Hungarian GP Facts & Figures

By BMW WilliamsF1 Team
July 25 2005

 
Facts & Figures
 
Circuit/Date Hungaroring/31st July 2005
Start time (local/GMT) 14:00 hrs/12:00 hrs
Lap/Race distance 4.381 km/306.663 km (70 laps)
Winner 2004 Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari)
Pole 2004 Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari), 1:19.146 min
Lap record Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari), 1:19.071 min (2004)

F1 statistics:

BMW WilliamsF1 Team
97 starts, 10 wins, 17 poles
WilliamsF1 pre-2000 356 starts, 103 wins, 108 poles
BMW pre-2000 97 starts, 9 wins, 15 poles

History and background:

The Hungarian Grand Prix has been staged since 1986 and 2005 is its 20th
anniversary this year. The circuit has undergone repeated modifications, most
recently for the 2003 GP when the circuit was extended from 3.975 kilometres to
4.381 km. The current variant is the longest Hungaroring in history. Even the
original course (1986 to 1988) covered a distance of just 4.014 kilometres. The
Hungaroring is situated about 20 minutes’ drive northeast of the city centre.
Before the inauguration of the current Formula One World Championship, just one race was held in a park on the outskirts of Budapest in 1936. It was won by Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo.

WilliamsF1 won the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 1986 with Nelson Piquet and has claimed victory in seven of the 19 GPs held there. Nigel Mansell secured his title in Hungary in 1992. The best results achieved by the BMW WilliamsF1 Team on the Hungaroring are two third places (2002 and 2003).

In 1873, the two towns of Buda and Pest on either side of the Danube were united. The chain bridge connecting them (1839-49) is as much a landmark of the city as the baroque royal castle that towers above the city on the Buda side. The Castle District with its narrow streets on the banks of the river has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the opposite bank, the imposing neoclassical buildings, green spaces and boulevards on the Pest plain make for a more open urban setting.

One in five Hungarians lives in the capital, swelling its population to two million. The city has prospered primarily from its location on the Danube trade route, as well as from its numerous hot springs. Budapest is the economic and cultural heart of the country and boasts a large number of universities and museums.
 
 
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