Hungary For the Record

Posted on Tuesday 29 Jul 2008 and tagged with hungary, for-the-record.

Seventh Heaven
Williams has won the Hungarian Grand Prix more often than any other team, with seven wins in total. Nelson Piquet (in 1986 and 1987), Damon Hill (in 1993 and 1995) and Jacques Villeneuve (1996 and 1997) have all won the race twice, with Thierry Boutsen adding to the roll of honour in 1990.

1
For the first time in his Williams career, Ricardo Patrese was on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix in 1989. He claimed pole for Williams five more times, but had to wait almost two years before the next time, at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1991.

Like Father, Like Son
When Damon Hill won the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix, not only was it his first ever Grand Prix win, it was also the first win by the son of a GP winner, some 31 years after Graham Hill’s first victory in the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

1995
Just two years after his first win, Damon Hill set the 10th pole position of his career at the 1995 Hungarian GP. He certainly took advantage of his position, also setting the fastest lap on his way to leading a Williams one-two with David Coulthard finishing in second place.

25
Nigel Mansell’s pole position for the 1987 Hungarian GP brought another landmark for the team, the 25th fastest qualifier.