10 things we learned at the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix

The Austrian Grand Prix represented the halfway point of the 2022 Formula 1 season. But the Hungarian GP retaining its pre-summer break spot and the mental reset it offers was why Max Verstappen’s engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, told him as he crossed the finish line last Sunday: “what a drive – what a way to finish the first half of the year”.

That call came after the Red Bull driver had pulled off something of a shock win, which says more about the previous…