Sitting outside the pole for the Hungary Grand Prix, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen cruised to victory Sunday afternoon at Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary.

The win was the 12th in a row for Red Bull Racing, breaking an F1 record previously held by McLaren Racing.

For the 11th time of his career, Verstappen led a Grand Prix from start to finish - tying Jackie Stewart's and Michael Schumacher's records.

"The start was very important to me. I wanted to get a good first stint and it meant I was able to look after my tyres well and extend it compared to the others," said Verstappen.

On race start Verstappen easily got ahead of pole sitter Lewis Hamilton who quickly dropped from P1 to P4 as the McLaren's of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri got around the seven-time World Champion as well.

Hamilton finished fourth with Mercedes teammate George Russell finishing sixth - an excellent accomplishment as Russell started 18th.

"P6 was beyond our expectations for today. It was definitely a good recovery," said Russell. "We thought we would be P11 in a typical race and P7 if we maximised everything."

"I'm happy with how it went. The car was really quick, and this place is one of my favourite circuits. As a Team, we usually go well here so I had a feeling we would be quick," added Russell.

After running second and third for most of the Grand Prix, McLaren Racing's drivers finished P2 (Norris) and P5 (Piastri); not optimal, but a decent showing for the Woking, UK based team.

"Following on from Silverstone, another strong result for our team with Lando on the podium again and Oscar finishing P5," said McLaren Team Principal, Andrea Stella.

"On Oscar's side, the first stint was very strong. In the second stint, we need to look at the impact that some car damage had, in terms of performance and interaction with the tyres, because we seem to have lost the ability to sustain tyre life over the stint," added Stella.

Verstappen's Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez, finished third after a P9 start.

"Today was a good one and it was great to get to the podium," said Perez. "We raced initially on the hard compound, which was quite tricky, especially on lap one, but it ended up going well for a long time and we got some good pace before going on the Mediums."

"[Perez] drove a great race today. It was a statement drive, showing everyone exactly what he's capable of and a race like this will give him a huge amount of confidence going into the next race," said Christian Horner, Red Bull Team Principal.

The Ferrari's of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished 7th and 8th, respectively.

The Aston Martin's of Fernando Alonzo and Lance Stroll rounded out the top ten.

Alpine Racing suffered their second double-DNF in a row as their two drivers, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, got caught up in contact with several cars at race start.

"We're all very disappointed by today's race with both our cars on the receiving end of an unfortunate, lap one, turn one incident," said Otmar Szafnauer, Alpine Team Principal. "There was a concertina effect with one car hitting another leading to our two cars coming together in an unavoidable circumstance."

Pos	Driver		Team		Time		Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	70	1h 38:08.634
2	Norris		McLaren		70	+ 0:33.731
3	Perez		Red Bull	70	+ 0:37.603
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+ 0:39.134
5	Piastri		McLaren		70	+ 1:02.572
6	Russell		Mercedes	70	+ 1:05.825
7	Leclerc		Ferrari		70	+ 1:10.317
8	Sainz		Ferrari		70	+ 1:11.073
9	Alonso		Aston Martin	70	+ 1:15.709
10	Stroll		Aston Martin	69	+ 1 Lap
11	Albon		Williams	69	+ 1 Lap
12	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	69	+ 1 Lap
13	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	69	+ 1 Lap
14	Hulkenberg	Haas		69	+ 1 Lap
15	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	69	+ 1 Lap
16	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	69	+ 1 Lap
17	Magnussen	Haas		69	+ 1 Lap
18	Sargeant	Williams	67	Retired
19	Ocon		Alpine		2	Accident Damage
20	Gasly		Alpine		1	Accident Damage

Fastest Lap: Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:20.504 (Lap 53)

(image provided by Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN)