Mercedes
Russell began on the arduous tyre, ran an extended opening stint to climb again into the factors and didn’t put a foot flawed – bar being undercut by Perez within the second spherical of stops for seventh. However Hamilton had a extra eventful race. He was briefly battling with Norris for third via the opening corners, earlier than settling for fourth. He undercut Verstappen twice to seize third, defending with all the things he needed to maintain the quicker Crimson Bull at bay. The 2 made contact late on, however Hamilton was in a position to proceed to seize his third podium of the season.
Lewis Hamilton, third
“Firstly, an enormous congratulations to McLaren on the one-two and Oscar (Piastri) on his maiden victory. They had been extremely robust immediately and deserved the outcome. Oscar has been doing a improbable job ever since he received into F1, been very constant, and it was solely a matter of time earlier than he received a win.
“The group has achieved an important job to proceed making progress with our automotive. We knew we didn’t have the pace of Oscar or Lando (Norris) immediately, however we had been in a position to safe the ultimate spot on the rostrum. It was a problem at occasions to maintain Verstappen behind while additionally making the tyres final. Our battle on the finish was just a little hair-raising however that’s motor racing. I’m actually pleased to be again on the rostrum and for one more stable factors haul. We now head to Spa trying to end the primary half of the season on a excessive.”
George Russell, eighth
“Congratulations to Oscar on his victory immediately. McLaren have been actually robust, and he’s been driving very well so it’s properly deserved.
“We knew after yesterday’s points in qualifying that we had been seemingly aiming for ‘better of the remainder’ immediately. We wrestle just a little extra in these extremely popular situations, so we weren’t fairly in a position to obtain that. The Crimson Bull of Sergio Perez was faster than we anticipated however we gave it go to get forward of him. Getting P8 and quickest lap was nonetheless a stable restoration.
“We are able to additionally take the positives of the group being on the rostrum 5 races in a row. We now have made constant steps ahead and the automotive has been performing a lot better in latest Grands Prix. Lewis drove an important race immediately and confirmed what the automotive was able to. It is extremely shut on the entrance between a number of groups now. We all know we have to maximise each alternative we now have and execute clear weekends to attain good factors. We will likely be wanting to do this beginning subsequent week in Spa.”
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
“Claiming a podium end, our fifth race in a row doing so, feels good. The McLarens had been very robust immediately and out of attain for us in these scorching situations. Congratulations to them and Oscar; they deserved immediately’s victory. We had been in a position to maximise the outcome with Lewis although and that’s encouraging. To see Lewis get his 2 hundredth podium in F1, and his 151st with our group, was nice.
“Yesterday’s setback with George meant he needed to battle via the sector. In the long run, it was restoration from the place he began. It was a difficult race for him with loads of visitors in his pit window all through a lot of the afternoon. With out that, he might have been in a position to declare yet another place, but it surely was nonetheless a stable effort. We now head to Spa the place the situations will seemingly be cooler and hopefully that may go well with us just a little extra.”
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
“Firstly, properly achieved to McLaren and Oscar. A 1-2 end is a really troublesome outcome to attain, and they’re setting a really excessive bar in the intervening time.
“It was nice to see Lewis on the rostrum immediately. Going from P5 to P3 was achievement contemplating we needed to get forward of Verstappen to attain that. We had been in a position to maximise the outcome with him immediately as, with out incidents, we merely did not have the tempo to race McLaren.
“With George we certified properly out of place yesterday. That denied him the possibility to race for rather more than the minor factors positions. He made restoration, coming near chasing down the Crimson Bull of Perez, however we’ll be certain that we take the learnings from yesterday and carry out higher in future.
“We now stay up for Spa. We have nonetheless received work to do to be proper on the entrance each weekend, however we’re shifting in the precise path. The power and enthusiasm within the group is palpable. We have got a couple of days to regroup and put together; it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how the W15 responds to cooler situations than we skilled right here in Hungary this weekend.”
