On July 23, Beijing time, the main race of the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix ended at the Hengroning circuit. Verstappen overtook Hamilton on the start and went all the way to win the championship, securing a seven-game winning streak. Norris finished second and Perez started ninth and finished third.
Verstappen helped Red Bull achieve a 12-game winning streak, officially breaking McLaren's all-time record of 11 consecutive wins.
Before the game
It was the first qualifying session to experiment with alternative tyre rules, with Hamilton beating Verstappen by 0.003 seconds in the final minute to return to pole position after 33 Grand Prix races. Verstappen was second, with two McLaren drivers occupying third and fourth.
The Alfa Romeo team showed good speed on Saturday, and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu played well to finish fifth on the final lap of Q3. Bottas also brought back seventh.
In terms of starting tires, the two rear starting Perez and Russell both chose the strategy of starting with hard tires, Sainz, Stoll, Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda chose soft tires, and the other drivers were equipped with neutral tires.
Start
After five red lights went out, Verstappen and Hamilton took a tie, the Red Bull driver inserted the inside line at Turn 1 to complete the overtaking, and Hamilton was passed by two McLaren cars in the following corners to fall to fourth.
Start
Unfortunately, Zhou Guanyu did not get off to a smooth start, and after being overtaken by multiple drivers, he accidentally rear-ended Ricardo at Turn 1, and Ricardo's loss of control also damaged the cars of the two Alpine drivers.
Zhou Guanyu fell from 5th to 15th, after which the two Alpine cars also returned to the pit lane and withdrew from the race, Ricardo also fell to the end of the line, and Zhou Guanyu was penalized for 5 seconds for causing the accident.
Zhou Guanyu did not start well
Zhou Guanyu chases Ricciardo
Another Alfa Romeo driver, Bottas, also lost his spot on the start and fell to 12th. Both Tsunoda and Magnussen moved up six positions, and Sainz also advanced five places.
The top ten drivers after the first lap were Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Alonso, Perez, Hockenburg and Stoll.
Ranking after the first lap
On lap 8, Perez, who started on hard tyres, chased behind Alonso and completed a pass at Turn 1 to move up to seventh.
Perez surpasses Alonso
Toro Rosso made a mistake on the pit, with Yuki Tsunoda taking 7.3 seconds to overtake Bottas.
Toro Rosso's pit stop error
On lap 11, when Zhou Guanyu entered the station to execute the penalty, he replaced the hard tire and stood at the end of the line.
When Zhou Guanyu entered the station to execute the penalty
Ferrari made a pit-stop error, and Leclerc took 9.4 seconds to change tyres, dropping to 11th after exiting.
Ferrari pit stop error
Among the leading drivers, Hamilton took the lead in the pit stop on lap 17, Norris followed closely into the pit lane on the next lap to change the tyres, and Piastri opted to pit on lap 19. When Piastri drove out of the pits, he was just overtaken by Norris.
Hamilton trailed Norris by only about three seconds before the pit stop, but after this round of pit stops, he was pulled away by Norris by 9 seconds.
Norris surpasses Piastry
Lap 20
On lap 25, Perez stopped and switched to neutral tyres and was only 2 seconds away from Sainz in front of him. Soon he was overtaking on lap 27 and was up to sixth.
Perez surpasses Sainz
Russell was the driver who lasted the longest on the first set of tyres, changing the neutral tyres on lap 29 and finishing 14th after exiting.
The drivers in the points zone at this time are, Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Alonso, Stoll and Bottas.
Russell pit stop
Halfway through the race, Verstappen was 10 seconds behind second-placed Norris and Piastri was six seconds behind his teammate.
Fourth-placed Hamilton was not only unable to close the gap with Piastri, but also faced a pursuit from Perez, who had the advantage of tires behind him.
More than half of the race mileage
Russell overtook Bottas and went up to ninth, seven seconds from Alonso in front of him.
Russell surpasses Bottas
Although Perez is constantly closing in on Hamilton, he does not intend to overtake on the track, but uses strategy. On lap 43, Perez and Piastri pit on the same lap, and Perez changed his tyres in just 1.9 seconds.
Perez and Piastri pit stops
On lap 44, Stoll passed Yuki Tsunoda and entered the points zone.
Stoll surpasses Yuki Tsunoda
Leclerc tried to brake as late as possible during the pit stop, but he was caught speeding in the pit lane tunnel and was fined for 5 seconds.
Leclerc pit stop
Perez was fast and on lap 47 he chased Piastri behind and overtook at Turn 1. Piastri was powerless to fight back and missed the podium again after Silverstone.
Perez surpasses Piasteri
The last 20 laps
On lap 50, Hamilton pit for a neutral tyre and finished fifth, seven seconds from Piastri in front of him and 12 seconds from Perez.
Hamilton exits
On lap 57, Hamilton opened DRS and passed Piastri at Turn 1 to return to fourth.
Hamilton surpasses Piasteri
On lap 65, Russell opened DRS and overtook Russell to move up to seventh.
Russell was 6 seconds behind Leclerc, but since Leclerc had not yet executed the penalty, Russell only needed to stay within 5 seconds of Leclerc.
Russell surpasses Sainz
Although Hamilton continued to close the gap with Perez in the final laps, he was still 1.7 seconds away on the final lap.
Hamilton pursues Perez
In the end, Verstappen won the championship and Norris took second. Perez held Hamilton's pursuit, and the two were in three or four. Piastri was fifth.
Combined with the previous 5-second free throw, Leclerc fell to seventh and Russell moved up to sixth. Sainz, Alonso and Stoll finished eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
Final result of the main event