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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Max Verstappen purrs after extending F1 title race lead to 80 points "even with a 360"

Max Verstappen was an understandably happy man as he joked in front of the TV cameras after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix.

After a disastrous result in qualifying, not many backed the Dutchman as one of the favourites to win in Budapest. But he made everyone who wrote him off look a little silly as he ended up claiming victory without having to break too much of a sweat.

The Dutchman started well and was patient as he waited for his opportunities to move up the order. And he was helped by another Ferrari strategy disaster which took Charles Leclerc out of the running, while Lewis Hamilton ran out of laps while on his late charge.

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