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British driver Lando Norris (McLaren), the reigning world champion, won the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix today, securing his first victory of the season.
Norris, who started from pole position for the first time this year, beat Netherlands’ Max Verstappen (Red Bull) by 15.080 seconds, with Italy’s Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) finishing third, 18.728 seconds off the pace.
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With these results, Kimi Antonelli strengthened his lead in the Drivers’ World Championship, benefiting from a difficult start that left Britain’s George Russell (Mercedes) seventh, along with a five-second penalty handed to Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) that dropped him to fifth, allowing Antonelli to reach 219 points, 50 more than the British Ferrari driver.
