Mercedes’ technical chief James Allison was proud of his team because of the professional teamwork and harmony between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, although the pace of Mercedes’ fierce rival Ferrari made him less relaxed before the summer holiday. On the Friday of the Hungarian GP weekend, Mercedes presented itself in a very strong position, but that promising pace started to fade in the final practice session on Saturday when Ferrari demonstrated tremendous speed out of the box after a quite woeful Friday. In the end, Mercedes secured the second row on a track which favoured its cars last year and saved the third and fourth place in the race thanks to the tangle between the...
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