F1 Hungarian Grand Prix: Verstappen wins championship, Zhou Guanyu regrets time penalty – Xinhua English.news.cn
Xinhua News Agency, Budapest, July 23rd. The Formula One (F1) Hungarian Grand Prix started on the 23rd at the Hungaroring Circuit. Red Bull driver Verstappen continued to show absolute dominance, winning 7 consecutive championships. At the same time, Red Bull Racing won 12 consecutive victories, creating a new F1 record.
Although he failed to start from pole position, Verstappen took the lead in only one corner, and then led all the way and set the fastest lap time many times, with a single-lap advantage of more than two seconds. After 70 calm laps, Verstappen won the championship and currently leads the driver standings with 281 points.
Norris McLaren driver won the runner-up, two consecutive races on the podium. Red Bull driver Perez ranked third, and Mercedes driver Hamilton, who started from pole, finished fourth.
In qualifying on the 22nd, Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of the Alfa Romeo team entered the third quarter for the first time this season, and finally ranked fifth to refresh his career best record in qualifying. But in the race, Zhou Guanyu’s car was suspected to have a mechanical failure at the start stage, which caused a series of accidents at the first turn. Zhou Guanyu fell to the back of the line after the first pit stop to execute the time penalty. In the end, he ranked 16th, and this site has no points.
The next leg of the Belgian Grand Prix will be held on July 30.
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[Responsible editor: Jia Zilai]
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