Liam Lawson said Racing Bulls’ decision to switch him to a two-stop strategy at the Hungaroring was a “great call” after he finished eighth ahead of team-mate Arvid Lindblad. Lawson said: "We didn't plan on two-stopping, so that was something that was a surprise. I'd been managing the first part of that hard stint, and I could feel that there was something going on behind, because just the communication with Alex [Iliopoulos], he was mentioning the Audis, but not saying too much. And then out of nowhere, it was push for me to box. Obviously a long stint on the soft at the end. But it was a great call from the team."

Aston Martin trackside chief Shintaro Orihara said the team will run Honda’s new-spec power unit for the first time during Wednesday’s filming day at the Hungaroring, ahead of its planned introduction at Zandvoort. Orihara said: "In Hungary, we have been supporting the team with the power unit integration. We've also been able to collect vital data, which will help us come the next race. We will now take the important step of introducing our new spec power unit in the Netherlands. Before then, during Wednesday's filming day, we will run the new engine in the AMR26 for the first time, before the summer shutdown commences."

Aston Martin chief trackside officer Mike Krack says the team’s revised chassis package meant it could “go back racing” at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Krack said: "I think we came here and we said the main objective is to go back racing. I think we achieved that. The upgrade package works, and now we need to bring the next steps."













Racing Bulls drivers Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson said blue-flag confusion and wider system issues contributed to the incident at the Hungaroring that prompted Max Verstappen to call them “morons” and demand penalties. Verstappen lost time trying to lap the pair as they went side-by-side through Turn 2, with Lindblad saying the “system” was unclear: “Then they never showed the numbers. They just showed a blue flag, which was not the most useful message.” Lawson said he “was just trying not to get in the way” and added: “I wasn't getting lapped, so I didn't have to let them go.”


McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said the battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the Hungarian Grand Prix was “great racing”, and that Piastri apologised after making an angry radio comment about the team’s strategy. Stella said: "Let me say that immediately after the race, Oscar clarified that his comment was a comment in anger, and that what happened today, in terms of how the race unfolded, the competition between the two McLaren drivers was all fair, and it was great racing. So from this point of view, I think we are pretty happy with the racing that we have seen today."

Toto Wolff says Mercedes spent the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend playing catch-up and felt they should have done better, despite Kimi Antonelli driving to third place. Wolff said: "I think the whole weekend we didn't… it wasn't great. Missing FP1 certainly was not perfect. We got the set-ups not 100% right and it was always a catch-up game that we had all weekend. So, if you would have told me before the race that we can have a podium with Kimi, I would have said I'll take it immediately. But now you're looking back, the prevailing feeling is that we should have done better."

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