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Sauber expected a stronger performance in Hungary as a result of upgrading the package on Valtteri Bottas’ car two races before heading into the summer break. A decent result in qualifying saw the Finnish driver going close to a place in Q3 as he missed out by 0.077s to start P12, as teammate Zhou Guanyu…
Charles Leclerc will start the Hungarian Grand Prix from P6 as Ferrari’s recent struggles continued. The Monegasque driver was half a tenth away from Lewis Hamilton in Q3 on Saturday and said he lost that time in the last corner. Nonetheless, he has been a couple of tenths off teammate Carlos Sainz throughout the weekend…
It was a massively frustrating Saturday for George Russell at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he was knocked out in Q1, alongside Sergio Pérez. On the first set of tyres, Russell was tentative and he could only manage P14 fastest. The 26-year-old also had a moment at turn 8 but carried on. He took responsibility…
Carlos Sainz was ‘best of the rest’ on Saturday, qualifying P4 at the Hungaroring as Ferrari’s pace-related struggles continued. Ferrari’s weekend has been a mixed bag so far. Sainz topped the first practice session of the weekend, but they’ve seemingly been on the back foot since FP2. The Ferrari duo was split by Lewis Hamilton,…
McLaren have locked out the front row for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris leading the 1-2. Oscar Piastri, meanwhile, is still waiting for his maiden F1 pole. On this occasion, he found himself just 0.022 seconds behind his teammate. “Of course very happy for the team and obviously a good result to be…
After winning the past two rounds in the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, Mercedes anticipated a drop In performance at the Hungaroring, as it’s technical nature and medium-speed corners are a weak point of their car. This culminated in a disappointing qualifying session, as the team struggled to deliver a consistent performance. George Russell exited…
Daniel Ricciardo’s performance throughout qualifying at the Hungarian GP demonstrated why he’s in the mix for the highly sought after second Red Bull seat. Qualifying in P9 was a solid outcome for the Aussie, despite him feeling that the team missed out on some opportunities to beat Aston Martin due to the rain following the…
Aston Martin locked out the fourth row for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll closely matched. More importantly, the team made a big step forward in performance compared to Spain and Austria. Fernando Alonso noted that the new parts and overnight adjustments have directly improved their performance, “Thanks to the…
There was a painful end to Sergio Pérez’s Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he crashed out in Q1 in damp conditions. The Mexican driver, facing enormous pressure both internally from Red Bull and externally from the media, lost the car in turn 8 as he turned in, crashing quite heavily into the tyre…
Max Verstappen was a little bit frustrated coming over the line after his final qualifying attempt this afternoon in Budapest. He qualified third, just under half a tenth behind pole-sitter Lando Norris, but he feels he is lacking some grip and pace to attack McLaren at the moment. “I tried, the whole weekend I think…
