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Fernando Alonso contains Hamilton

2021-08-02T14:09:57.277Z


The Spanish, fourth, blocks the British for 10 laps and favors the victory in Hungary of his teammate Ocon. Carlos Sainz is third


Formula 1 is full of images that have contributed to nurturing the theatricality of this capricious discipline, in which all the effort of the drivers can be reduced to nothing, either due to the poor hitting of the car, due to some error of their own or by someone else.

The duel between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in the late eighties and early nineties left unforgettable sequences, as did some snapshots of James Hunt, Niki Lauda or Michael Schumacher.

The German was one of only six cars to take part in the 2006 United States Grand Prix, in one of the most embarrassing moments of the World Cup.

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Undoubtedly, the photo of the restart of the race this Sunday at the Hungaroring will be part of that catalog of historical moments.

Never before has a starting grid been so depopulated as in Budapest, where the only car that started in the conventional way was Lewis Hamilton's.

The rest of the racing cars chose to line up the garage lane to make a first stop, get rid of the water tires and leave the garage lane with the dry tires.

A huge mistake by Mercedes, which complicated the life of its driver before starting and replaced him last after the mandatory stop he had to make on the first lap.

What happens is that the superiority of the Silver Arrows makes it possible for Hamilton to always fall on his feet, a metaphor that in Hungary meant that the current champion carried out another of his comebacks to end up crossing the checkered flag in third place, for more that a posteriori penalty for Sebastian Vettel placed him second. A magnificent booty if we consider that the day was disastrous for Max Verstappen, run over by Lando Norris in the first corner of the first start after the McLaren was rammed from behind by Valtteri Bottas, out of control when the time came to step. the brake.

If Hamilton did not fight for the victory, it was because of Fernando Alonso, who was able to block the Briton for ten laps, despite driving a car two seconds slower than that of his rival. The Asturian, who turned 40 this Thursday, showed that he has not lost a gram of that aggressiveness that led him to celebrate his two champion crowns (2005 and 2006), and despite not being able to get into the box, the first victory for Esteban Ocon, his partner. It is Renault's first as a manufacturer since 2008, and the first since the French structure was renamed Alpine earlier this year. Vettel crossed second under the checkered flag, although Aston Martin's was disqualified four hours later,because the commissioners could not collect from the fuel tank the amount of gasoline stipulated in the regulations (one liter). The sanction made Hamilton become second and allowed Carlos Sainz, initially fourth, to go up to the drawer. Alonso, for his part, went from fifth to fourth. The fans recognized his career by choosing him as the driver of the day in the voting that each grand prize is carried out on the Internet.

Alonso: "Every lap of Hamilton behind was gold for the win"

“Hamilton was two and a half seconds ahead when he got to me, but he made the same mistakes in the last three corners and couldn't get ahead. I knew that I was not going to be able to maintain it, but every lap that kept him behind was gold for Esteban's victory ”, summarized Alonso, who will go on vacation after achieving the best result after his return to F1. “We have gone through difficult times. I want to congratulate Fernando because this victory is also due to him, for how he fought with Lewis ”, declared Ocon, at peace with himself after being the focus of much criticism for his irregular performance. “Fernando is incredible to work with. Everyone had told me many things about him before the start of the season, but I realized that all of that was false, "added the Frenchman,that as soon as he got out of the car, he fell into a big hug with his neighbor from the workshop. As fate would have it, that of Evreux premiered his record of victories in the same scenario in which the Oviedo also did, in 2003, and defending the same company.

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Source: elparis

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