Victory in Hungary Max Verstappen
Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix in the Formula 1 World Championship.
The 12th race of the season was held at the 4,381-kilometre Hungaroring track in the capital Budapest over 70 laps.
Despite starting the race from the second row, Verstappen, who passed British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton on pole, took the lead on the first lap.
McLaren’s Great Britain driver Lando Norris was second, 33.731 seconds off the lead, and Verstappen’s teammate, Mexico’s Sergio Perez, was third, 37.603 seconds off the lead. Hamilton finished fourth.
The Red Bull team won the Hungarian Grand Prix, taking its 12th consecutive race victory and setting a new record. McLaren, the previous record holder, took 11 consecutive stage wins in 1988 with drivers Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
Apart from Verstappen, who is the clear favorite for the championship this season in the organization, only his teammate Sergio Pérez has climbed to the top of the podium twice. The sixth stage of the season, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, was canceled due to flooding in Italy.
The thirteenth race of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix, will take place on July 30.
The top 5 places in the driver and team standings are as follows:
pilots
one. Max Verstappen (Holland): 281 points
2. Sergio Perez (Mexico): 171
3. Fernando Alonso (Spain): 139
4. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain): 133
5. George Russell (Great Britain): 90
equipment
one. red bull: 452
2. Mercedes: 223
3. Aston Martin: 184
4. Ferrari: 167
5. McLaren: 87 (AA)