Why Verstappen’s Hungary win was a uncommon achievement

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Max Verstappen claimed the twenty eighth victory of his Method 1 profession on Sunday, making him the eighth most profitable driver ever when it comes to complete wins.

He gained from tenth on the grid, which is the bottom beginning place he has taken victory from in F1. Only a few race wins within the collection have come from double-digit beginning positions. Verstappen’s was solely the thirty eighth out of 1,070 races held up to now – successful fee of simply 3.5%.

That being so, it’s stunning that that is the third 12 months in a row a driver has gained a race from tenth on the grid. Lewis Hamilton did it at Interlagos final 12 months and Pierre Gasly did the identical at Monza in 2020.

It’s additionally considerably stunning that this isn’t the bottom beginning place to supply a winner on the Hungaroring, the place passing is seemingly troublesome, although maybe within the DRS period that may be a dated view. Nonetheless, Nigel Mansell gained from twelfth in 1989 and Jenson Button did from 14th in 2006.

Win from decrease than tenth in Hungary? Mansell did it in 1989

Verstappen delivered Purple Bull’s first win on the monitor since Daniel Ricciardo’s triumph eight years in the past. It’s only the third within the group’s historical past, the opposite coming in 2010 courtesy of Mark Webber.

This was Verstappen’s eighth win of the season. With 9 races left to go, at his present fee he has an opportunity to beat the file for many wins in a season, which is 13. This was achieved by Michael Schumacher in 2004, when there have been 18 races (4 lower than this 12 months), and Vettel in 2013, when there have been 19.

George Russell grew to become F1’s newest new pole-winner on Saturday. Unusually, he didn’t set the quickest particular person time in any of the three sectors on the lap which put him on pole place in Q3.

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He’s the a hundred and fifth totally different driver within the historical past of the championship to take pole. He’s additionally the third totally different first-time pole-winner this 12 months, becoming a member of Sergio Perez (in Jeddah) and Carlos Sainz Jnr (Silverstone).

George Russell, Mercedes, Hungaroring, 2022 — Russell led the early levels from his first F1 pole

That is the primary time three totally different drivers have taken their first pole positions in a season since 2008, when Sebastian Vettel, Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica all did so. Out of that trio, Vettel was the one one to take any additional poles.

Behind Verstappen, Hamilton scored his fifth consecutive podium end, as Mercedes proceed to place the darkish days of early 2022 behind them. They’ve out-scored Ferrari for the final two races in a row, and at the moment are simply 30 factors behind the group which nonetheless led the constructors championship after the Miami Grand Prix.

Hamilton additionally set the quickest lap of the race, which is the 61st of his profession, and second of 2022. He could not have added to his pile of 103 victories up to now this 12 months, however he’s edging in the direction of Schumacher’s all-time file of 77 quickest laps.

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