Red Bull's Max Verstappen: 'It will be hard to beat' Ferrari in dry weather at Hungarian Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was pessimistic over his team’s chances of battling with Ferrari at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were fastest at the first and second practice sessions respectively on Friday. Ad/> In the second session, Verstappen was fourth quickest as McLaren's Lando Norris impressed yet again as second fastest.

Hungarian Grand PrixLeclerc quickest at Hungarian Grand Prix second practice session, Norris second3 HOURS AGO Verstappen was a quarter of a second off the pace ahead of tomorrow’s final practice and qualifying session. At last weekend’s French Grand Prix, Verstappen had Leclerc’s error to thank for an easier run to first than had been anticipated, and he said on Friday evening that Ferrari hold the advantage at the Hungaroring. «They are a bit ahead.

It will be hard to beat that but we will try to close the gap,» Verstappen said. Leclerc quickest at Hungarian Grand Prix secodn session, Norris second Sainz fastest ahead of Verstappen in frist practice in Hungary Vettel to retire at the end of 2022 season "(We'll) see what the weather will give us tomorrow," added Verstappen of a forecast for rain. «In the dry, we can't compete so maybe in the rain we can.

Who knows? »A bit tricky as expected around here, just trying to find a balance from high to low speed. Sometimes it worked a bit better, sometimes a bit more tricky. A bit of work to do." Asked about the prospect of the weather impacting qualifying, Leclerc said: «It looks like it’s going to rain tomorrow so we have to be on top of this and obviously put the tyres in the right window, which is always a difficult thing whenever it’s raining.