Helmut Marko has warned Red Bull's Formula 1 rivals that it has even more pace to unleash after their dominance in the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Milton Keynes-based outfit recorded a 12th straight Grand Prix victory at the Hungaroring as Max Verstappen took his seventh straight and ninth overall win of the season by a season-high margin of 33.731s. In doing so, the team has now eclipsed the tally of 11 straight wins McLaren scored in 1988, with Sergio Perez adding third place behind Lando Norris. The team had brought an upgrade package to the race, fine-tuning their sidepods, with Motorsport Advisor Marko believing the new parts had even more potential to come.
"On Saturday, we did not find the right balance during qualifying," Marko told Sky Sport DE. "[In the race] we did, but we have not yet fully exploited the potential of our upgrade." At the start, Verstappen eased past pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton before disappearing for an untroubled afternoon, with Marko also picking up on the double World Champion's dominance. "The successful start and then the sovereignty with which Max then drove make him more and more an exceptional driver," Marko noted. "He was good on the tyres and could see he was driving [with some pace] in reserve, and then he also picked up the fastest lap."
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