The two-stop strategy didn’t work for Max Verstappen, but his team also struggled making the RB21 get its tyres into the right operating window all weekend

In one of Red Bull's worst weekends in the last ten years, the Austrian team spent days in Hungary fruitlessly searching for the correct set-up for the RB21. As a result, Max Verstappen was hopelessly outpaced for three days,

This machinery-induced slump is allowing George Russell back into the fight. The Mercedes driver, who seemed to be at risk of losing his seat to Verstappen just weeks ago, pipped polesitter Charles Leclerc to the final spot on the rostrum in Hungary. This means that the two rivals are separated by just 15 points heading into the summer break.