Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Max Verstappen was in trouble. Darkening skies and drops of rain were descending on the Hungarian Grand Prix circuit in 2022 and the Red Bull driver was starting the race in 10th place – a not ideal position for the championship leader. Red Bull strategist Hannah Schmitz Credit: Getty Images Nearly all the drivers, including the Dutchman, were meant to start on hard tyres, but a last-minute call from Red Bull saw Verstappen switch to soft tyres to account for the low grip on the damp track. Verstappen was able to carve his way through the field before undercutting the leader to win the race, while the Ferrari’s faltered after a poor strategy call. In a post-race debrief, Verstappen credited Red Bull’s “insanely calm” principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz for the win. Chatting over Zoom, Schmitz smiles when I ask her to recall the decision-making process behind the tyre-switch. “We were quite out of position,” she explained.…