Red Bull’s plan to turn things around after troubled Friday in Hungary

As has often been the case this season, Red Bull’s weekend got off to a challenging start at the Hungaroring. After finishing ninth in FP1, Max Verstappen couldn’t do better than 14th in FP2, admitting he had a particularly tough day on track.

“Today was quite tough and it was a low grip feeling in the car and not as balanced as we would have liked,'' the Dutchman admitted on Friday after the FP2.

Yuki Tsunoda fared slightly better, ending the day with the ninth-fastest time, though still well off the pace of the front-runners.

Speaking to the media after the session, Red Bull Technical Director Pierre Waché reflected on a tough Friday for the team on track: "It was a very difficult day out there for us today, the car is not behaving as expected currently.''

The Frenchman admitted that the car isn’t responding well to the input they’re giving it, and that there’s a lot of work to be done to turn the situation around.

In the third session, Red Bull’s engineers will aim to give Verstappen a car capable of at least fighting for the second row in qualifying.

This season, Verstappen has often managed to battle at the front even when a tough weekend seemed inevitable.