Red Bull made some great strategy calls in winning Verstappen the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid. But underlying it all was Verstappen’s pace advantage. As rival Carlos Sainz observed, “If you don’t have the car pace, the strategy cannot really help you much.”
Ferrari, for the only time this season, did not have the car pace. That difference between Verstappen and an off-form Ferrari – which had been dynamite in the hot conditions of Friday,
