Max Verstappen complains about a lack of power and only ends up in tenth place.
There is criticism for Perez: “He’s too far away from Max at the moment. We have to sit down together. He has to stick more to Max’s car in the set-up again.”
Mick Schumacher retires in 15th place.
Schumacher: “It was still a lot of fun in the rain, so we were hoping for rain. And we knew that it would be difficult in the dry. Not quite happy with today. But a lot can happen at the start. If people get their hair cut in the front, we can be the laughing third party.”
After the announcement of his retirement, Sebastian Vettel is already over after the first qualifying round. The Aston Martin driver only managed 18th place. The Hessian had supported his mechanics with the screws after his slip in the third free practice session: “Instead of sitting around, I can help to hold something or push it out of the way,” he explains disappointedly. “Too bad, I would have liked to return more. The car was different from yesterday. I struggled to get the maximum out of it. There weren’t any major mistakes. It’s just a pity that we didn’t have the pace after yesterday.”
Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
Qualifying result:
2. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain) – Ferrari +0.044s
3. Charles Leclerc (Monaco) – Ferrari +0.190
4. Lando Norris (Great Britain) – McLaren +0.392
5. Esteban Ocon (France) – Alpine +0.641
6. Fernando Alonso (Spain) – Alpine +0.701
7. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) – Mercedes +0.765
8. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) – Alfa Romeo +0.780
9. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) – McLaren +1.002
10. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) – Red Bull +1.446
11. Sergio Perez (Mexico) – Red Bull 1:18.516
12. Zhou Guanyu (China) – Alfa Romeo 1:18.573
13. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) – Haas 1:18.825
14. Lance Stroll (Canada) – Aston Martin 1:19.137
15. Mick Schumacher (Gland/Switzerland) – Haas 1:19.202
16. Yuki Tsunoda (Japan)—Alpha Tauri 1:19.240
17. Alexander Albon (Thailand) – Williams 1:19.256
18. Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim) – Aston Martin 1:19.273
19. Pierre Gasly (France) – Alpha Tauri 1:19.527
20. Nicholas Latifi (Canada) – Williams 1:19.570
