Horner after Hungarian Grand Prix: 'Max owes his result to the mechanics'

Published on 19 July 2020 by Julien Lemmen

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing had a difficult weekend in Hungary. But, the team can be satisfied with a second place finish for Max Verstappen and P5 for Alexander Albon.

Team principal Christian Horner reflects after the race: “The mechanics did an amazing job today and Max owes this result to them. To get his car repaired in 20 minutes on the grid is incredible and you could see the sweat dripping off them. The guys have been doing an amazing job, especially with the amount of specification changes we’ve had this weekend, as well as breaking curfew on Friday night. We were obviously on the ropes in qualifying yesterday so to bounce back and split the Mercedes with a P2 here is great. Max drove the wheels off the car and Alex drove a great race too. Considering where he started from on the grid, he put the lap times in and all credit to him as the passing moves he did today made for a great recovery drive. The car is in better shape in race trim and strategically we are sharp but we have updates that aren’t behaving as expected, compared with pre-season testing, so we need to go through all the data we’ve collected and understand it before Silverstone.”