Red Bull is resigned to trailing behind championship rivals Ferrari this weekend in Hungary. “With such a gap, you’re not just slower in a corner or two,” he said. “Ferrari have more downforce than we do, and in Budapest there are only corners and a straight. Marko, 79, even said Charles Leclerc’s pace on the medium tyres was “frightening”. “There’s supposed to be a thunderstorm, but we know what weather forecasts are like,” said Marko. “Certainly in normal weather it will be very, very difficult to win the race. “People will say I’m crazy,” said the Monaco-born driver in Hungary, “but I’ll believe in the championship until the end.

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