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Verstappen: "Something is clearly not right compared to last year"

18 July 2020 at 15:30
Last update 18 July 2020 at 15:36
  • Louis Shaw
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For Max Verstappen qualifying at the Hungaroring did not go as expected. The expectation was that the Dutchman would take on Mercedes, but in the end, he had to settle for seventh-place, behind both Ferrari's and both Racing Point drivers. Verstappen himself indicated that he doesn't know exactly why they are so low on the grid.

"I don't know why the car behaves like this. Clearly, something is not working well compared to last year, when we had a very good balance on this track. The whole week was very tricky and it is very difficult to understand. We have tried a lot but it doesn't really seem to work, it really is a disappointing qualification," the Dutchman told Sky Sports F1.

Speed is close together

"For tomorrow, it's not quite clear yet. The speed of all teams is close together so we have to wait and see how things will go. Of course, we won't start on the better tyre for the race, but it is what it is. I'm going to do my best tomorrow and we'll see where we end up. It's definitely going to be hard to catch up on this circuit," concluded the Red Bull Racing driver.