For the first time since 2016 (not counting the disrupted 2020 campaign), this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix doesn’t lead into F1’s summer break. But its position as 2023’s halfway stage nevertheless provides a handy reference point for assessing how the drivers have been performing so far. There are intriguing driver performance subplots across the grid, even away from those that usually capture the most attention.
At Aston Martin, which heads to the Hungaroring knowing in theory that its low-speed layout should favour the AMR23, the
