Red Bull had mixed feelings after the Hungarian Grand prix. On one hand, Daniel Ricciardo made a great recovery. He was 12th on the grid, had an incident after the start but managed to get to 4th. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen had a better start and was running fifth when an MGU-K problem forced him to retire.
Daniel Ricciardo
“We had a pretty good car and I was able to make it to fourth having been at P16 at one point on the first lap, so in the end, it was a good result for us. The start was pretty chaotic and I took a hit on my front left tyre which caused some vibrations and we lost a few positions there. [Esteban] Ocon then went really deep in Turn 6, cut the chicane and stayed in front of me for two laps. That was frustrating, especially at the beginning when everyone is so close, you lose a lot of ground.”
“After this, with the pace advantage we had, we were able to get on and do some overtakes. And I had some fun with that and could get up the field. Before the incident at the end with Valtteri [Bottas] in Turn 1, I knew he had some damage, so I knew it should be relatively easy to pass him, but he obviously just went too deep into that turn. I couldn’t see his car in my blind spot. So I left room and then I got the hit but fortunately, I didn’t spin. I thought it was likely he would get a penalty but I really wanted to pass him on track, which fortunately I could do on the last lap. I was happy, happy to finish and get some points and have a race I feel I maximized.”
One of @danielricciardo’s trademark smooth moves to take him from P12 on the grid to P4 at the flag ?? #HungarianGP ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/GHvBScpTn2
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 30, 2018
Max Verstappen
“It didn’t go the way we planned. I felt good with the car and had a strong start but the race was then over within six laps. It is really frustrating after putting all the effort in and being in a promising position, but then having to stop due to reliability. As I was happy with the car I think we could have had a good battle with the front group, it’s a shame to have missed out on that and some valuable points. It’s such a shame for not just myself and the team but also the fans that travel all the way here supporting me. It’s not fun to watch me complete a few laps and then retire.”
“I’m not sure if this will mean engine penalties for Spa, we will look into it as a team and discuss the best way to come back strong after the summer break. I don’t really feel like going away on holiday now as this isn’t the way I wanted to finish the first part of the season. I would like to get back in the car to race again and finish on a strong result, unfortunately, I can’t.”
I’m honestly very disappointed, just like the rest of the team and our fans. Valuable points are just thrown away. It’s frustrating to go into the summer break like this, but hopefully we will be back stronger #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/z7UWTJas9S
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) July 29, 2018
