Williams will be hoping to put their recent woes behind them as they prepare to take on the twists and turns of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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This week on the F1 Report the guests discuss who could claim victory in Budapest – a race Mercedes have yet to win in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1.
The season’s turning point came in May at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
Verstappen has never won this race.
Button is looking to bounce back from a hard time on home turf at Silverstone in the last race, with a 12 place finish the best that the Brit could muster after problems in qualifying left him well down on the grid. Halfway through the longest-ever Formula One season of 21 races, Mercedes has won nine of 10.
“The battle is on with Lewis and I’m feeling great in myself and great in the vehicle”, said Rosberg, victor of five races this year including the first four. I think we’d all prefer not to have to have that system, but we do have to have that system. “It’s a tough circuit that really tests you as a driver”.
Wehrlein has only completed one race at the Hungaroring back in 2014 during his three-year DTM Series career, but even without much experience at the circuit, the German believes Manor can push themselves at every circuit they race at.
As for Ferrari, while they may have won in Hungary previous year, they are still struggling for pace this season.
“It’s a track that for some reason has always suited my style”, Hamilton said.
He now shares the record for most wins at the track with seven-time champion Michael Schumacher.
Lewis Hamilton, who lost one of his lap times during qualifying for the British Grand Prix after running wide, also backed the idea.
Nico Rosberg only leads his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, by a single point – and it will be interesting to see how both of them respond to the pressure.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is third in the standings but 62 points behind Rosberg. Verstappen is now sixth in the point standings. “This track plays to the strength of our rivals”.
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“With this in mind we have installed loops 1.6m from the track edge which will alert us when a vehicle has all four wheels off the track in these two locations”.
