Verstappen's engine problem left him tenth on the grid, but he was fortunate it didn't rear its head later when it could not be fixed And indeed, that previous characteristic is exactly what Red Bull’s strategy predictions were telling the team: that the first quarter of the race at least – was going to be spent stuck in traffic losing time to the frontrunners.Īsked how this win compared to other great Verstappen triumphs, team boss Christian Horner said: “It’s right up there.” The Hungaroring has a reputation of being up there with Monaco as one of the hardest tracks of the year to overtake on. Photo by: Carl Bingham / Motorsport Images F1 2022 rules allowing overtaking Verstappen was decisive when he needed to be, but also benefitted from overtaking at the Hungaroring being more possible than in previous years Verstappen praises ‘insanely calm’ strategist Schmitz for role in Hungary F1 win.
Instead, he had an early tyre advantage that meant he could go on the attack. On a hotter day, he may well have set off on the hards and been consigned to playing the long game that would have left him stuck in the pack. Furthermore, as drivers rapidly realised the hard was not going to be easy to switch on, Red Bull chose to move away from its original plan to start Verstappen on the hards and go for the aggressive soft, which ultimately proved to be the best way to go.
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