From Schumacher's genius to Alonso's first win: The five greatest Hungarian GP drives

While the tight and twisty Hungaroring is notoriously difficult for overtaking, it has still been the stage for masterful strategy calls, giant-killing performances and breakthrough victories.

From Schumacher's tactical brilliance to Esteban Ocon's shock maiden win, here are five of the greatest performances ever seen at the Hungarian Grand Prix, a list that does not feature Lewis Hamilton despite the Brit's domination in Budapest during his career, winning eight races.

The 22-year-old Fernando Alonso announced himself as Formula 1's next superstar with a dominant display in Budapest.

Starting from pole position, the Renault driver controlled the race from lights to flag to become the youngest Grand Prix winner in Formula 1 history at the time, finishing 16 seconds ahead of second-place Kimi Raikkonen. Even more impressively, Alonso lapped world champion Michael Schumacher on his way to victory, underlining that a new generation had truly arrived.

It was the first of 32 Grand Prix victories and the beginning of a career that would eventually yield two world championships - although arguably should have been more.

Esteban Ocon produced one of the biggest shocks in recent Formula 1 history by winning the Hungarian Grand Prix for Alpine in 2021. The Frenchman was helped by the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas cannonballing into Lando Norris and Max Verstappen at the start, and Hamilton's wrong decision to start on intermediates which forced him to switch to slick tyres on Lap 4.

Ocon inherited the lead and produced a flawless drive to hold off Sebastian Vettel in the Aston Martin - who was later disqualified. Although teammate Fernando Alonso's famous defence against Lewis Hamilton proved crucial, Ocon still had to keep his composure to claim a remarkable maiden victory for Alpine.

After 113 races of waiting, Jenson Button overcame a grid penalty to finally claim his maiden Formula 1 victory in dramatic fashion.

Mixed weather created treacherous conditions, but Button excelled as rivals faltered around him. Starting 14th after an engine penalty, he carved through the field with supreme confidence and by Lap 7, he had moved up to fourth after overtaking Schumacher's Ferrari.

Button soon found himself in second after Raikkonen crashed into the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi's backmarker Torro Rosso and by Lap 43, he was one second behind race leader Alonso.

Driving for Honda, he took the lead at the second stops after Renault ran Alonso five laps later, although Button still needed to come into the pits one more time. Alonso looked to be in the box seat, but he found himself in the barriers after his right-rear wheel nut detached.

Button crossed the line to take the victory in what was his and Honda's first victory since returning as a constructor.

Damon Hill came within just three laps of producing one of the greatest upsets in Formula 1 history.

Having joined struggling Arrows after winning the 1996 world championship, few gave Hill any chance of competing at the front. Yet on a circuit where outright power mattered less, he stunned the field by taking the lead with a daring pass on rival Schumacher on Lap 11.

Not only did he take the lead but he built a lead of around half a minute before a hydraulic glitch with two and a half laps left denied Hill a fairytale victory, with Jacques Villeneuve passing him on the final lap. Hill did cross the line in second but deserved to finish on the top step of the podium.

Schumacher's victory in Hungary in 1998 is widely regarded as one of the greatest strategic drives in Formula 1 history and one of the German's best career victories.

With Ferrari lacking the pace to beat the dominant McLarens on outright speed, Ross Brawn devised an audacious three-stop strategy that required Schumacher to produce a succession of qualifying laps between pit stops.

The German delivered exactly that, reeling off relentless fastest laps to build the gaps needed for the strategy to succeed before emerging ahead of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard. Schumacher's flawless execution transformed what looked like an impossible race into one of the defining victories of his legendary career.