Fernando Alonso will start in seventh positionJust ahead of his teammate Lance Stroll, in tomorrow’s race at the Hungaroring after a qualifying session full of changes and events and a new stroke of bad luck for the Spaniard.
The Aston Martin driver, who this time felt much more comfortable with the improvements in his carHe made it through to Q3 (the team’s objective) without too many problems and could have made up a few more positions in the final session had it not been for a serious accident for Tsunoda and an inexplicable decision by the FIA to bring out the red flag when Fernando was about to complete his lap.
This decision would not have been questionable if the Japanese driver’s accident had taken place close to where the Oviedo native was passing at that moment, but far from that, the stewards did not ‘allow’ him to finish the lap when Fernando was improving.
The FIA drives Fernando crazy
Once he got out of the car he spoke to the press and recounted what had happened: “I had a great weekend.” A great bad luckI was not able to complete a single lap on the soft tyres in free practice. In addition, the FIA Sometimes he does it right and Other times he makes serious mistakes.“He made a mistake today. He brought out the red flag when he was in the last corner, which is surprising having an accident in turn eight. Normally they always wait for the cars to complete the lap, that is the spoken rule,” the driver began by saying.
Red flag, closed park, back to the car…
It was not the only mistake made by the stewards: “And then, when entering the pits, Lance and I have been put in a closed park.We got out of the car and left. They said the third trimester was starting again“We got back in the car, they tightened our seatbelts, but I had no tyres left. That tenth and a half that I improved until the last corner, without knowing how the standings were, may not change anything, but this thing of entering the closed park and then reopening it does not happen in these races,” said Alonso.
McLaren brakes: Norris 1st and Piastri 2nd
McLaren, for its part, Continues to consolidate itself as the best team of the yearat least in recent months, after both cars occupied the front row at the GP of Hungary behind the Polo Norris and second place went to Oscas Piastri. Both of them beat Verstappen, third, and Sainz, fourth.
This Sunday will be a new opportunity for the legendary English team to win its second race of the season, and it could not have been better, its two drivers will start in the first positions after having demonstrated on a changing track like the Hungaroring that they are the The fastest in a lap. Neither Ferrari nor Verstappen. McLaren is the name of the day. The responsibility will then fall on Norris, who signed the fourth pole of his career but who tomorrow will seek his second victory on Sunday, he won in Miami but could not do so in Spain, Emilia Romagna, Silverstone… despite having the best car. Today, however, they had no rival, Verstappen could not beat them either in dry conditions or in changing conditions, nor Carlos, who aimed even higher but who I needed the asphalt temperature to be very high..
Russell and Checo, KO in the first quarter
Saturday’s surprise came George Russell and Checo Perez -although the Mexican’s situation is already all too common- after being eliminated in Q1. The Englishman due to his own and the team’s error, Checo due to a new error at the wheel, surely caused by the enormous pressure he has been under in recent weeks. Its continuityDespite having been renewed, it seems more questionable than ever.
This is the grid for Sunday’s race
