2018 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 12 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 29 July 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Magyar Nagydíj 2018 | ||||
Location |
Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.381 km (2.722 miles) | ||||
Distance | 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.531 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:35.658 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
Time | 1:20.012 on lap 46 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Rolex Magyar Nagydíj 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 July 2018 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. The race was the 12th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 34th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 33rd time the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 17-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship, and extended it to 24 points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 8 points before the race, and they further extended their lead to 10 points.[2]