Red Bull warned but Verstappen avoids penalty after towel incident in Hungary practice
7 days agoMax Verstappen and Red Bull have escaped penalty after the stewards investigated an unusual incident during Hungarian Grand Prix practice, where a towel was inadvertently left in Verstappen’s cockpit before being discarded on track. The stewards issued a warning to Red Bull for releasing the car in an unsafe condition but determined that no further action was necessary, as the cloth was not considered a dangerous object.
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Mekies on Red Bull and Racing Bulls: cars too different for shared development
Laurent Mekies has dismissed suggestions that Red Bull Racing could solve its current performance struggles by borrowing technical solutions from sister team Racing Bulls, stressing that the two cars are fundamentally too different for any meaningful crossover.
Mekies said: “No, I think the question is fair, but there’s a genesis of the car. Where the cars are coming from is too different for anyone to transfer anything from a car to another. It’s what Formula 1 is today. You know, it’s 10 independent teams all coming with their own ideas about where to develop the car, what difficulties they found along the way, which development paths they have ended up having due to that. And there is nothing you could take from a car to another. It’s really down to how it was developed from early on.”
Martin Brundle on Verstappen’s “indignity” finishing behind Liam Lawson in Hungary
Martin Brundle has highlighted the significance of Max Verstappen finishing behind Liam Lawson at the Hungarian Grand Prix, describing it as an "indignity".
Brundle said: "Verstappen wasn't having much of a day either, his Red Bull lacking pace as soon as his tyres overheated. He started eighth and finished ninth, along with the indignity of being behind his earlier in the season short-term team-mate Liam Lawson, who drove the sister Racing Bulls car into a fine eighth place. [These are] difficult days at Red Bull."
