"No one expected" Red Bull's Hungarian GP to be as bad as it was - but its struggles there exposed the reality it has to come to terms with about the remainder of its 2025 F1 campaign
The battle for victory might have taken centre stage at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but it was a couple of midfield F1 drivers who stole the show in Edd Straw's driver rankings
Here's 10 things we learned from a Hungarian GP weekend featuring another twist in the F1 2025 title fight and big performance swings further back
Max Verstappen couldn’t understand why he had to see the stewards after Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, believing “nothing happened” in his run-in with Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari
Former Formula 1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have been summoned to the Hungarian Grand Prix stewards for their mid-race run-in
"Nothing seems to work" for Red Bull in Hungary, and the result is Max Verstappen's worst grid slot of 2025
Max Verstappen was the slower Red Bull driver in a practice session for the first time in 2025 as he lamented an “undriveable” car on Friday at the Hungarian Grand Prix - where Red Bull seems in worse shape than any point this year.
McLaren maintained a clear and decisive pace advantage in second practice for the 2025 Hungarian GP, but both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri came close to crashing during a session in which main F1 rival Max Verstappen was only 14th quickest
Max Verstappen thinks McLaren’s F1 advantage in goes far beyond tyre usage – with one other area of performance being labelled by him as “incredible.”
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell has admitted that his team's flirtation with the idea of signing Max Verstappen for 2026 has been difficult to deal with - perhaps more difficult that he had originally let on
Formula 1 is “calling for disaster” if it starts managing wet races differently from how it handled the Belgian Grand Prix, according to one of the most vocal supporters of the decision-making at Spa
Max Verstappen staying at Red Bull means the driver he might otherwise have replaced gets to enter a season anchoring a Mercedes F1 team that will actually be fighting for something
