Max Verstappen gained the Belgian Lavish Prix© AFP
Max Verstappen reeled off his 8th successive win of the season on the Belgian Lavish Prix on Sunday together with his Pink Bull teammate Sergio Perez in 2nd. Verstappen additionally gained Saturday’s dash race at Spa-Francorchamps to uphold his relentless rate to a 3rd Formulation One international name. “I knew we had a great car, it was just about surviving turn one,” mentioned Verstappen, who began in 6th at the grid in spite of topping qualifying later a penalty for a pristine gearbox. “It is a new spot P6 (to win from). We made all the right moves,” added Verstappen. Perez, who led for far of the early a part of the race, mentioned: “It was a good race for the team. We had a great start, to get through Charles (Leclerc), and I was doing my own race — but Max came through pretty fast on the second stint. There was nothing I could do.”
Pole-sitter Leclerc took 3rd with Lewis Hamilton in fourth.
“It was pretty good for us in terms of pace, but looking at Red Bull we have a lot of work to do” said Leclerc.
Verstappen’s latest demonstration of dominance extended Red Bull’s record this year to 15 wins from 15 races — 12 grands prix and the three sprints.
He can draw level with Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 record of nine straight Formula One wins in front of his home fans at the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August.
In the drivers championship he moved on to 314 points, 125 clear of Perez.
Perez had taken the lead at the start from pole-sitter Leclerc with Verstappen soon climbing up to race second.
And by lap 17 of 44 the Belgian-born Dutch driver was back in the place he has spent the majority of this season – out in front, sweeping past Perez to his 45th career win.
Two-time champion Fernando Alonso finished fifth for Aston Martin ahead of George Russell in the second Mercedes, McLaren’s Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon of Alpine and Lance Stroll in the second Aston Martin. Yuki Tsunoda was 10th for Alpha Tauri.
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