Max Verstappen delivers scathing verdict after Hungarian horror for Red Bull

Max Verstappen delivered a scathing verdict on Red Bull's "biggest problem", following a horror qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Red Bull has struggled throughout the weekend at the Hungaroring, with Verstappen having found himself outside the top 10 in both second and third practice. 

As a result, simply making Q3 pleased Verstappen and the Austrian outfit, although Yuki Tsunoda suffered a fourth Q1 exit in the last eight races. 

The Milton Keynes-based team has suffered from major issues with the RB21, as outlined by Verstappen after qualifying in eighth.

"Looking at the whole weekend, I think we are happy to be in Q3 because I've been more outside of the top 10 than in so, yeah, it's been difficult this whole weekend," Verstappen told select media, including RacingNews365.

"No grip, yeah, front and rear, and it was the same in qualifying. So for me, it was not really a shock. I just drove to what I already feel the whole weekend.

Several changes were made by Red Bull throughout the practice sessions, yet it has not shaken the car's major grip problem.

Asked if Red Bull understand the issues in Hungary, Verstappen pointed out: "No, clearly not. I mean, otherwise, of course, we would have changed it already. But somehow, this weekend, nothing seems to work."

'Nothing works' for Red Bull

The Hungaroring has not been one of Red Bull's strongest circuits in recent seasons, with him having finished fifth last year following back-to-back wins at the venue. 

However, he was able to fight for pole position 12 months ago, something which was never on the cards on Saturday.

Verstappen highlighted that the key problem this weekend is that despite the car being turned upside down, no performance improvement has been discovered.

"Yeah, but I think we still qualified very close to pole [last year], like within a few hundredths, so I think we were a lot more competitive back then," added Verstappen. 

"But yeah, this weekend already, from lap one, it just felt off, and we threw the car around a lot, and nothing really gave a direction. 

"And that, of course, is the biggest problem, because normally, when you change a lot on the set-up it will always give you positives or negatives, and now it's just nothing works. 

"You know, it's like just going around in circles and nothing gives you any kind of idea of what to do."