02/08/2025 18:20
Max Verstappen delivered a scathing verdict on Red Bull's "biggest
problem", following a horror qualifying at the Hungarian Grand
Prix. Red Bull has struggled throughout the weekend at the
Hungaroring, with Verstappen having found himself outside the top
10 in both second and third practice. As a result, simply making
Q3 pleased Verstappen and the Austrian outfit, although Yuki
Tsunoda suffered a fourth Q1 exit in the last eight races. The
Milton Keynes-based team has suffered from major issues with the
RB21, as outlined by Verstappen after qualifying in eighth.
"Looking at the whole weekend, I think we are happy to be in Q3
because I've been more outside of the top 10 than in so, yeah, it's
been difficult this whole weekend," Verstappen told select media,
including RacingNews365 . "No grip, yeah, front and rear, and it
was the same in qualifying. So for me, it was not really a shock. I
just drove to what I already feel the whole weekend. Several
changes were made by Red Bull throughout the practice sessions, yet
it has not shaken the car's major grip problem. Asked if Red Bull
understand the issues in Hungary, Verstappen pointed out: "No,
clearly not. I mean, otherwise, of course, we would have changed it
already. But somehow, this weekend, nothing seems to work."
'Nothing works' for Red Bull The Hungaroring has not been one of
Red Bull's strongest circuits in recent seasons, with him having
finished fifth last year following back-to-back wins at the venue.
However, he was able to fight for pole position 12 months ago,
something which was never on the cards on Saturday. Verstappen
highlighted that the key problem this weekend is that despite the
car being turned upside down, no performance improvement has been
discovered. "Yeah, but I think we still qualified very close to
pole [last year], like within a few hundredths, so I think we were
a lot more competitive back then," added Verstappen. "But yeah,
this weekend already, from lap one, it just felt off, and we threw
the car around a lot, and nothing really gave a direction. "And
that, of course, is the biggest problem, because normally, when you
change a lot on the set-up it will always give you positives or
negatives, and now it's just nothing works. "You know, it's like
just going around in circles and nothing gives you any kind of idea
of what to do."
