‘I can’t make anything out of it’ – Verstappen downbeat after ‘really tough’ Qualifying in Hungary

Max Verstappen was left to rue what he deemed as worsening issues in a “really tough” Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Dutchman ending the session in P6 after suffering a spin during his final run.

While Friday had looked decent for Red Bull on the timesheets – with Verstappen ending each practice session in second and fourth respectively – the four-time World Champion stated later on that he had struggled to find “good balance” in the car.

It seemed that the problems had continued into Saturday, Verstappen having spun in the final moments of Qualifying before reporting that his RB22 was “completely broken”, leaving him in sixth place on the grid.

Quizzed afterwards on how difficult it had been to get performance out of his car, the 28-year-old said: “I mean, the whole weekend’s been tough but in Qualifying especially, the car is just degrading – we don’t have tyre deg, we have car degradation.

“I really can’t make anything out of it – it’s just really, really tough. The car suddenly just started oversteering a lot. Honestly every lap that I did in Qualifying just was worse and worse, so it’s not good.”

In terms of whether he has any ideas on what the cause of the troubles might be, Verstappen suggested that the nature of the issues continues to change.

“We keep having different problems all the time and that’s probably the biggest issue at the moment, that there is always something else that arises, and that’s not good,” the Red Bull driver conceded.

On the other side of the garage, Isack Hadjar was also left searching for answers after ending Qualifying in P8.

“It’s been very annoying the whole weekend,” the Frenchman explained of the problems he had experienced. “We can’t seem to find the balance we want and it’s very hard to drive, so not ideal.

“I thought it was maybe going to be a track where we would be competitive, but it’s probably one of our worst. That’s a tough one because we’re halfway through the season, and it’s hard to make big steps at the moment.”