READ MORE: 5 Winners and 5 Losers from the Hungarian Grand Prix – Who did the business in Budapest? Likely looking at the start as his best chance to make up some ground, Albon had a rough first lap, and even though three cars in front of him had issues in the first corner, he finished Lap 1 in only P15. Starting P16 in a Williams, at a track that doesn’t suit the car and is notoriously hard to pass on, probably made the pre-race strategy meeting with Albon and his engineers pretty bleak. It was great damage limitation to finish only two spots behind pole-sitter Hamilton. He easily disposed of Carlos Sainz and then chased down Charles Leclerc for sixth, coming within tenths of a second of passing him on track, but inheriting the position after Leclerc received his penalty. READ MORE: STRATEGY UNPACKED – Did the new tyre allocation trial cause Russell’s Q1 exit in Hungary?Įmploying the same tyre strategy as Sergio Perez, he ran long on the hards and positioned himself nicely to attack the Ferraris after the second stop.

It wasn’t all his fault, as the team has a huge responsibility to get their drivers clear track when it counts, but he definitely got the short end of the stick in the dying moments of Q1.įuelled by frustration – which was no doubt compounded by the fact that his team mate Lewis Hamilton qualified on pole – Russell got to work early, doing a masterful job of picking up eight places within the first 10 laps.

Russell made hard work for himself with a messy qualifying session on Saturday.

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