Max Verstappen Dominates Hungarian Grand Prix, Help Red Bull Break A Record Of 12 F1 Wins In A Row

Max Verstappen dominates the Hungarian Grand Prix (doto Doc. intermediate)

JAKARTA - Max Verstappen dominated the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, July 23 to bring the Red Bull team to break the F1 winning record 12 times in a row. Borno Norris of McLaren took second place, while another Red Bull player Sergio Perez won the final podium at Hungarering. Red Bull surpassed McLaren's 11 races in 1988 with the latest dominance on the rest of the grid.

Race win 🏆 Driver of the day 🗳️ A solid Team effort on Sunday 🤝 pic.twitter.com/vXghEDEoyj

— Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 23, 2023

Race win Driver of the day A solid Team effort on Sunday pic.twitter.com/vXghEDEoyj

"12 wins in a row, that's history!" Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told Verstappen via team radio, as broadcast by AFP.Verstappen who took the lead over half a second to reach the first podium, saying winning 12 consecutive times for a team was a great thing.

"Hopefully we can keep this momentum for a long time," said Verstappen. Meanwhile, Verstappen's seventh straight win extended the world champion's lead over Perez to 110 points in the F1 standings. Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton, who left at the forefront for the first time in 33 races, had a bad start and dashed the Mercedes driver's hopes of a 104th win in his career so he had to settle for fourth. Verstappen praised his performance who was able to match Hamilton in the front row. "I did a very good start... I controlled the inside, the first (first) corner belongs to me," said Verstappen. "It's amazing from there, today my car is very fast."