In a sample of his hierarchy, Verstappen (24 years old) added his eighth victory of the year and 28th of his career after overcoming various setbacks on the Budapest circuit, where he had never won.
The champion started the race from tenth place due to a loss of engine power during qualifying on Saturday but this did not prevent him from celebrating in the Magyar GP, which changed his lead several times throughout its 70 laps.
The Dutchman could have been out of the competition due to a 360-degree spin but he recovered and kept the lead until he won by +7,834 over the seven-time world champion.
Hamilton and pole position-holder Russell managed to get on the podium for the second time in a row and once again demonstrated Mercedes’ improvement in the mid-term of the season, which will now enter the summer break.
Verstappen’s new victory seriously outlines him as a candidate to retain the crown in F1, which leads by 80 points away from Monegasque Charles Leclerc, more than three races ahead with 9 remaining on the calendar.
The big disappointment in Hungary was Ferrari, whose drivers Carlos Sainz Jr and Leclerc, who started second and third respectively, finished fourth and sixth with Mexico’s Sergio “Checo” Pérez (Red Bull) in the middle.
Spaniard Sainz gave up fourth place in the World Championship at the hands of Russell.
The scoring zone at the Hungaroring was completed by Briton Lando Norris (McLaren), seventh; the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine), eighth, the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine), ninth and the German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), tenth.
The Finn Vatteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) starred in the only retirement with three laps to go.
Ranking between 11th and 19th place were Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Mick Schumacher (Haas), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Alexander Albon (Williams ), Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
The next race will be the Belgian Grand Prix, which will take place on August 28 at the Spa Francorchamps circuit.
Source: Ambito
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