Index – Sport – Verstappen is happy, Hamilton is surprised, Ferrari is nervous after the Hungarian Grand Prix

The defending world champion and the winner of the Hungarian race, Max Verstappen he was confident that he could reach the podium, according to the Dutchman, the team chose a great tactic, and despite his spin and the fact that he had problems with the clutch for almost the entire race, he really enjoyed the race that brought many battles.

Mercedes also had reason to be happy, since Lewis Hamilton and starting from pole George Russell After France, he finished directly behind the winner again.

I have no idea where this pace came from, at the beginning of the race I didn’t know how I would be able to catch the guys in front, and now we are back on the podium with both cars. I think the cool weather also played into our hands. This is wonderful, it’s nice to go on summer vacation like this

he rejoiced Hamilton.

“I had a good start on the soft tires, then the first stage was fine, but after switching to the mediums I suffered a bit. Regardless, we managed to improve, our pace was good at the end of the race, I’m happy with another double podium” he declared Russell.

After the podium winners, the other runners-up also shared their experiences. The pair of Ferrari, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz of course, he was disappointed with the competition after finishing 2-3. only the 4th-6th from the starting point. they finished in the race.

“We were hoping for a great race on Friday, but I don’t understand our performance today. With the cooler weather, the conditions were completely different, but there was always something wrong with the car or the tires. We need to find out what went so wrong. The work was too slow in boxing as well, I hope that we will come back stronger after the break” Sainz responded.

Teammate, Leclerc he said even more nervously.

I am terribly disappointed. We had a great pace on the medium compound, then we switched to the hards. I don’t understand why we made this decision. I want to sit down with the team and discuss what went wrong. During the race, I said not to use this mixture. This Sunday didn’t go well either, even though our pace is basically there, but something keeps going wrong. We need to analyze these errors.

Finishing in 15th place Daniel Ricciardo he started from a good position, but in the end he leaves Hungary without a point. The Australian battled well with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, but is looking forward to the summer break.

“As I drove out of the garage on the softs I knew it was going to be a tough session, then the mediums were fine, but the start of the race was very tricky on the softs. There were some great moments in the race, like my double overtaking against the Alpines. I saw that Fernando was suffering a bit on the hard tires and Ocon was just coming out of the pits, I was able to pass both of them in the end, it was fun. With them, the order of strength changes from race to race, where we are better, where they are. On Friday it looked like we were the better team, then on Saturday it turned around. The cool weather combined with this strong wind made the race a bit tricky for us. I’m glad the break is coming, these six months didn’t go as planned. Even if I had a great six months, I would still feel the need to rest. The days in Formula 1 are very intense, there is always a huge crowd at the hotel, there is a lot of commotion around us. It’s good to switch off for a few weeks at this time” – assessed Ricciardo.

Stephen Ocon in the end, he finished in 9th place, but according to his words, he and the team chose the wrong tactics for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

We had an interesting tactic, I’m a little frustrated about it. So, in retrospect, maybe the one stop was too bold, we suffered a lot on the hard compound, it was difficult to get the tires to work. Maybe we made the wrong decision. In the end, we scored points with both cars, we were competitive during the weekend, unfortunately this does not really show in the final result, but it feels good to go to the summer break with points.

Pierre Gasly finished 12th with the AlphaTauri, but clearly feels there is more to this car.

“We are trying to get back to our form at the beginning of the year, obviously McLaren and Alpine were too fast compared to us today, and Aston Martin also got ahead of us in race pace. I think it was still a positive day for us. After the break, we will continue the season on exciting tracks. Now it will be possible to switch off a little and recharge. We know we have a good car, the goal is to get closer to the front of the midfield. We have to work together, I know what the team is capable of, great people work here, it is important that we apply the knowledge we share together on the field” Gasly said.