Christian Horner reveals Ferrari decision buoyed…
It was a memorable Sunday at the Hungaroring for Red Bull Racing, after the Austrian team turned what was looking like a disastrous weekend into yet another victory.
After a power unit issue during Q3, Max Verstappen was unable to set a lap-time in the final part of qualifying, resulting in a P10 start for the Hungarian Grand Prix.x
Christian Horner reveals Ferrari decision buoyed ..
This was still better than Sergio Pérez managed, as the Mexican driver was eliminated in Q2; he started the race in P11.
Sunday was a completely different story for Red Bull, with Verstappen making his way through to take an unexpected victory, with Pérez managing to recover fifth.
Team principal Christian Horner hailed Verstappen’s drive as “one of his best”, with the Dutchman also having experienced a clutch issue at the start of the race.
“We were out of it on Friday, we had a tough day yesterday despite feeling we got the car into a much better window,” said Horner.
“Then a really competitive race – a bit of a clutch issue early on with Max, which we had to manage – but once we solved that, we were able to release him. It was one of his best drives.”
Whilst Verstappen’s performance was magnificent, he was somewhat gifted the race lead by yet another Ferrari blunder.
With the track surface being cool, Leclerc failed to generate any heat into the hardest rubber, resulting in the Monegasque driver making a stop more than everybody else.
As a result, Leclerc fell from first, to P6, whilst being overtaken by Verstappen twice.
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The Dutchman managed to overtake his title rival, spin, then re-overtake the Ferrari driver, all in the space of a few laps.
Horner refused to comment on Ferrari’s strategic error but did reveal that he felt victory was possible once he’d seen what the Italian team had done.
“I can only focus on our performance and we did a great job today,” said Horner.
Christian Horner reveals Ferrari decision buoyed…
It was a memorable Sunday at the Hungaroring for Red Bull Racing, after the Austrian team turned what was looking like a disastrous weekend into yet another victory.
After a power unit issue during Q3, Max Verstappen was unable to set a lap-time in the final part of qualifying, resulting in a P10 start for the Hungarian Grand Prix.x
Christian Horner reveals Ferrari decision buoyed ..
This was still better than Sergio Pérez managed, as the Mexican driver was eliminated in Q2; he started the race in P11.
Sunday was a completely different story for Red Bull, with Verstappen making his way through to take an unexpected victory, with Pérez managing to recover fifth.
Team principal Christian Horner hailed Verstappen’s drive as “one of his best”, with the Dutchman also having experienced a clutch issue at the start of the race.
“We were out of it on Friday, we had a tough day yesterday despite feeling we got the car into a much better window,” said Horner.
“Then a really competitive race – a bit of a clutch issue early on with Max, which we had to manage – but once we solved that, we were able to release him. It was one of his best drives.”
Whilst Verstappen’s performance was magnificent, he was somewhat gifted the race lead by yet another Ferrari blunder.
With the track surface being cool, Leclerc failed to generate any heat into the hardest rubber, resulting in the Monegasque driver making a stop more than everybody else.
As a result, Leclerc fell from first, to P6, whilst being overtaken by Verstappen twice.
READ MORE:Sergio Perez adxits “it won’t be difficult” to quit F1 and makes Max …
The Dutchman managed to overtake his title rival, spin, then re-overtake the Ferrari driver, all in the space of a few laps.
Horner refused to comment on Ferrari’s strategic error but did reveal that he felt victory was possible once he’d seen what the Italian team had done.
“I can only focus on our performance and we did a great job today,” said Horner.
