Post-GP Statistical Analysis: Hungary

Kovalainen for 100

Heikki Kovalainen became the 100th winner in Formula One history - and the fourth Finn, after Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen.

Kovalainen scored the third McLaren win in a row, and the Woking-based team didn't record a straight of three consecutive wins since Monaco, Canada and USA last year.

With this win, Finland has matched Italy at the fifth all-time spot in the wins-per-country chart. At the top, Great Britain rules with 198 wins. The last win for Italy came in the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix with Giancarlo Fisichella.

First podium for Glock

Timo Glock scored his maiden podium in Hungary. He is the 12th driver on the podium this year and also the 12th driver to score a podium for Germany.

This is the second podium for Toyota this season, the Japanese manufacturer didn't score more than a podium since 2005, when at the end of the year it counted five podiums.

Hamilton's tenth pole

Lewis Hamilton in Hungary clinched his tenth pole, matching Jochen Rindt at the 29th all-time spot. Hamilton is the third-fastest driver to reach ten pole positions in Formula One history.

The fastest was Juan Manuel Fangio, who conquered his tenth pole at his 20th race, the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix. Second is Alberto Ascari, who reached the milestone in France the same year, at his 22nd race. In third place, alongside Hamilton, are Jim Clark (Great Britain 1963) and Jacques Villeneuve (Belgium 1997).

Qualifying notes

• For the first time this year McLaren were able to fill the front row. That hasn't happened since the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix. In 2007, McLaren filled the front row five times, winning in all cases, three times scoring a double.

• Kimi Raikkonen missed the front row for the third straight race, which has not happened to him since Hungary (3rd), Turkey (3rd) and Italy (5th) last year.

• Best career result for Timo Glock, who before the Hungarian Gran Prix counted as personal best an eighth place, scored in the French Grand Prix this year.

• Worst qualifying spot of the season for Nick Heidfeld, who has not qualified this low down the grid since Germany 2006.

Race notes

• Kimi Raikkonen ended his seven straight race without a win. To find a longer winning drought for the Finn we have to go back to the 2005-2006 seasons. From China 2005 to Brazil 2006 he was for 19 races without a win. He then went to Ferrari and won the first race of the 2007 season.

• A Ferrari engine was in the points in Hungary for the 46th straight race, tying at the third all-time place the record set by Renault from Monaco 1991 to Brazil 1994.

• Fernando Alonso equalled his best result of the season, a fourth he scored in the opening race in Melbourne.

• First back-to-back points finish for Nelsinho Piquet, who scored points in three of the last four races.

• Worst result of the season for BMW Sauber, who racked up only a point with Kubica, while Heidfeld finished 10th. Before Hungary, the worst showing for BMW Sauber was France, with a fifth by Kubica and a 13th by Heidfeld. The last time the Swiss-German team scored only one point was last year in the US GP.

• Best result of the season for Toyota, who scored ten points in Hungary. To find a higher points tally for the Japanese team in a single race, we have to go back exactly three years. In the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix Toyota scored eleven points with third by Ralf Schumacher and a fourth by Trulli.

• For the third straight race a Red Bull car was not in the points, which has not happened since Hungary, Turkey and Italy last year.

• With 18 cars classified out of 20 starters, the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix is one of the twelve races in Formula One history to have at least 90% of the drivers classified. France this year was one better, with 19 cars classified.