Max Verstappen Breaks New Record by Winning Hungarian GP

Hungary – Max Verstappen successfully dominates the Hungarian F1 GP on Sunday, to lead the Red Bull team to a record-breaking 12 consecutive wins, dating back to the final race of 2022 in Abu Dhabi. 

The achievement broke the record of 11 straight wins set by McLaren with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in 1988.

McLaren's Lando Norris fended off a threat from Red Bull's Sergio Perez to take second place. 

"12 consecutive wins, that's history!" Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Verstappen over team radio. 

Verstappen, who won by more than half a second to take first place on the podium, said 12 consecutive wins for a team was incredible.

"Hopefully, we can keep this momentum for a long time," Verstappen said.

Meanwhile, Verstappen's seventh straight win extended the world champion's lead over Perez to 110 points in the F1 standings.

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton, who started from pole position for the first time in 33 races, had a poor start and dashed the Mercedes driver's hopes of a 104th career victory to settle for fourth.

Verstappen praised his performance for matching Hamilton on the front row.

"I made a very good start. I controlled the inside, the (first) corner was mine. It was a lot of fun from then on, today my car was very fast."

Hungarian GP F1 Results: 

1.    Max Verstappen    NED    Oracle Red Bull Racing    70 Laps
2.    Lando Norris    GBR    McLaren F1 Team    + 33.731s
3.    Sergio Perez    MEX    Oracle Red Bull Racing    + 37.603s
4.    Lewis Hamilton    GBR    Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team    39.134s
5.    Oscar Piastri    AUS    McLaren F1 Team    + 62.572s
6.    George Russell    GBR    Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team    + 65.825s
7.    Charles Leclerc    MON    Scuderia Ferrari    + 70.317s
8.    Carlos Sainz    ESP    Scuderia Ferrari    + 71.073s
9.    Fernando Alonso    ESP    Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team    + 75.709s
10.    Lance Stroll    CAN    Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team    + 1 Lap
11.    Alex Albon    THA    Williams Racing    + 1 Lap
12.    Valtteri Bottas    FIN    Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake    + 1 Lap
13.    Daniel Ricciardo    AUS    Scuderia AlphaTauri    + 1 Lap
14.    Nico Hulkenberg    GER    MoneyGram Haas F1 Team    + 1 Lap
15.    Yuki Tsunoda    JPN    Scuderia AlphaTauri     + 1 Lap
16.    Zhou Guanyu    CHN    Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake    + 1 Lap
17.    Kevin Magnussen    DEN    MoneyGram Haas F1 Team    + 1 Lap
18.    Logan Sargeant    USA    Williams Racing    + 1 Lap
     Esteban Ocon    FRA    BWT Alpine F1 Team    DNF
     Pierre Gasly    FRA    BWT Alpine F1 Team    DNF