{"id":559216,"date":"2026-07-25T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559216\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:32:13","slug":"i-cant-make-anything-out-of-it-max-verstappen-downbeat-after-really-tough-qualifying-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559216\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I can\u2019t make anything out of it\u2019 \u2013 Max Verstappen downbeat after \u2018really tough\u2019 Qualifying in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Max Verstappen was left to rue what he deemed as worsening issues in a \u201creally tough\u201d Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Dutchman ending the session in P6 after suffering a spin during his final run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">While Friday had looked decent for <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoicmVkX2J1bGxfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL3RlYW1zL3JlZC1idWxsLXJhY2luZyIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/red-bull-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull<\/a> on the timesheets \u2013 with <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoidmVyc3RhcHBlbl9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vZHJpdmVycy9tYXgtdmVyc3RhcHBlbiIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/max-verstappen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verstappen<\/a> ending each practice session in second and fourth respectively \u2013 the four-time World Champion stated later on that he had struggled to find \u201cgood balance\u201d in the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">It seemed that the problems had continued into Saturday, Verstappen having spun in the final moments of Qualifying before reporting that his RB22 was \u201ccompletely broken\u201d, leaving him in sixth place on the grid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Quizzed afterwards on how difficult it had been to get performance out of his car, the 28-year-old said: \u201cI mean, the whole weekend\u2019s been tough but in Qualifying especially, the car is just degrading \u2013 we don\u2019t have tyre deg, we have car degradation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI really can\u2019t make anything out of it \u2013 it\u2019s 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\u2019s not good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWe keep having different problems all the time and that\u2019s probably the biggest issue at the moment, that there is always something else that arises, and that\u2019s not good,\u201d the Red Bull driver conceded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">On the other side of the garage, <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaXNhY2tfaGFkamFyX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9kcml2ZXJzL2lzYWNrLWhhZGphciIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/isack-hadjar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isack Hadjar<\/a> was also left searching for answers after ending Qualifying in P8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cIt\u2019s been very annoying the whole weekend,\u201d the Frenchman explained of the problems he had experienced. \u201cWe can\u2019t seem to find the balance we want and it\u2019s very hard to drive, so not ideal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI thought it was maybe going to be a track where we would be competitive, but it\u2019s probably one of our worst. That\u2019s a tough one because we\u2019re halfway through the season, and it\u2019s hard to make big steps at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen was left to rue what he deemed as worsening issues in a \u201creally tough\u201d Qualifying for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-559216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}