The championship leader was unstoppable in his bid to secure Red Bull’s landmark victory, as the Anglo-Austrian outfit becomes the fifth team in F1 to score 100 victories.
He beat Alonso with a winning margin of 9.5s, as the Spanish driver overcame a fast-starting Lewis Hamilton to secure the runner-up spot in the race.
Verstappen was able to lead away from the start line, as a lightning start from Hamilton carried the Mercedes driver above Alonso for the opening array of laps.
The early battle among the front-running trio was joined by George Russell, but the Briton hit the Turn 9 exit wall on lap 12 and knocked his right-rear tyre off the rim. The debris clean-up required a full safety car, and Russell was able to rejoin the back of the field having limped back to the pits.
This did not deter Verstappen, who rocketed off into the lead on the lap 17 restart an …