Mekies about race in Hungary: 'Very tough weekend'

Published on 03 August 2025 by Yvonne Huijs

After Max Verstappen’s ninth-place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix, team principal Laurent Mekies stated: “It has been a very tough weekend from the first lap in FP1 and the race reflected this. We have certainly missed something quite key this weekend and looked at many things with both Yuki and Max, to try to get back to the level we had and get the car in the right window. The Team have tried everything, but the underlying performance was missing to be able to fight at the top end."

Merkies continues: "The truth is we didn’t have the performance so when we pitted Max wasn’t ultimately going to be defining to the race result, we just did not have the lap time we needed in the car. Yuki was in a similar situation and starting from the pitlane meant he was never able to really make an impact on the field. What is important this weekend is that we have collected enough data to get out of similar situations in the future and make a positive step forward. These weekends are the ones you learn a lot from and that is what we will do. We will spend time reflecting during the break and we don’t underestimate the work ahead of us, we have many, many talented people in the Team to overcome this and we want to come back with a different level of performance after the summer break."