Verstappen reveal which corners caused the main issue for his RB21 at the Hungaroring

F1 Grand Prix, GP Hungary, Hungaroring

On the back of a very difficult weekend at the Hungaroring, four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen has revealed what type of corners caused the main issue for his Red Bull RB21.

Red Bull struggled for pace on the opening day of the Hungarian Grand Prix. While the Milton Keynes-based outfit often managed to turn the situation around come Saturday, Max Verstappen never look really competitive at the Hungaroring.

The Dutch driver qualified eighth on Saturday, but he immediately lost a place at the start of the race. Although he managed to regain the position, he got stuck behind an obdurate Gabriel Bortoleto.

Red Bull elected to call Verstappen in quite early to pursue an undercut manoeuvre, and he debated switching to a one-stop after rising to fifth. However, his early stop meant that he was unable to keep his tyre alive for so long, and had to stop for a second time. This late second stop dropped him down the order, and he was unable to work his way higher up than P9.

Following a tough qualifying session, his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda opted for a pit lane start, having received fresh power unit components. The Japanese driver spent most of his race caught in DRS trains, and he came home in a disappointing 17th place.

Reflecting on his tough and disappointing afternoon at the Hungaroring, Verstappen stated: "Unfortunately, the whole weekend wasn’t good for us and we need to understand why that was. It has been quite tough as we got stuck in between cars during the race and struggled for grip.

"Although the high speed was okay, the low and medium speed wasn’t good. There are a lot of things to understand as the car has been difficult all weekend and we couldn’t turn things around unfortunately.

"Like we always do, we will analyse everything and take learnings from the weekend to find more performance as we go into Zandvoort," the Dutchman continued.

"Ultimately, this weekend hasn’t gone to our liking, but it is now summer break and I can enjoy time with family and friends and not think too much about the racing side of things.

Signing off with a word for his expectations for the rest of the season, Verstappen said: "There are many more races left and we can look to do better after the break.

"We want to aim to be more consistent and always try and even though it was a disappointing result we will keep our head up," concluded Verstappen.