Sebastian Vettel says he hopes Formula 1’s 2019 Pirelli t🔯yres “suffer” and “melt” to spice up what he feels could other♊wise be an uneventful Hungarian Grand Prix.

Tyre degradation amid hot temperatures often proves to be a concern for🌳 drivers at the Hungaroring, but so far this weekend the tyres have appeared to hold up well, with Pirelli predicting that the optimal race strategy should be a one-stopper.

Vettel was outqualified by Ferrari t😼eammate Charles Leclerc during Saturday’s qualifying session and will line-up fifth on the grid, having ended up half a second down on polesitter Max Verstappen.

“Hopefꦛully the tyres will all melt and we end up with more stops than one, otherwise it will be difficult,” Vett🎃el said.

“It could be boring, but we’ll see. Obviously weꦺ start with the Mediums bജut I hope it is very hot and the tyres will suffer. At least that way we can try and do something.

“It should be🥃 quite straightforward, but we’ll see what it brings. I think we are looking forward to the start, and we’ll see how the race settles.

“I🍨 hope it’s very tough on tyres, I hope it will be super-hot and very, very difficult in the race,” he added.

“That way at least we can put some pressure and maybe do 🐠something different. If it’s straightforward and the tyres last and it’s one-stop, then a bit less exciting.

“Overtaking 🐟is possible here, but we need to be faster. We’ll see what happens.”

Overtaking has traditionally been notoriously difficult at the twisty Budapest venue, and Vettel hopes🌱 he can make the most of Ferrari’s quick-starts to🔯 throw himself into the mix on the run to Turn 1.

“I’m on the third row, so I need to make u🍨p some metres,﷽” he explained.

“Our starts are good, most of the time. So we’ll see. Come the race it’s a new day,🌱 so I think we more or l🐠ess got the maximum.

“I’m no🧔t entirely happy, I had a bit maybe in hand, but not enough to really tackle for the top three.”