While is true that lewis hamilton started in first position in the Hungarian GPthe rhythm of Mercedes added to one badexit of the Briton delayed Hamilton several positions in the first meters.
Despite the fact that it seemed that he was the one chosen to end the winning streak of max verstappen and of Red Bull, Nothing is further from reality. The Dutchman won again in the hungaroring and the seven-time world champion could not get past fourth position.
He himself spoke of all this Lewis after the race, ensuring that he was not discouraged because he did not expect to win this Grand Prix: “I think it is evident that we are not the fastest“.
“We don’t have the fastest car, but I’m very proud of myself and the work we have done to get pole position and beat the world champion and to the other two cars that were faster than us”, affirmed the ’44’.
“reality has been shown, and we are not fast enough. They already told me that it would be at least five tenths slower than the Red Bull. So the fight was not with Max, but I was hoping we could fight a bit more against the McLarens“, Add.
However, and contrary to his words, Toto Wolffteam leader Mercedesassured after the race that the car had the potential to achieve something more, but that they erred on caution.
“Today we had the second fastest car, but the result doesn’t show it and that’s disappointing.. We have to figure out how we could have done better. I think we were too conservative when it came to laps,” says the Austrian.
However, Mercedes remains in second position in the championship of builders and lewis hamilton already threatens Fernando Alonso in the fight for thirdposition in the pilots.
