Haas F1 Team
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Nico Hulkenberg 13th and Kevin Magnussen 15th at the 2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, Round 13 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, held Sunday at the Hungaroring.
Hulkenberg started on Pirelli P Zero Yellow Medium tyres from the 11th position but endured a challenging first lap, falling to 15th place, and boxed at the end of Lap two to take on hard white tyres. Hulkenberg set a string of fastest laps to gradually elevate the order before coming in on Lap 29 for another set of hard tyres. Hulkenberg took the checkered flag in 13th position.
Magnussen started on red soft tyres from the 15th position and made a solid getaway to slot into the 10th position before coming in on lap six for a set of hard tyres. Magnussen subsequently mirrored Hulkenberg’s two-stop strategy in boxing for another set of Hard tyres on Lap 33 and preserved that set through to the finish of the 70-lap race, fending off Valtteri Bottas by just a tenth of a second to scoop 15th place.
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; an early stop was the answer. We then had two considerable stints to do with hard tyres, and we knew that would be challenging as we couldn’t make the tyre last long enough. Over one lap, we were pretty competitive, but over long runs, not so much. It was a bit similar to Monaco.
Kevin Magnussen
We rolled the dice a bit with the soft tyre 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 hope Spa is better.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
It was quite a tough afternoon. Kevin had a decent Lap 1, whereas Nico lost positions in the opening lap. From then on, we needed to get Nico back into the points and try something different, so we pitted early, but ultimately we didn’t have the pace. On Kevin’s side, because his position was P15, we needed to try something different, and he had a brilliant lap one getting to P10, but because he was on the soft tyre, he still had to pit early. I don’t think it worked, really, and when you see competitors execute a brilliant one-stop strategy, finishing in the points, we need to look into it. Onto the next race in Spa, and with the level of downforce there, it hopefully will suit us better. We need to regroup and finish the first half of the season on a high before the shutdown.
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