The headline stat was a record 12th race win in a row, but there were plenty more historic numbers behind Red Bull’s triumph in Hungary – as well as others up and down the grid. Here’s our round-up of the must-know stats from Sunday’s race in Budapest.
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Red Bull claimed a record-breaking 12th consecutive win, breaking McLaren’s 1988 record.
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Red Bull simultaneously tied McLaren’s 1988 record of winning the first 11 races of a season.
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Verstappen becomes the fifth driver in history to win seven consecutive races (after Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg).
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It was Verstappen’s 24th race win since the start of 2022, tying Juan Manuel Fangio’s career total and putting him one behind that of Jim Clark and Niki Lauda.
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Red Bull scored their 250th podium finish today.
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Today was Verstappen’s 30th consecutive classified finish, breaking Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull team record.
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For Verstappen it was career win #44.
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With P5, Oscar Piastri has back-to-back top-five finishes.
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Second in the early stages, Piastri also ran in his highest-ever position in a Grand Prix today.
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With P6, George Russell finished 12 places higher than he started – a career-best performance in terms of positions gained.
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Charles Leclerc – P7 – finished one place lower than he did in last year’s race.
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Leclerc and Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz finished seventh and eighth respectively – they finished ninth and 10th respectively last time out at the British Grand Prix.
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P9 was Fernando Alonso’s worst Hungaroring result since 2009.
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With P10, Lance Stroll finished in the points for the fourth time in the last five races.
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Both Alpines were out after two laps, meaning neither of the team’s cars reached the chequered flag for the second consecutive race.
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