Verstappen pleased with Red Bull progression

Max Verstappen praised Red Bull Racing's pace progression throughout the weekend after qualifying in fifth position for tomorrow's Hungarian GP.

Verstappen's weekend got off to a shaky start finishing half a second off teammate Daniel Ricciardo in both Friday practice sessions. The Dutchman continued to struggle to find a setup that worked with the team's new aero package on Saturday morning before finally finding pace in qualifying.

"We changed quite a lot in the car," said Verstappen. "I was not happy yesterday, just didn't have full confident in the car, and a lot oversteer a lot of understeer all the time, I just couldn't find the balance.

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"Then from qualifying onwards, actually – because the last practice I was still not happy – we managed to turn it around and I think I can be quite pleased with where we are because with the difficult start I had this weekend.

"You always have your own particular setup, but somehow on this track I didn't feel great so we had to revert back to a few bits. I think in qualifying we finally got it right."

With Red Bull introducing a sizeable aerodynamic upgrade for the Hungarian GP, there was hope that the team could close the gap to front-runners Mercedes and Ferrari. As Ricciardo dominated Friday practice, and Verstappen finishing a tenth of a second behind Lewis Hamilton, the teenager feels the team is heading in the right direction.

"[The updates] work, I think, which is a good step. I think we still need to improve – on this track especially – compared to Ferrari, because they were very quick. But, it's also not bad so just little details now where we need to find a little bit more grip in the car to be really competitive. And then of course we know that we need more top speed, but that's not in our hands..."