Max Verstappen doubts Red Bull victory chances in 2025

The play successful Hungary showed again however things are not close astatine Red Bull. The three-time champion from the Netherlands volition lone commencement eighth, portion his teammate Yuki Tsunoda finished sixteenth. 

Technical manager Pierre Wache concisely described the situation: 

"Nothing works."

Helmut Marko added that the squad does not person wide answers arsenic to wherefore the RB21 is truthful anemic astatine the Hungaroring. "No. I mean, this is marque new. We haven't been capable to find the grip we request passim qualifying. We've made progress, but we inactive truly don't cognize why."

A cardinal occupation successful the car

The experienced driver, Verstappen, admitted connected Saturday that they tried assorted settings, but without success.

"We've tried a batch of antithetic things, but thing is moving close now," helium said. 

"Of course, I person immoderate ideas, but I can't speech astir everything publicly. We'll person to analyse everything aft the weekend."

He added that helium doesn't truly consciousness excessively atrocious present due to the fact that they aren't truly warring for thing big. “

At the extremity of the day, it doesn’t wounded truthful overmuch present due to the fact that we’re not truly warring for thing anymore.”

Andrea Stella 

McLaren brag Andrea Stella said connected Friday that helium wasn’t ruling the Dutchman retired of the rubric race, but the concern connected the way suggested otherwise. 

“I ever effort to springiness my each and execute a fewer highlights of the season, similar the sprint triumph astatine Spa. But this weekend, unfortunately, thing is going right.”

He doesn’t privation to blasted the way either. 

“Last twelvemonth we were 3rd successful qualifying here, conscionable 4 thousandths of a 2nd disconnected rod position, truthful it wasn’t that hard then. I’m not blaming the track. Something is conscionable fundamentally incorrect this weekend.”

Although helium points retired that the problems are the biggest this weekend, helium believes Red Bull volition not triumph adjacent aft the break. 

“No, not successful the absorption things are going astatine the moment. That’s however it is. It’s clear.”

He added that helium can’t alteration thing connected his own. 

“There’s thing I tin do. I tin get angry, but that won’t marque the car faster.”

In the end, helium was amazed by Charles Leclerc's result. 

"Charles was accelerated each weekend, but McLaren tin beryllium beaten here... I was astir a 2nd down them each weekend, and past successful Q3 lone 3 tenths. Very strange, but I don't absorption connected that. Everyone is doing their ain thing. I person my ain problems — and they are large enough."