkred;"|'''[[Hungary|Hungarian]] Grand Prix'''
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|Country  || {{flagiconhungary}} Hungary
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|  Circuit              ||   [[Hungaroring]] 
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|  Circuit image        ||    
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|  Laps                 ||   70 
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|  Circuit length km    ||   4.38 
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|  Circuit length mi    ||   2.72 
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|  Race length km       ||   306.66 
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|  Most wins driver     ||   {{flagiconGER}} [[Michael Schumacher]] (4) 
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|  Most wins constructor   ||   {{flagiconGBR}} [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] (7) <br/> {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]] (7) 
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|  Race length mi       ||   190.55 
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|  Current year         ||   2007 
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|  Winner               ||   {{flagiconGBR}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] 
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|  Winning team         ||   {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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|  Winning time         ||   1:35:52.991 
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|  Pole driver          ||   {{flagiconGBR}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] 
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|  Pole team            ||   {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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|  Pole time            ||   1:19.781 
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|  Fastest lap driver   ||   {{flagiconFIN}} [[Kimi Räikkönen]] 
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|  Fastest lap team     ||   {{flagiconITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 
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| Fastest lap          ||   1:20.047
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The first '''Hungarian Grand Prix''' ({{lang-hu|Magyar Nagydíj}}) was held on [[June 21]], [[1936]] over a {{convert|3.1|mi|km|sing=on}} track laid out in [[Népliget]], a park in [[Budapest]]. The [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Auto Union]], and [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing [[World War II|war]] meant the end of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] in the country for fifty years.

A major coup by [[Bernie Ecclestone]], the [[1986 Hungarian Grand Prix]] was the first [[Formula One]] race to take place behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. Held at the twisty [[Hungaroring]] near [[Budapest]], the race has been a mainstay of the racing calendar.  Run in the heat of a central European summer, it also holds the distinction of being the only current Grand Prix venue that had never seen a wet race up until the [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix]]. The first Grand Prix saw 200,000 people spectating, although tickets were expensive at the time.  Today, the support is still very enthusiastic, particularly from Finns, mainly because the Finns and the Hungarians both speak [[Finno-Ugric languages]], which are not part of the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] family of [[languages]].

Due to the nature of the track, narrow, twisty and often dusty because of under-use, the Hungarian Grand Prix is associated with processional races, with sometimes many cars following one another, unable to pass. [[Thierry Boutsen]] demonstrated this perfectly in 1990, keeping his slower [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] car in front of champion-elect [[Ayrton Senna]], unable to find a way by. The secret to a winning performance at Hungaroring, as well as qualifying well, is pit strategy, best demonstrated in 1998, where [[Michael Schumacher]]'s [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team changed his strategy mid-race before Schumacher put in one of his finest drives to build up a winning margin after all the stops had been made. Passing is a rarity here, although the 1989 race saw a famously bullish performance from [[Nigel Mansell]] in the Ferrari, who started from 12th on the grid and passed car after car, finally taking the lead in splendid opportunist style when Ayrton Senna was baulked by a slower runner. The circuit was modified slightly in 2003 in an attempt to allow more passing.

Other notable occasions in Budapest include first Grand Prix wins for [[Damon Hill]] in 1993, [[Fernando Alonso]] (in 2003), the first Grand Prix winner from [[Spain]], who also became the youngest ever driver to win a GP and [[Jenson Button]] in an incident-packed race in 2006. Also noteworthy is Damon Hill's stunning near win in the unfancied [[Arrows]]-[[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] in 1997, when his car lost drive on the last lap causing him to coast in second place.

In 2001, Michael Schumacher equalled [[Alain Prost]]'s then record 51 Grand Prix wins at the Hungaroring, in the drive which also secured his 4th World Title.

The 2006 Grand Prix was the first to be held here in wet conditions. It also saw Mansell's seventeen-year-old record of winning from 12th broken, as Button took his victory from 14th place on the grid.

== Sponsors ==
[[Pop 84]] Magyar Nagydíj '''1988-1990'''<br />
[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] Magyar Nagydíj '''1991-2005'''<br />
[[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] Magyar Nagydíj '''2006'''<br />
[[Agip]] Magyar Nagydíj '''2007'''<br />
[[ING Group|ING]] Magyar Nagydíj '''2008'''

== Winners of the Hungarian Grands Prix ==

=== Repeat Winners ===

Only includes World Championship events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" border=1 cellpadding=3
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! Number of wins
! Driver
! Years
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! 4
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
| [[1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|1994]], [[1998 Hungarian Grand Prix|1998]], [[2001 Hungarian Grand Prix|2001]], [[2004 Hungarian Grand Prix|2004]]
|-
! 3
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|1988]], [[1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|1991]], [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|1992]]
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| [[1986 Hungarian Grand Prix|1986]], [[1987 Hungarian Grand Prix|1987]]
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| {{flagiconUK}} [[Damon Hill]]
| [[1993 Hungarian Grand Prix|1993]], [[1995 Hungarian Grand Prix|1995]]
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| {{flagiconCanada}} [[Jacques Villeneuve]]
| [[1996 Hungarian Grand Prix|1996]], [[1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|1997]]
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| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Mika Häkkinen]]
| [[1999 Hungarian Grand Prix|1999]], [[2000 Hungarian Grand Prix|2000]]
|}

===Year By Year===

''A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" border=1 cellpadding=3
|- tr BGCOLOR="darkred"
! Year
! Driver 
! Constructor
! Location
! Report

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! [[2007 Formula One season|2007]]
|{{flagiconUnited Kingdom}} [[Lewis Hamilton]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[2006 Formula One season|2006]]
| {{flagiconUK}} [[Jenson Button]]
| [[Honda F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]
| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Kimi Räikkönen]]
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2005 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2004 Formula One season|2004]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2004 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2003 Formula One season|2003]]
| {{flagiconSpain}} [[Fernando Alonso]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2003 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2002 Formula One season|2002]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Rubens Barrichello]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2002 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2001 Formula One season|2001]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] 
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2001 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[2000 Formula One season|2000]]
| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Mika Häkkinen]] 
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[2000 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1999 Formula One season|1999]]
| {{flagiconFinland}} [[Mika Häkkinen]] 
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1999 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1998 Formula One season|1998]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] 
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1998 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1997 Formula One season|1997]]
| {{flagiconCanada}} [[Jacques Villeneuve]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1996 Formula One season|1996]]
| {{flagiconCanada}} [[Jacques Villeneuve]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1996 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1995 Formula One season|1995]]
| {{flagiconUK}} [[Damon Hill]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1995 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]
| {{flagiconGermany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] 
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1993 Formula One season|1993]]
| {{flagiconUK}} [[Damon Hill]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1993 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1992 Formula One season|1992]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] 
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1991 Formula One season|1991]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] 
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1990 Formula One season|1990]]
| {{flagiconBelgium}} [[Thierry Boutsen]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1989 Formula One season|1989]]
| {{flagiconUK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] 
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1988 Formula One season|1988]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] 
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1987 Formula One season|1987]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Nelson Piquet]] 
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1987 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1986 Formula One season|1986]]
| {{flagiconBrazil}} [[Nelson Piquet]] 
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Hungaroring]]
| [[1986 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#DDDDDD"
! 1937<br>-85
|COLSPAN=4| ''Not held''
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
! [[1936 Grand Prix season|1936]]
| {{flagiconItaly|old}} [[Tazio Nuvolari]]
| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[Népliget]]
| [[1936 Hungarian Grand Prix|Report]]
|}



== External links ==
* [http://www.hungaroinfo.com/formel1 Official Website of the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix]

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