Max Verstappen:
"Today was a tough race for us so naturally that frustrated me as I want things to be better. If you look at the whole race I don't think we were fast enough; we unfortunately just didn't have the pace and the strategy wasn't working for us today. The high temperatures on the track also meant that the tyres overheated, especially when we were trying to overtake throughout the race, which was very tough. We got stuck behind cars and let ourselves get undercut and I think we just didn't have our best day. We had to fight our way back and lost so much time that we lost touch with both the McLarens. As the pace of the car wasn't as good, we really needed to capitalise on the strategy and we just didn't manage to do that today. I need to look back at what happened with Lewis but I committed to the move and I don't think I braked too late but we collided. I don't think we could have beaten McLaren today but, from qualifying yesterday, I did think that P3 was on the cards, so it is a disappointing day all in all."
Sergio Perez:
"I think that was the maximum we could achieve today; overtaking was impossible in the first stint on the hard. It was an aggressive strategy to begin on the hard and it worked well for us, from the start it was about putting it all together, making the right calls and the right progress. My Team had to rebuild the car overnight and it was not one hundred percent on set-up, some correlation was off, so it's positive I was able to feel at one with the car today and I am getting the feeling back, this is a good boost of confidence. The Team did an incredible job to get the car on track today after my crash, I need to maximise my own performance to match their hard work. The only thing that matters to me is my Team and the people working with me, I have to give my very best to them because they deserve it. I am here keeping my head down; I will keep improving and get back to my form. I think we have the pace to fight at the front, we showed it today and it is just a matter of time until we are back on the podium."
Lewis Hamilton:
Firstly, a huge congratulations to McLaren on the one-two and Oscar (Piastri) on his maiden victory. They were incredibly strong today and deserved the result. Oscar has been doing a fantastic job ever since he got into F1, been very consistent, and it was only a matter of time before he got a win.
The team has done a great job to continue making progress with our car. We knew we didn't have the speed of Oscar or Lando (Norris) today, but we were able to secure the final spot on the podium. It was a challenge at times to keep Verstappen behind whilst also making the tyres last. Our battle at the end was a little hair-raising but that's motor racing. I'm really happy to be back on the podium and for another solid points haul. We now head to Spa looking to finish the first half of the season on a high.
George Russell:
Congratulations to Oscar on his victory today. McLaren have been really strong, and he's been driving really well so it is well deserved.
We knew after yesterday's issues in qualifying that we were likely aiming for 'best of the rest' today. We struggle a little more in these very hot conditions, so we weren't quite able to achieve that. The Red Bull of Sergio Perez was quicker than we expected but we gave it a good go to get ahead of him. Getting P8 and fastest lap was still a solid recovery.
We can also take the positives of the team being on the podium five races in a row. We have made consistent steps forward and the car has been performing much better in recent Grands Prix. Lewis drove a great race today and showed what the car was capable of. It is very close at the front between several teams now. We know we need to maximise every opportunity we have and execute clean weekends to score good points. We will be looking to do that starting next week in Spa.
Charles Leclerc:
We turned it around today. We had a solid race, with the right tyre management and a good pace. A P4 is not the result we want of course and we know that we have lots of work ahead, however, we were in better form than expected.
It's difficult to overtake on this track and we had to manage overheating, being just behind Lewis (Hamilton) on the last stint, which was tricky. We took all our opportunities today and it's good to bring home these points for the team.
Carlos Sainz:
A tough race for me. The start was not good and here in Hungary it's quite crucial. That compromised the first two stints, having to overtake cars to get to P6, and from there onwards it was quite a solitary race. The last stint I could push a bit more after extending with the Hard tyre but overall, as we saw yesterday, we were lacking pace compared to the cars at the front this weekend.
Belgium is a completely different track and we have to think what approach we want to take there with the car to try to finish the first half of the season with a good team result.
Lando Norris
"An amazing day for us as a team, and a huge congratulations to Oscar on his first win. I'm so happy, it's been a long journey to get to achieving wins on merit, and that's exactly what we did today. Oscar had a great start and controlled the race from there, so well done to him - it was only a matter of time before he finished first. I can't thank the team enough for their work and effort to get us here. Let's keep pushing and fighting for wins each week."
Oscar Piastri
"A very, very special day. This is the day I dreamed of as a kid, and to be standing on the top step of an F1 podium, with McLaren, is just incredible. While it may have been a little complicated at the end, I think we got ourselves into a good position at the start and then we were in control from there. I want to thank the entire team for an amazing effort and for giving us such a brilliant car. It's a hell of a lot of fun racing with McLaren, so I can't thank the team enough for giving me the opportunity to be in F1. To now be winning together 18 months in is an unbelievable feeling."
Lance Stroll:
"It was a difficult race for us. I don't think we optimised the strategy and we were not competitive enough. We struggled with tyre degradation, too. We've got a lot of work to do as a team ahead of the next round. Spa is a very different track, so hopefully that suits our car more."
Fernando Alonso:
"Unfortunately we missed out on the points today and didn't quite optimise our race. We pitted quite early and from that point on we had quite a long race ahead managing the tyres. It's the first long distance we've done with the new package, so we need to go and analyse our new updates and learn more ahead of Belgium next week."
Esteban Ocon:
"It was a disappointing day and weekend overall. Apart from the start and the opening laps - where we made up four places - there is nothing too much to say about the race. We need to sit down and review but looking back we probably pitted too early in the first stint trying the undercut and should have extended. Then we needed to box towards the end as the tyres had no grip left. We have plenty of things to analyse and improve on - operationally, performance-wise and reliability - from this weekend. We need a good reset before Spa next week and try to finish on a positive note before the summer break."
Pierre Gasly:
"It's been a frustrating weekend. I started from the Pit Lane after introducing a new battery into my pool of Power Unit components. Our early pace looked promising so we extended the first stint to make up some positions. Our strategy looked like it was going to work out so it feels like we missed a real opportunity as we had to retire the car with a hydraulic leak at the halfway point. It's a tough end of another challenging weekend for us. We just have to be better and we need to look into our issues and understand why they happen. We move on and we will continue to work on it in order to get on top of these things. We must ensure that we do not repeat these mistakes and come back stronger next weekend in Belgium."
Alex Albon:
We need to understand what happened today. I think we missed it a little with the strategy; if we didn't come out behind Fernando on the first stop, we would've been fine but as he was playing the team game and helping to back us up to help Lance, it impacted our race. We were planning the two-stop then changed to three-stop, so I started to push the tyres, however, we reverted to two, so you have to extend your stint and by that point, the tyres are gone. We had a great start today and despite being disappointed, we've gathered valuable learnings in these hot conditions.
Logan Sargeant:
Today was okay. I was disappointed with my start and, around here, it's an uphill battle from there. From a pace perspective, it was a good day and overall, apart from my start, I'm happy with my weekend. The car felt better here than last year, which is a positive, but it was a difficult race. I did my best to come back through as best I could and we tried to be aggressive with stops, but it didn't really work out and we found ourselves in dirty air, increasing degradation. We'll keep going and try harder to pull it together in Spa.
Daniel Ricciardo:
"Today it was a long and frustrating race. We didn't use the pace we had in the clear air. We were on the mediums at the start of the race and after only a few laps we pitted for new hards together with the other cars who started on softs, coming out in traffic. It's even more frustrating because we were quick all weekend, and I felt like we have taken ourselves out of the race so early as we couldn't fight cars that were coming much quicker on newer tyres."
Yuki Tsunoda:
"First of all, huge thanks to the mechanics and team who spent the night and this morning repairing my car in time for the race. It wasn't easy after such a big crash and we had to change a lot of things, but because of their hard work we were able to score the points today - huge credit to the whole team. I'm very relieved I was able to make up for it after yesterday's crash and particularly happy with my tyre management. I think it was a big race for us, especially as we were able to finish ahead of our competitors, and it's a huge positive for the coming races."
Valtteri Bottas:
"In the end, there just wasn't enough action around us to make anything out of this race. Sometimes we got a bit unlucky with the timing of the blue flags, and lost some time as a consequence, but the main issue is still the lack of race pace. We don't have enough to make it into the top ten on merit and today, with the straightforward race we had in the midfield, we couldn't go anywhere. The race had actually started ok, but once it all stabilised, we couldn't keep up with the RBs: we left our first stop quite late to have tyre advantage at the end but, as always, it's not easy to make progress even when you have tyre advantage. Still, it's been an overall better performance this weekend than in the last couple of events: the upgrades helped us and will do so in Spa as well, so we need to keep making progress in this direction. The team is improving, but we need to keep pushing all together to make another step forward."
Guanyu Zhou:
"This weekend has shown that our one-lap pace made a step in the right direction; however, we don't see the same in terms of race pace. Today, my race was compromised after the first stop: the early pit stop was to cover our rivals and protect Valtteri, but it didn't work out as planned. It meant I had to manage my tyres, resulting in a lonely and uneventful race. While the new upgrade package on Valtteri's car indicates progress, we still struggle with high fuel loads, and neither of us had a chance to make it into the points. Our biggest task now is to stay focused and motivated as a team: we need to understand and learn more about the upgrade package when we both have it after the summer break, so we can start afresh, close the gap, and become more competitive."
Kevin Magnussen:
"We rolled the dice a little bit with the soft tire start, which a couple of others did, and I gained a lot of positions on the first lap. I got overcut by a few cars and ultimately, we didn't have the pace today to fight for points. I feel we could've done better in qualifying, but looking at the pace today I don't think we were in the running for points anyway. Still, we take another lesson from this weekend and then we hope Spa is better."
Nico Hulkenberg:
"It was a poor start and a pretty bad first lap that caught us out and put us on the back foot, and when you don't have track position - which it's all about around here - it's very difficult. When you're running behind in dirty air, you have to try something and push your luck, and an early stop was the answer to that. We then had two huge stints to do with hard tires, and we knew that would be challenging as we couldn't make the tire last long enough. Over one lap, we were pretty competitive but over long runs, not so much, a bit similar to Monaco."
