Max Verstappen takes his 8th win of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – JULY 31: Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and The Netherlands celebrates finishing in first position during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 31, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)
Dubai, UAE, 26 August 2022: The 13th round of the Hungarian Grand Prix was held at Hungaroring. Oracle Red Bull Racing driver, Max Verstappen won the race starting from 10th. Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), which provides technical support for the power unit, congratulates Max Verstappen on the 8th win of the season and the 28th win of his career.
Sergio Perez of Oracle Red Bull Racing finished 5th, Pierre Gasly of Scuderia AlphaTauri was 12th, and Yuki Tsunoda finished 19th.
Max Verstappen
Oracle Red Bull Racing
It feels crazy to have won the race today from P10, especially on a track like this where it’s very hard to pass. We made all the right calls today, there were some good undercuts, and overall we did a great job today as a Team. This was definitely one of my best races, despite the little 360-degree spin! I’m very happy with our lead, but of course, we have to keep pushing and win more races.
Sergio Perez
Oracle Red Bull Racing
It is good to go into the summer break strongly. After qualifying, it looked like it could have been a poor weekend for us but we recovered some good points, and it was great fun to have the Mercedes and Ferraris racing up there with us. It was quite a tricky race, particularly towards the end, when the conditions changed especially during the virtual safety car, which meant everyone got cold tyres. Overall, we were a little unlucky with the VSC because we were potentially going to get Carlos and George and I felt we would have gotten a lot closer to them towards the end. I felt a lot stronger in the final stint and with a few more laps I think I could have been on the podium with Max. It was a great race, though, and very fun at times. It was a fantastic recovery for the Team today and it was great to see Max get the win.
Pierre Gasly
Scuderia AlphaTauri
I must say I’m happy with today. Starting from the pitlane is never easy and we managed to recover to 12th position. There were some changes made to the set-up of the car for the pitlane start, which showed a bit more pace and allowed us to make some good moves. The most important thing is that we use the upcoming three weeks to extract more from our package and finish inside the points consistently. I know the team and what we are capable of achieving, and with these new cars being difficult, we need time to understand how to get the best out of it.
Yuki Tsunoda 22
Scuderia AlphaTauri
It’s been a really difficult day, it didn’t feel like I had much of a race. I struggled with the car throughout, as I had absolutely no grip at all out there. I was finding it so difficult to keep it on the track and made a small mistake which meant I spun. This weekend has not been an easy one, we need to go away and look at all the data to understand why the upgrades we have are not paying off in the way we thought they would. We’ll have a reset now over the summer break and then look to come back stronger for the second half of the season.
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