Saturday, 2 August 2025:
- Free Practice 3: P15, 1:16.442, 19 laps
- Qualifying: P13, 1:15.781, 15 laps
- Carlos Sainz finished thirteenth in the Qualifying session for the Hungarian GP, after a session in which he was just 94 thousandths of a second away from the cut to Q3.
- The Williams race driver made it comfortably through Q1 (1:15.652), but, despite some good laps at the beginning of Q2 (1:15.781), he could not make it to the last round due to traffic and dirty air.
- The Spanish race driver does not give up on a fight for the points tomorrow and he keeps an eye on the radar, as rain is not ruled out for the race.
QUOTES:
“After our struggles all weekend, I’ll take P13 today although it’s not ideal. We found some grip and put good laps in when it mattered, but it hurts to see we were less than a tenth from Q3. The lap was good, but a bit of traffic and dirty air in sector two probably cost us that extra bit. Anyways, I prefer to keep the positives from today and fully focus on tomorrow. There might be surprises with the weather, so we need to make sure we are ready to take any opportunity".
COMING UP:
Sunday, 3 August 2025:
- Race: 15:00 local time (15:00 CEST)