Red Bull breaks an old F1 record in Hungary! It’s a phenomenal achievement, says Horner

Red Bull Racing dominated the eleventh round of the season. But apart from another victory for Max Verstappen, whose celebration of a third consecutive championship title will probably come much sooner than last year, it means that the Austrian team has broken the long-standing F1 record for consecutive victories.

It took 35 years, but the record, which until recently was considered insurmountable, has been broken. Max Verstappen’s latest victory is the 12th in a row for Red Bull, surpassing McLaren’s impressive feat from 1988.

At that time, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost drove for the British team, with the dominant McLaren winning 15 of the 16 races.

McLaren completely dominated the 1988 Constructors’ Cup, scoring an incredible 199 points after 16 races. Second-placed Ferrari lost out to the then champion by an abysmal 134 points. In the Drivers’ Championship, Senna triumphed after a great battle with 90 points, his rival Prost collecting three less.

However, at the moment, there is no great rivalry between the drivers, but the total domination of Verstappen. He is clearly going for his third title in a row and it seems that no one can stop him or Red Bull this year.

In terms of breaking the record, Red Bull has not won all twelve consecutive victories so far this season alone. Of course, the Austrian team is still credited with the victory in the last race of last season, in Abu Dhabi.

And in what looks almost frightening to the unbiased Formula One fan, if you don’t count George Russell’s one win at last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix, Red Bull has won for a year straight. And that’s since the French Grand Prix on 24 July 2022.

A phenomenal achievement!

“We have achieved a historic success, which is something very special for the whole team. It is an achievement that the whole team can be extremely proud of,” the Red Bull boss told reporters after the Hungarian Grand Prix, including Racing News 365.

“To achieve a record of 12 consecutive grand prix wins, to break that record from 1988 – when I remember watching Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost and the great McLaren team led by Ron Dennis, to think that it took 35 years, but we are the team that has broken that, especially with the quality of the opposition we are racing against, is a phenomenal achievement,” Horner added.

Source: F1, Racing News 365