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Verstappen and Red Bull searching: 'Then the feeling was gone again'
Max Verstappen missed out on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix by just three thousandths of a second. None other than his old rival Lewis Hamilton ran away with the best starting position for the race on behalf of Mercedes. For Red Bull Racing, it continues to search for the right balance, which does not yet seem to be found at the Hungaroring.
Verstappen and Red Bull searching
"I’ve been struggling the whole weekend to find a good balance – every session has been up and down" said Verstappen after qualifying. "Today also in qualifying, it was really difficult. Q1, Q2 to feel confident, to really attack corners. I thought my first run in Q3 was quite good, but then second run, again no feeling. I tried to push a little more – you lose the rear, lose the front."
He continued: "We’re still second, but I think we should be ahead with the car we have normally, but so far this weekend I think we haven’t been on it."
"I think the update works, but I think we just really didn’t put everything together setup wise because I just think today everything has just been all over the shop and not exactly where we wanted to be," Verstappen said.