The reigning champion and leader of Formula 1, Max Verstappen (Red Bull), completed his victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with a spectacular comeback from tenth place on the starting grid at the Hungaroring racetrack.
The Dutch arrived escorted by the British Lewis Hamilton and George Russell of the Mercedes team, who entered second and third, to configure the same podium of the previous race in Le Castellet, France.
In a sample of his hierarchy, Verstappen (24 years old) added his eighth victory of the year and 28th of his career, after overcoming various setbacks on the Budapest circuit, where he had never won.
The champion started the race from tenth place due to a loss of engine power during qualifying on Saturday, But this did not prevent him from celebrating in the Magyar GP, which changed his leadership several times throughout its 70 laps.
The Dutch could be left out of competition for 360 degree spin but remade itself, keeping the tip until winning with a difference of +7,834 over the seven-time world champion.
Hamilton and his partner Russell, owner of the pole position, managed to get on the podium for the second time in a row and They once again demonstrated the improvement of Mercedes in the middle part of the season, which will now enter the summer break.
Verstappen’s new victory seriously outlines him as a candidate to retain the crown in F1, which leads with 80 points away on the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, more than three races ahead with nine remaining on the calendar.
The great disappointment in Hungary was Ferrari, whose drivers Carlos Sainz Jr and Leclerc, who started second and third respectively, they finished in fourth and sixth place with Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) in the middle. Spaniard Sainz gave up fourth place in the World Championship at the hands of Russell.
The scoring zone at the Hungaroring was completed by Briton Lando Norris (McLaren), seventh; the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine), eighth, the French Esteban Ocon (Alpine), ninth and the German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), tenth.
The Finn Vatteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) starred in the only retirement with three laps to go.
Ranking between 11th and 19th place were Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Mick Schumacher (Haas), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Alexander Albon (Williams), Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
The next race will be the Belgian Grand Prix, which will be run on August 28 at the Spa Francorchamps circuit.