Max Verstappen Breaks New Record by Winning Hungarian GP
- AP Photo/Denes Erdos
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.Â
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.Â
"12 consecutive wins, that's history!" Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Verstappen over team radio.Â
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.
Pembalap Red Bull Racing, Max Verstappen
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"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:Â
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
