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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Giles Richards at the Hungaroring

Max Verstappen pulls away in F1 standings after victory at Hungarian GP

Max Verstappen ended the weekend well in charge of the F1 drivers’ championship title race
Max Verstappen ended the weekend well in charge of the F1 drivers’ championship title race. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

For Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, packing the bags for Formula One’s annual summer break will be a joy: buckets and spades and doubtless a spot of Scandi-noir crime fiction hurled in with abandon. They carry the joie de vivre of drivers who will take a deserved rest after claiming the top three places at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ferrari, however, might regard the holidays cancelled and consider just packing their bags to call it a day at the Scuderia after a woeful showing at the Hungaroring that has left Verstappen with one hand on the title.

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