By Robert Haile

Red Bull’s domination might have seemed under threat in qualifying but Max Verstappen racked up his seventh win in a row and Red Bull’s twelfth with victory in Hungary.

The Hungaroring success puts Red Bull one ahead of McLaren’s 1988 duo of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and with Verstappen seemingly unstoppable on race day it could be stretched even further.

While Verstappen continued his run towards a third World Title.

Race winner Verstappen said: “The car was unbelievable. I lost a few seconds (to the back markers) then I recovered towards the end, but it was just too late. A great strategy by the team and we managed to have an excellent result.”

Starting on the front row but in second to Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen passed his 2021 title rival to take the lead and didn’t look back.

The battle for second was closer with McLaren’s Lando Norris taking it after passing Hamilton earlier in the race and holding off Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, who finished third.

Hamilton recovered to fourth passing McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after the Australian Rookie had overtaken the seven time world champion earlier.

After a disappointing qualifying Mercedes George Russell recovered from eighteenth to finish sixth only 3 seconds off Piastri.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz took seventh and eighth as Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll rounded out the point scoring places.

Alex Albon’s Williams missed out on points in eleventh with Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo took thirteenth on his return.

Dropping back Nico Hulkenberg finished in fourteenth splitting the AlphaTauri’s with Yuki Tsunoda in fifteenth with Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu falling back to sixteenth after a slow start with Kevin Magnussen’s Haas the last of the finishers.

Both Alpines retired early in the race after colliding at the start when Guanyu’s slow start ended in a four car collision and Williams’ Logan Sargeant race ended after a spin and he limped back to the pits.

Max Verstappen’s lead is increased to 110 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez in the Drivers Championship with Fernando Alonso 32 points off Perez in third.

In the Constructors Championship Red Bull are 199 points clear of Mercedes in second with Aston Martin 6 points back in third and Ferrari 20 points off second in fourth.

Formula One head to Belgium and another iconic track Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps on July 28-30 before taking its summer break.