F1 Hungary: Verstappen wins Red Bull breaks all-time winning streak Zhou Guanyu made a mistake to finish 16th
On July 23, Beijing time, the 2023 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix ended the main race. Red Bull Racing's Verstappen won the championship again, marking Red Bull Racing's 12th consecutive win, breaking the longest winning streak in F1 history. Zhou Guanyu started fifth and finished in 16th place. McLaren's Norris finished second and Perez took the podium, followed by Hamilton and Piastri.
Pre-match news:
1. Verstappen is still leading the drivers' standings this season with 255 points, followed by Perez, who has underperformed recently, Alonso in third place, followed by Hamilton and Sainz. In terms of teams, Red Bull rode with 411 points, while Mercedes have been excellent in recent times, finishing second with 203 points, followed by Aston Martin.
2. In the qualifying session played yesterday, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu performed well and finished fifth to set up the best qualifying result of his career. Hamilton was equally brave, beating Verstappen to take the 104th pole position of his career in the final stage by 0.003 seconds.
3. Ricciardo returned to the paddock in this race to replace De Vries, which is his F1 debut this season.
4. The weather in Hungary today is good, the sun is shining on the track, and the temperature of the track is as high as 49°C.
Start: Zhou Guanyu made a mistake and Alpine withdrew from the race
Five red lights go out and the game officially begins. Verstappen and Hamilton began battling for place as soon as they started, with Verstappen holding his position on the inside at Turn One to overtake Hamilton, whose overtake had an impact on Hamilton, causing Hamilton to be overtaken by two McLaren cars behind him. Zhou Guanyu, who started fifth, did not start well and fell directly to 16th after the start, and Leclerc and teammate Sainz have reached fifth and sixth place.
During the starting period, Zhou Guanyu, Ricciardo, Okon and Gasly collided, and the collision caused serious damage to the cars of Gasley and Okon, and the two Alpine cars had to withdraw from the race, and Ricardo also fell to the end of the team.
On lap 8, Perez used DRS to overtake Alonso at Turn 1 to move up to seventh. At this time, the race will announce that Zhou Guanyu was penalized for 5 seconds because it was Zhou Guanyu who rear-ended Ricciardo, and Ricciardo then rear-ended Gasley and Okon causing the two Alpine cars to retire.
On lap 10, Alben, Bottas, Tsunoda Yuki and Stoll pit one after another, each trying to prevent the other from undercuting.
On lap 11, Zhou Guanyu entered the station to receive a 5-second penalty and changed tires, and Zhou Guanyu finished 18th after exiting.
Cruising: Verstappen stays ahead of the midstream group with fierce competition
On lap 17, Hamilton pit and change tyres, and Norris and Leclerc also pit on the next lap to respond. But Leclerc's pit stop took 9.4 seconds, and after exiting, Leclerc fell to 11th place.
On lap 23, Verstappen, who was number one, pit out, and Verstappen remained number one after exiting.
On lap 25, Perez pit for a neutral tyre and get caught between two Ferraris after exiting. After two laps, Perez passed Sainz to sixth place. After another lap, Perez passed Russell and came behind Hamilton.
On lap 31, Ricardo made two stops at the first stop, leaving the line at the end of the line.
On lap 40, Verstappen had already stretched the gap with Norris by 15 seconds, and Perez was now less than a second away from Hamilton.
On lap 44, the drivers pit for a second stop, with Leclerc, Alonso and Norris pit one after another.
On lap 48, Perez passed Piastri to fourth place, ahead of Norris, while Hamilton was second.
On lap 50, Hamilton pit out and finish 5th after exiting, and Perez is now on the podium. Verstappen is currently more than 34 seconds ahead of second-placed Norris and has plenty of time to make a pit stop tyre.
On lap 58, Hamilton passed Piastri up to fourth, with Perez still third, North second and Verstappen first.
Sprint: Verstappen easily wins Norris as second and Perez third
On lap 63, Perez was still chasing Norris in front of him, and there was still a 3-second gap at this time. Hamilton was also chasing Perez at a speed of 1.5 seconds per lap.
On lap 65, Russell attempted to overtake Sainz and used DRS Russell to successfully overtake Sainz at Turn 1 to reach 7th place.
In the end, Verstappen won easily, Norris finished second and Perez third.