Fernando Alonso has hailed Aston Martin’s “absolute commitment to winning” as a major factor in his move to Aston Martin. The two-time former World Champion was named as Sebastian Vettel’s successor at Aston Martin just four days after the German announced his retirement. Considering Vettel’s exit at the end of the season was reported to have come as a surprise […]
Valtteri Bottas ground to a halt in Hungary, Alfa Romeo confirming that a “fuel system issue” was to blame. On Lap 68 of 70 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Bottas brought his Alfa Romeo C42 to a stop, triggering the Virtual Safety Car. Heading over to the media pen after that disappointing conclusion to the race, Bottas cited a “technical […]
Lando Norris was pleased with his effort in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but the massive gap to the top three teams is a cause for concern. Norris had an excellent qualifying session in Budapest, putting his McLaren fourth on the grid and only four tenths behind George Russell’s pole time. But his race was a tougher proposition altogether, having been […]
As the Spa Technical Directive looms, George Russell is convinced Ferrari and Red Bull have been stretching the boundaries of the rules. Stemming from the bouncing issues some teams suffered from earlier in the season, Mercedes especially, the FIA answered calls for intervention by announcing future methods to monitor the oscillations of the cars. The enforcement of the directive was […]
Charles Leclerc was left confused as to why his Hungarian Grand Prix strategy had ended up as a “disaster” after a lowly P6 finish. The Ferrari driver had taken the lead of the race from George Russell midway through the race, but with the team having put on a second set of medium tyres at the first pit-stop Leclerc was […]
Here are the complete results from the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull from 10th place on the grid. The World Champion had suffered a power-unit issue in Q3 which meant he started in the midfield, but he overcame that disadvantage brilliantly to further extend his commanding margin over Charles Leclerc in his Drivers’ […]
Starting the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position, the first of his career, Toto Wolff says “why not” to George Russell winning the race. Russell will line up on pole position, the Briton surprising the paddock when he beat the Ferraris in Saturday’s qualifying at the Hungaroring. He laid down a 1:17.377 to beat Carlos Sainz by 0.044s, securing Mercedes’ […]
Failing to make it out of Q2 in Hungary, Helmut Marko says Sergio Perez seems to have already be in the “summer slump”. Perez will line up P11 on the Hungaroring grid, the Mexican driver off the pace in the final grand prix weekend before Formula 1 heads off for its summer break. The driver has been roughly seven-tenths shy […]
Max Verstappen is none too impressed with how track limits rules are currently being enforced by the stewards. Verstappen was speaking in the wake of the latest furore regarding track limits, as Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez had a time deleted and reinstated during the course of Q2 during the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session. Perez had a time deleted […]
Helmut Marko says Red Bull may change a part in Max Verstappen’s hybrid system before the start of the Hungarian GP, but that it is “possible without penalty”. Verstappen recorded his worst qualifying showing of this season at the Hungaroring on Saturday, the reigning World Champion down in 10th place. A lock up on his first run in Q3 left […]