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FACTS AND STATS: Red Bull records aplenty as champions take 250th podium

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Sean Kelly

23 July 2023

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 23: Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull

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.

Red Bull claimed a record-breaking 12th consecutive win, breaking McLaren's 1988 record.
Red Bull simultaneously tied McLaren's 1988 record of winning the first 11 races of a season.
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.
Red Bull scored their 250th podium finish today.
Today was Verstappen’s 30th consecutive classified finish, breaking Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull team record.
For Verstappen it was career win #44.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 23: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas — He out-qualified the world champion, but Hamilton could not live with Verstappen in the race

Verstappen led start-to-finish for the 11th time in his career today, tying him with Sir Jackie Stewart and Michael Schumacher.
Verstappen’s 33.731s winning margin was the largest since Lewis Hamilton’s at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris was second for the second race in a row. He had never previously taken consecutive podium finishes in his F1 career.
His result was the first McLaren podium at the Hungaroring since Lewis Hamilton’s in 2012.
Norris had never previously finished in the top six at the Hungaroring.

With third place, Sergio Perez took his first career podium at the Hungaroring.
Perez extended his advantage over Fernando Alonso in the championship to 32 points (Red Bull have never finished one-two in the driver standings).
With P4, Hamilton took his sixth top-four finish in the last nine races.
Hamilton missed the podium at the Hungaroring for the first time since 2017.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 23: Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren looks on from the drivers — Another race, another top-five finish for Piastri

With P5, Oscar Piastri has back-to-back top-five finishes.
Second in the early stages, Piastri also ran in his highest-ever position in a Grand Prix today.
With P6, George Russell finished 12 places higher than he started – a career-best performance in terms of positions gained.
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.
P9 was Fernando Alonso’s worst Hungaroring result since 2009.
With P10, Lance Stroll finished in the points for the fourth time in the last five races.
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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