Max Verstappen wins record tenth continuous race with triumph at Italian Terrific Prix
Max Verstappen further solidified his status as the predominant driver of his age with a noteworthy triumph at the Italian Great Prix, his tenth back to back race win.
No Equation One driver has at any point come out on top in as many races in succession in a season. The Red Bull driver had matched the past all-time record of nine, set by Sebastian Vettel quite a while back, finally end of the week's Dutch Excellent Prix.
Triumph at Monza was Verstappen's twelfth of the year and improves the probability of Red Bull turning into the main F1 group to come out on top in each race in a season.
McLaren verged on doing as such in 1988, winning everything except one of the 16 races on the schedule, yet such is Red Bull's matchless quality no group looks near having the option to bring down them throughout the 23-race season.
"I never would've accepted that that was conceivable," the Dutchman said after the race on the ESPN broadcast when gotten some information about the record. " We needed to work for it today and that made it most certainly much more tomfoolery."
Verstappen began the race in runner up having barely missed out to Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. in an emotional passing meeting on Saturday, yet surpassed the Spaniard on Lap 15.
Verstappen's dominance was evident as soon as he took the lead, as it has been so frequently this year. He continuously expanded his benefit over the pursuing pack to complete six seconds in front of Sergio Perez in second.
Sainz Jr. completed the podium ahead of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, who finished fourth.
By 145 points, Verstappen leads the drivers' championship. His partner Perez, who has won the season's different races, is second.
The 25-year-old star, who has now come out on top in 47 races altogether, which invests him fifth on the all-energy list, gets the opportunity to broaden his record at the Singapore Great Prix on September 17.
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