The gold-standard driver and team of the F1 grid broke one of the championship's most significant records in Hungary, as the battle for 'best of the rest' rages on
In extending Red Bull's consecutive winning tally to an historical 12 (beating McLaren's 1988 record, though still short of the F2-labelled Ferrari run of 14 in 1952-53), Max Verstappen reckoned he had enjoyed one of the most dominant performances of his career, comparable to Spa of last year. After beating pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton down to the first corner, he simply disappeared, winning by half a minute, though it could surely have been more had he felt the need. He didn't even lose his lead during the pit stops such was his pulverising performance superiority.
It all rendered Hamilton's snatching of pole for Mercedes by 0.003sec the day before as just a starring cameo in the weekend. On race day Hamilton was left to squabble with the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri before succumbing to the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez, who made a decent recovery from his disappointing ninth place on the grid. Perez was then able to put some pressure on Norris' second place, pressure that the McLaren star withstood with impressive aplomb...
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