Mercedes deputy technical director Simone Resta said McLaren’s pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix looked to be about more than its new upgrade package, pointing to the gap between the team’s two cars as a sign Lando Norris’ performance also played a part. Resta said: "The update package was certainly significant, and it must have contributed to their performance. At the same time, if you look at the gap between their two cars, there was clearly more to it than the upgrade alone. Budapest may simply have been one of those weekends where he found himself in a particularly good place with the car, the setup and tyre management. I think it was probably a combination of both factors."

Max Verstappen says the recent run of Dutch Grands Prix at Zandvoort will remain a special part of his career as the event prepares for its final edition at the circuit. Verstappen said: "I just think it is wonderful that it happened, that I was obviously able to be a part of it and that we were ultimately able to win a few there. No one can take that away from us anymore!"

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu says the team has fallen behind its rivals in the development race because of the “constrained environment” created by limited resources. Komatsu said: "Then what happened afterwards in terms of our development race, etc. It's indicative of the constrained environment we've got. Our guys are up against everything, in terms of number of people, in terms of tools that they have and the resources we have. So it's more the fact that I haven't been able to give them that environment that they can show what they're capable of. The fact that we fell behind in the development race is definitely not a reflection of their capability."

Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane says there are “too many unknowns” to speculate about what impact a possible Max Verstappen exit from Red Bull could have on the wider driver market. Alan Permane said: "But I don't want to speculate on which one it could be, or if Max moves to another team, would he swap with a driver from another team? I think there are too many unknowns."






Liam Lawson says he has “no idea” about his Formula 1 future at Racing Bulls and expects any talks with Red Bull to take place around the summer break. Lawson said: "Oh, me personally? I actually have no idea. I think that stuff... that conversation is normally around summer break. So I'm sure there'll be discussions around that."

Oliver Bearman says he is committed to the Ferrari driver programme and would not consider leaving it for Aston Martin. Bearman said: "I'm very much committed to what Ferrari have offered me, and they have supported me since the very beginning, since I joined F3, and I'm only sitting here thanks to them. So my goal remains to be a Ferrari driver one day. But I wouldn't say I'm looking towards them at this stage."

Alpine team boss Flavio Briatore says he and US president Donald Trump were behind an ultimately unsuccessful plan for a Formula 1 street race in New Jersey in the 2010s, after he joined forces with Trump to pitch the idea to then-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Briatore said: "Sure, Donald had no idea as well about Formula 1 - but he's a great promoter. And I made Donald talk with Bernie. I was in the office of Donald. We put in [a] video with Bernie to [find], what was the best place in New York to do the race... Donald [told] us New York is very difficult for a million reasons, but Jersey was the place... But we never succeeded, because Formula 1 was not… considered something special."

Fred Vasseur says Ferrari have to keep bringing upgrades “to every race” to maintain their development momentum through the rest of the 2026 season. Vasseur said: "For sure, each time they are finding something, they are making a huge gain, but we have a different approach, trying to bring parts to every race, and we have to keep this momentum because there are still 12 races to go."

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