McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says it is “far too early” to call the team’s Hungarian Grand Prix win a turning point, despite Lando Norris’ victory in Budapest following the first part of a new upgrade package. Stella said: "I think it will be more about how many upgrades the top teams will be in condition to deliver so far and for what's left of the season, because we are only midway in this season. So I think it's far too early to say whether this is a turning point for McLaren or not."





Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord says it is “far too early” for the team to prioritise either Kimi Antonelli in the 2026 Formula 1 title fight, insisting Mercedes will focus on the constructors’ championship and let the quickest car win. Lord said: "If a Mercedes can win the race, a Mercedes must win the race. That's what comes first, the team comes first and the constructors' championship is the team's primary focus and primary objective... It's far too early to even be thinking like that... core principle: if a Mercedes can win, a Mercedes must win. We don't mind which of the two cars it is."

Former Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer says he used to put tape on his forehead with the word “Netflix” on it so staff would know he was wearing a microphone for Drive to Survive filming. Szafnauer said: "I'll tell you what I used to do whenever I was miked up and on the pitwall. You could say all sorts of stuff because emotions were quite high and they recorded everything. I used to put a piece of tape across my forehead that said 'Netflix'. So whenever anyone was talking to me, they could see I was miked up."





Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari still have “a huge amount of work to do” to turn the team’s passion into performance, as they try to close the gap to Mercedes in the championship fight. Hamilton said: "There is still a huge amount of work to do, and improvements we need to make in terms of, like, galvanising the troops, who are all so passionate. At the factory, I've never seen a love for a team like it, and a passion for the team, and it is just about directing that and steering it in the right direction."

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says he stayed at the team “two years too long” before leaving at the end of the 2023 season when his contract was not renewed. Steiner said: "I think I stayed two years too long. What I should have done better or differently was to explain my vision better so they would do it, but I don't know if I would ever have achieved that. What I should have done was just say, 'Hey, it's not working. I'm leaving now.'"

Lando Norris says McLaren’s recent success could have played out very differently if he had ignored team orders to let Oscar Piastri back through at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris said: "100 per cent [it would have affected my relationship with Piastri]. The team wouldn't be the same as they are now. Probably wouldn't have won the Constructors' for the last two years, which probably means we wouldn't have won the Drivers' Championship. I wouldn't have won the Drivers' Championship last year; that's how easy it is for things to go wrong in Formula 1."
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