Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix set a wins record for his Red Bull team.
The Dutchman’s seventh victory in a row and ninth of the season was Red Bull’s 12th consecutive win, 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.
Lewis Hamilton, who had started from pole position, closed on Perez in the final laps but was not able to attempt an overtake and had to settle for fourth.
Hamilton’s attempts to hold on to the lead by squeezing Verstappen tight to the inside cost him two further positions, as the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Norris also passed him and demoted him to fourth place.
Perez edged closer and closer to Norris in the final 10 laps but after getting to about three seconds behind, the McLaren began to pull away again in the closing laps.
In the end Norris finished 2nd with Perez rounding up the podium positions in third place. Hamilton finished 4th with Piastri struggling in the second half of the race came home in 5th.
In a lacklustre day for both Ferraris, Russell despite starting 18th on the grid clawed his way up the field to finish in sixth thanks to a 5 second time penalty to Leclerc for a pit stop infringement.
His team mate Sainz finished 8th, Alonso 9th and Stroll round off the top 10 places.
