Verstappen wins again and wins the Hungarian F1 GP, followed by Lando Norris and Checo Pérez

2023-07-23 15:08:40

Max Verstappen cruised to victory over Lando Norris and Sergio Pérez with another dominant performance at the Hungarian Grand Prix, giving the reigning two-time world champion its seventh successive win and Red Bull its 12th successive, surpassing McLaren’s long-standing record.

Verstappen overtook his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, who took pole position at the start before moving into the lead and pulling away from the chasing pack with aplomb, scoring a stoplight-to-flag victory that puts the further gap between him and teammate Perez in the drivers’ standings.

It means Red Bull continues its 100% winning streak for the 2023 season, while also setting an all-new milestone in terms of successive race wins, with its staggering tally now one above the 11 McLaren achieved with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost during the 1988 campaign.

Verstappen took the checkered flag comfortably ahead of Norris, who fell behind McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri but regained the place in the first round of pit stops, while Perez, one of only two drivers, along with George Russell, to go long on the first stage on hard tyres, moved up from ninth to third with another strong recovery.

Final result:

POS.	Not.	Pilot	Auto	laps	time/withdrawal	PTS
1	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	70	1:38:08.634	26
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	70	+33.731s	18
3	11	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	70	+37.603s	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	70	+39.134s	12
5	81	Oscar Plates	McLaren Mercedes	70	+62.572s	10
6	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	70	+65.825s	8
7	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	70	+70.317s	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	70	+71.073s	4
9	14	Fernando Alonso	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	70	+75.709s	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	69	+1 lap	1
11	23	Alexander Albon	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	69	+1 lap	0
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	69	+1 lap	0
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT	69	+1 lap	0
14	27	Nico Hulkenberg	HAAS FERRARI	69	+1 lap	0
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT	69	+1 lap	0
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	ALFA ROMEO FERRARI	69	+1 lap	0
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	69	+1 lap	0
18	2	Logan Sargeant	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	67	DNF	0
NC	31	Esteban Ocon	ALPINE RENAULT	2	DNF	0
NC	10	Pierre Gasly	ALPINE RENAULT	1	DNF	0

Championship, score:

POS – DRIVER – NATIONALITY – CAR – PTS

1 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 281
2 Sergio Perez MEX RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 171
3 Fernando Alonso ESP ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 139
4 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 133
5 George Russell GBR MERCEDES 90
6 Carlos Sainz ESP FERRARI 87
7 Charles Leclerc MY FERRARI 80
8 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 60
9 Lance Stroll CAN ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 45
10 Esteban Ocon FROM ALPINE RENAULT 31
11 Oscar Piastri AUS MCLAREN MERCEDES 27
12 Pierre Gasly FRA ALPINE RENAULT 16
13 Alexander Albon THA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 11
14 Nico Hulkenberg GER HAAS FERRARI 9
15 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 5
16 Zhou Guanyu CHN ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 4
17 Yuki Tsunoda JPN ALFOR HONDA RBPT 2
18 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 2
19 Logan Sargeant United States WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
20 Nyck De Vries NED ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 0
21 Daniel Ricciardo OFF ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 0