Max Verstappen feels faster Ferrari may have the upper hand at Hungaroring

Red Bull star Max Verstappen concedes that Ferrari may simply be too fast around Hungaroring, especially in dry conditions ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Dutchman finished in P2 in Free Practice 1 on Friday, before a P4 finish in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, Ferrari topped the time sheets on both occasions, with Carlos Sainz winning the first session, and Charles Leclerc winning the second.

"I think they are a bit ahead of us and I think it will be hard for us to beat that," Verstappen said, as reported by Motorsport.com.

"Overnight we'll try to close the gap as much as you can and see what the weather will give us as well tomorrow.

"I think in the dry we can't compete so maybe in the rain we can, who knows."

"It was a day of trying many different bits to definitely get comfortable with the car," he told Formula1.com.

"I think we've got a good idea, good understanding of the day. So hopefully tomorrow we can be able to show what we've learned today and that should also transform into into the high fuel and low fuel pace so fairly optimistic.

"But certainly the Ferrari looked very strong today. They're definitely very, very fast. Hopefully tomorrow, a bit of rain, so things can be a bit more mixed. But hopefully tomorrow we can be, we can be up there.

"I think there is some good understanding of today's day and we just have to put everything together for tomorrow."