Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez Hungarian GP Preview

After a disappointing weekend at Silverstone, where Red Bull came out with empty hands after securing impressive Pole position. Team is looking to bounce back at demanding Hungaroring circuit.

Finishing high before the summer break is crucial in the title fight, the positive momentum will carry to second half of the season.

Hungaroring is a very different track, much slower and technical type of circuit with just one short straight and many slow corners, making overtaking difficult so that qualifying position is very important. In a nutshell A Monaco-like challenge for teams and drivers.

There is 72% chance of rain forecasted for Sunday’s race, everyone at the Red Bull knows what happened last year in the slippery conditions. Max made contact with the barrier on his way to the grid, sparking one of the greatest Mechanic performances F1 has seen for some time!

Max Verstappen

“I’m happy to get back on track in Hungary this weekend, especially after the last race result. I’m a little bruised of course but that’s normal after such a big impact but I’m training and feeling good. I did a 24hr sim race this week and it was a good test to see how my body would react to spending time sat in one position and behind screens for a long time, I felt absolutely fine which makes me feel positive heading into the weekend.

I’m definitely ready to go again! I don’t have much to say on all the media hype and to be honest I am not interested in getting involved in any of that. I know what happened at Silverstone as I was in the car and obviously I feel a certain way about how my race ended but now I’m just focusing on making sure we are the best we can be on track so we can stay ahead in the championship.

The Team can take care of the official side of things and anything that needs looking into after the crash but my job is the same as always – to be the best I can and try to win on Sunday. I enjoy Hungary as a track and let’s hope there is a little less action on the way to the grid as the mechanics worked some sort of miracle to get my car out for the race last year!”

Sergio Perez

“Silverstone was a poor weekend for me and one to forget. I enjoyed the sprint race format though, it demands a lot more from the drivers with two races and two starts. It was definitely different, that’s for sure. Now I am fully focused on Hungary and we plan to bounce back. We are very motivated as a Team, we have worked really hard this week and we are doing everything we can to come back strong.

The Hungaroring is a very unique track and it’s very similar to Monaco with the high levels of downforce, it’s a very technical track. I’m looking forward to having a strong weekend at the last race before the summer holidays…that’s the only way we can have a good holiday, making sure that we have a strong weekend in Budapest [laughs]!”