Horner after qualifying in Hungary: 'Simply didn't have enough speed'

Published on 18 July 2020 by Bryan van Berlo

Christian Horner, team principal of Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, had the following to say after today’s qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix: “Today’s qualifying performance was not what we have come to expect as a team and we simply didn’t have enough speed. There are some unexpected behaviours in the cars and we need to understand the cause of this quickly.”

“Alex had a less than ideal out lap in Q2, with traffic hampering his run, and was unable to put in a time good enough to progress to Q3. Max made it comfortably through to Q3 on the soft tyre but just didn’t have the balance, and therefore the pace to set a time faster than P7. He tried to improve his lap time on a second Q3 run but with only one set of new softs available in that session he was unable to improve on a used set of soft tyres.”

“We now have to work hard as a team in order to get as much as we can out of the race tomorrow and ensure we have some points on the table and understand the car behaviour we are experiencing this weekend.”

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