Max Verstappen Endures Painful Qualifying Ending As F1 World Anticipates Nail-Biting Hungarian GP

The last race weekend before we head into the summer break has served up quite a surprise for Max Verstappen. Verstappen is comfortably leading the championship with 63 points over second-placed Charles Leclerc. With such a lead, the Dutchman should be able to race with no pressure.

However, at the Hungarian GP, the unreliability issues from the start of the season knocked on Red Bull’s door once again. Verstappen started the Q3 on fresh tires, but soon after his first flying lap, Verstappen’s RB18 started facing issues. The flying lap, which only took him seventh fastest in Q3, turned out to be Verstappen’s last flying lap of the session.

We could hear an annoyed Verstappen complaining throughout the Q3 session about his engine. He was heard saying, “I have no power.” 

An increasingly frustrated Verstappen lashed out on the radio, saying, “For f**ks sake. Nothing works. Try to fix this issue.”

However, the issue was not fixable, at least not in time for the qualifying session. The seventh fastest did not stick around for too long and the Dutchman will start the Hungarian GP from P10.

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For Red Bull, the Hungaria GP qualifying session was a complete disaster. Both Red Bull men will start the race in the midfield from P10 and P11 as Perez could not make it to Q3.

The shocking turn of events for Red Bull has caught everyone by surprise and the results are somewhat difficult to process.

Fans react to Max Verstappen qualifying P10 for the Hungarian GP

Exasperated with the loss of power at the very start of the Q3, a helpless Verstappen will now lead the charge from the midfield. However, the re-branded Red Bull engine was all to blame for the result and the fans on Twitter let their feelings known.

A win from P10 will take an incredible strategy and nothing short of a miracle from the Dutchman. However, if anyone can, he can! And the Verstappen fans are looking forward to this charge from the Red Bull man from the midfield to the top.

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If the 2021 Hungarian GP is to set the standard, the 2022 edition can provide more drama and excitement during the race. Now a question begs, will be a factor rain to make things more interesting?