Marko Hanželic
We saw complete dominance in the first free practice Mercedesawhile the drivers Red Bull Racing, which is said to pose a major threat to the champions at Hungaroring, lagged far behind. Max Verstappen he finished in the first only as the eighth, second and four tenths for Lewis Hamilton, during the training itself, he complained a lot about his radio communication with his engineer by the behavior of the race car. Because it was raining during the second training session, the Dutchman could not test the car with different settings.
"It was not good. We have a lot of things to look at, but of course it’s a shame it rained on the second remaining training session. Otherwise, we could have fixed a few things already, and now we still have a lot of work to do. I'm not happy, but fortunately we can analyze overnight what we managed to do in the first free practice, make some changes and try to be better tomorrow, ” he said Max. When asked where they lose the most, he answered: "It simply came to our notice then. We need to examine why. “
Verstappn's teammate Alexander albon was only 13th in the first free practice on Friday, three tenths slower than the Dutchman. He also reported that the racer behaves very unpredictably in certain situations: “We tried to understand the car better, but the situation did not work out in our favor. It wasn’t exactly an ideal first workout, and we couldn’t try practically anything on the second. We will have to review the data obtained in the evening so that we can see what we can prepare for tomorrow. I struggled with the unpredictability of the race car, more than anything else. It’s not a problem in one turn or that we lose a lot on a certain part of the track, but we lose a little everywhere. The car is not what we want at the moment and we have to make an effort to find out what is going on ”
