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Hamilton on Ferrari's VSC pit call in Hungary

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari made the wrong call by pitting him under the virtual safety car at the Hungarian Grand Prix, a decision he believes “opened the door” to the five-second penalty he later received for pit-lane speeding. Hamilton said: "I definitely don't think we should have taken the stop; the call came literally just before the pit lane entry, and I didn't have time to debate. We've got to trust that there's a decision that's been taken, but in hindsight, my tyres were totally fine, and I was probably going to lose out to Max, but I think I could have kept third at least. It just opened the door to the penalty I got at the end."

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Lewis Hamilton rues Ferrari decision as 'wrong call' leads to latest F1 penalty

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Alonso on Aston Martin's upgrades and Zandvoort engine hopes

Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s upgrade package has given the team a platform to build on, and he hopes further developments including an upgraded power unit at the Dutch Grand Prix can provide a “new start of the championship” in the second half of the season. Alonso said: "Yeah, exactly. Especially on the engine, obviously, we are looking forward to Zandvoort and trying to get a little bit more competitive in terms of straight-line speed, which is the race that we are in the mix now. We need that extra speed on the straight so, yeah, hopefully a new start of the championship for us basically in the second part."

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Alonso reacts to first race with Aston Martin upgrades

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Wolff on Russell's Hungarian GP start problem

Toto Wolff said a start problem that dropped George Russell from sixth on the grid to 20th at the first corner of the Hungarian Grand Prix was down to an engine issue and not the Mercedes driver’s mistake. Wolff said: "It looks like he gave about 10% throttle and the whole thing revved to the maximum, he went off the throttle and it bogged down. I'm really not happy about too many mistakes that happened. So that was the reason and then he drove very well. He went through the traffic easy and then recovered, I think, the maximum points that he could have recovered."

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'Too many mistakes' – Mercedes admits Hungarian GP start issue wasn't George Russell's fault

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Complete weekend for Norris but poor result for Sainz - driver ratings

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Oscar Piastri didn't hold back after his collision with Carlos Sainz, despite acknowledging the blue flag system wasn't working as it should:

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Russell on Mercedes anti-stall issue in Hungarian Grand Prix

George Russell says he is "past the point of disappointment" after an anti-stall at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix left the Mercedes driver dropping to the back on lap one and finishing seventh. Russell said: "I'm sort of past the point of disappointment now, because if I'm continuing to be disappointed with everything that goes on, I'll just be disappointed every day of the week. So it's sort of like, I've got to stay positive. Another sort of technical issue that completely ruined the race. It's just unbelievable the list of things that's happened this season."

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George Russell beyond 'disappointed' after tough F1 Hungarian GP

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Norris on McLaren team rules in Hungary

Lando Norris said McLaren’s team rules stopped him being allowed to pit first and try an undercut on team-mate Oscar Piastri during the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite feeling he had “much, much better pace”. Norris said: "I just want to win the race. There are certain rules we have as a team. We can't harm each other's race by being overly aggressive and wanting to win. But I want to win, and I certainly had much, much better pace than him. So, when I was stuck behind Oscar, Max [Verstappen] was three-four seconds behind, and at that point, he's still a threat."

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