Mekies on Red Bull's car limits in Hungary
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said the team “never managed” to give Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar a car they could properly push at the Hungarian Grand Prix, despite Verstappen finishing second. Mekies said: "I think we never managed to give Max and Isack [Hadjar] a car they could push with. If I look back at the drivers' feedback in Spa or Austria, they would probably have said that the car was pretty much in the ballpark, as to how it should feel and what it allows them to do. That was never the case this weekend."
"We are always on the edge" – Red Bull admits it didn't give Max Verstappen "a car to push with"
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Alonso on Aston Martin's upgraded AMR26 baseline
Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s heavily upgraded AMR26 has given the team “a good baseline to work with”. Alonso said: "I think it was good to feel again the competitiveness and I think especially at the beginning, I think we had the pace to follow more or less the midfields. That was good, and hopefully a good baseline to work with this new car."
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Verstappen on shock second place in Hungary
Max Verstappen said he was “shocked” to finish second at the Hungarian Grand Prix after struggling with the handling of his Red Bull throughout the weekend, having told his engineer in qualifying that the car was “completely broken”. Max Verstappen said: "I was just like, 'How the hell did I end up here?' I was shocked. I'm actually still shocked... Overall, I still don't really understand how we are second, but I think as a team we performed strongly. I see it as a bit of an overperformance compared to what we expected, so I guess that's, of course, a good thing considering how everything felt."
Max Verstappen 'still shocked' with podium finish at Hungarian GP after calling Red Bull 'broken'
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Norris on being better than Piastri in Hungarian GP fight
Lando Norris said he was "better in every sense" than McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri during their fight for the lead in the Hungarian Grand Prix, which Norris won. Norris said: "Of course, it wasn't my finest Turn 2, but after that, seeing what my pace was like and I was just better in every sense, in terms of degradation and pace. I was convinced I could still win the race, even after that, whether I would box or force him to box and I would go long, get fresh tyres and come back through."
Lando Norris: ‘I was better than Piastri in every sense' in battle for victory
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Sainz on Piastri clash and blue flag issues
Carlos Sainz says Oscar Piastri “could have been a bit more careful” when trying to lap him during their Hungarian Grand Prix clash, with the Williams driver pointing to issues with blue flags. Sainz said: "To be honest, I'm really sorry for Oscar, but this time I think I have a pretty good excuse for what happened. I don't know if he could also have been a bit more careful, given that he's the one fighting for podiums and positioning himself a bit more cautiously because of all the issues we were all having with the blue flags. I took the five-second penalty; I'm okay with it."
Carlos Sainz deflects blame after Oscar Piastri clash: 'He could have been more careful'
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Lando Norris says McLaren were on “another level” and that, in the form he was in, there was “no stopping” him as he won the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris said: "We were just on another level today, and I felt in a very good flow of things. When the car's good and when I'm in a good flow, there's no stopping [me]."
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