the dutch max verstappensolid leader of the Formula 1 World Cupachieved on Sunday in the Hungarian Grand Prix his seventh consecutive victory, the twelfth of Red Bullthus establishing a new record for a team.
The current one double world champion beat the british Lando Norris (McLaren) and his teammate, the Mexican Sergio Perez. The seven times world champion lewis hamiltonwho started from the ‘pole position’, stayed at the gates of the podium.
12 consecutive victories for Verstappen
The 12 consecutive wins -a tally that includes the last race of last season in Abu Dhabi– exceed McLaren’s 11 in a row in 1988recorded by the great duo made up of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
Although Ferrari won 14 consecutive races in 1952-53the Italian team did not compete in the Indianapolis 500which then counted as a championship event.
He seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedesfinished fourth, after starting on pole for the 104th time in his career and first since 2021, while the Australian rookie from McLaren Oscar Piastri finished fifth.
George Russell was sixth for Mercedesafter starting 18th, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, from Ferrari, they finished seventh and eighth. The Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll They occupied the last two scoring places.
Verstappen recovered in time
Verstappen snatched the lead at the start from Hamiltonwho dropped to fourth place after also losing position to the two riders from McLarenand from there he did not look back.
the pilots of Alpine Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon they collided in the first corner of the opening lap and retired in the pits, marking the second consecutive double DNF for the Renault-owned team.
Source: Ambito
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