Mekies on Red Bull's spicy strategy calls in Hungary
Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies said Max Verstappen’s second place at the Hungarian Grand Prix was helped by “spicy” strategy calls from the pit wall, including choosing track position rather than pitting under a late Virtual Safety Car. Mekies said: "In terms of the VSC, there have been a number of quite spicy strategy calls made by the guys today, including the one of the VSC, but not only, if you look at the earlier move not to cover Lewis [Hamilton] when he pitted early on, and as always, they always get it right. Very well done to the pit wall and to the whole team back home, tyre group, strategy group, and I think as a whole, race execution has been very, very strong here."
How Verstappen's P2 was helped by ‘spicy’ strategy calls
Open original
🗞️ Latest Stories
Mercedes confirms Gwen Lagrue departure
Mercedes has confirmed Gwen Lagrue will leave the team, ahead of an expected move to Red Bull in a similar junior driver programme role. Motorsport.com reported over the Belgian Grand Prix weekend that Lagrue was set to join Red Bull, and Mercedes has now announced his departure on social media. Lagrue’s switch is expected to help fill the vacancy left by Helmut Marko’s retirement at the end of last year. Mercedes wrote: “Thank you Gwen. It's been a great ride together.”
Mercedes confirms exit of young driver chief ahead of Red Bull F1 move
Open original
Related stories (3)
Mercedes makes exit announcement with Red Bull switch imminent
Red Bull poaches Mercedes F1 driver scout as Helmut Marko's successor
Mercedes confirm exit of senior team member after Red Bull approach
Norris on pressure being on championship leader Antonelli
Lando Norris says “all the pressure” is on Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli as he did not rule out mounting a title fightback after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris said: "The pressure is on him [Antonelli] for sure. There's no pressure on me. I've been feeling very confident. They [Mercedes] have made more mistakes as a team and we have made less and we have come strong but I expect them to still win races and expect us to win more races. We just need to be perfect from here on now for the whole year."
'Pressure is on Antonelli' - Norris not ruling out title fightback
Open original
Vasseur on Ferrari mistakes at the Hungarian Grand Prix
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said “everything went wrong” for the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and fifth despite Ferrari being expected to have strong pace at the Hungaroring. Vasseur said: "It's not a good Sunday because when you are P1-P2 on Friday you expect much more than P4-P5. And at the top you make too many mistakes today starting with a start, with a penalty, with the fact that Max overtook us on track, at each time that we are doing a pit stop, we are losing our position for 0.2 or 0.3 seconds. Everything went wrong, but for sure we have to do a much better job in some way."
Vasseur critical of Ferrari's Hungary performance
Open original
Related stories (1)
Fred Vasseur owns up to Ferrari's “very poor” execution in Hungarian GP
Analysis: 2026 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix - Budapest Driver Ratings
What really went wrong with Russell's Hungarian GP start
Edd Straw's 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix F1 driver rankings
Hulkenberg on scoring Audi points in Hungary
Nico Hulkenberg admits scoring points for Audi this season has been “a long time coming” after finishing ninth at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hulkenberg said: "Obviously better to have points than not. It's been a long time coming this season. There were many occasions and opportunities this year where it should've happened but it didn't for various reasons, so that was annoying but that's racing sometimes for you. I and the team knew it's there – it was just a matter of time and putting it together. Finally, the piece fell into place."
Points for Audi 'a long time coming' – Hulkenberg
Open original
More in the app
Download AppDownload SeedStream for more F1 stories
Get the full feed, faster alerts, and the stories worth following on your phone.