Max Verstappen has continued Pink Bull’s dominance with victory on the Hungarian Grand Prix, whereas Daniel Ricciardo confirmed glimpses that he’s nonetheless acquired it.
Verstappen swooped on a sluggish begin by Lewis Hamilton to take the lead on the opening lap and he by no means regarded again, cruising to his ninth victory of the season. He received by 33 seconds.
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It was Pink Bull’s 12 consecutive victory, breaking the file for probably the most wins in a row by a group set by McLaren in 1988 when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost have been on the peak of their powers.
Lando Norris completed second for his second podium in a row, whereas Sergio Perez was on a mission, flying by the sphere to assert third.
After simply lacking the rostrum at Silvertone, it was one other case of so close to, but to date for Oscar Piastri who completed fifth behind Lewis Hamilton.
Piastri had an outstanding begin, sneaking previous Hamilton and Norris on the opening nook to offer himself a shot on the podium.
However his podium hopes have been dashed when Norris undercut him by pitting a lap early and he was overtaken by Perez and Hamilton later within the race.
Ricciardo began in thirteenth however was instantly relegated to the again of the sphere when Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu ran into the again of him and he was nudged large.
In his first race for AlphaTauri, Ricciardo was lifeless final for a lot of the race in 18th after each Alpine drivers took one another out.
It was trying grim for Ricciardo after two pit stops within the first 30 laps, however he ended up ending again the place began in thirteenth — making his medium tyres final a mammoth 40 laps.
He additionally completed two locations forward of his AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who was fifteenth.
Hungarian Grand Prix outcomes
1) Max Verstappen
2) Lando Norris
3) Sergio Perez
4) Lewis Hamilton
5) Oscar Piastri
6) George Russell
7) Charles Leclerc
8) Carlos Sainz
9) Fernando Alonso
10) Lance Stroll
11) Alex Albon
12) Valtteri Bottas
13) Daniel Ricciardo
14) Niko Hulkenberg
15) Yuki Tsunoda
16) Zhou Guanyu
17) Kevin Magnussen
18) Logan Sargeant
19) Esteban Ocon
20) Pierre Gasly
Lap 54 – Verstappen cruising
Max Verstappen is cruising to a file twelfth consecutive race win forward of Lando Norris and Sergio Perez, who has pushed an outstanding race.
Piastri is working fourth and is battling to carry off Lewis Hamilton.
Lap 33 – Ricciardo final, pits once more
Daniel Ricciardo has pitted twice within the first 30 laps in a bid to get into some clear air behind the sphere.
Lap 25 – Norris undercuts Piastri
Lando Norris managed to overhaul Oscar Piastri by pitting a lap sooner than his teammate and driving a lightning quick outlap to only cross the Aussie as he got here out of the pits.
Piastri is likely to be caught behind Norris for the remainder of the race and can wrestle to make the rostrum now.
11.15 – Ricciardo working final after frenetic begin
Daniel Ricciardo began thirteenth however acquired caught in some chaos initially when Zhou Guanyu bumped into into the again of him.
Alpine drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly ran into one another and ruined one another’s race.
It’s a nightmare begin for Ricciardo, who faces an enormous battle to get his AlphaTauri into the factors. He’s working 18th, which is lifeless final given each Alpines are out of the race.
11.09 – Piastri makes sensational begin
The Hungarian Grand Prix is underway and Oscar Piastri has made the proper begin.
The Aussie rookie acquired off to a flyer and snuck down the within previous Lewis Hamilton, who was sluggish off the beginning line.
Hamilton additionally acquired jumped by Max Verstappen, who took the lead forward of Piastri and Lando Norris.
10.55pm – Aussie duo break 10-year drought
We’ve come to count on an Aussie to be on the F1 grid lately.
However with Daniel Ricciardo returning to the grid, there might be two Australian drivers in an F1 race when the veteran races alongside Oscar Piastri.
It’s the primary time there’s been two Aussies on the grid since 2013 when Mark Webber was driving for Pink Bull and Ricciardo was with Toro Rosso.
10.50pm – Beginning grid
1st row – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen
2nd row – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri
third row – Zhou Guanyu, Charles Leclerc
4th row – Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso
fifth row – Sergio Perez, Niko Hulkenberg
sixth row – Carlos Sainz, Esteban Ocon
seventh row – Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll
eighth row – Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon
ninth row – Yuki Tsunoda, George Russell
tenth row – Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant
