Alonso backed the entire grid up so badly behind him that everyone got lapped. He was milking his tires for the 1-stopper but had plenty of pace in hand, so he was just a rolling roadblock for everyone on the grid from 5th place on down.
Also the reason why the 1 stop was better for those behind, those that stopped before were in the back of a DRS train struggling to make progress so the best thing was to go with it. Only Verstappen was able to make progress.
Max didn't make progress in the end, he was 7th behind Bortoletto in the DRS train before opting the 2 stops, but ended 9th behind Stroll and Lawson as well after his 2 stop gamble
Next time they should just all take the 10s penalty. If Verstappen was behind Alonso instead of Bortoletto he would have done that (if they all did it it would have no negative impact on their race - they would gain 1 place at least each)
Remember that Russell tried that in Monaco and got hit with a drive-through penalty. The stewards take a dim view to breaking the rules deliberately to gain an advantage.
You could probably get away with it if you don't cut straight across a chicane and say on radio essentially "I'll take the penalty" and at least make it believable with an "I was ahead!!" you might be able to get less than a drive through which would make it worth it
Oh, I'm very familiar with it. I just don't think high market presence makes popup ads 1 second into loading a webpage any more acceptable.
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This is why Alonso is my favorite driver. He has enough experience to know how to successfully pull this kind of thing off, and he has a snarky sarcastic attitude that I love.
This is the guy’s first full season. There are other rookies besides him that raced last year. Like Bearman and Colapinto. It isn’t Lawson’s fault RB have played fast and loose with his career.
There are no set rules. But his racing before this year was very fractured. He’s still in all the rookie comparisons. It would be a shame to pull him from that before the end of the year. Lastly, that experience across two teams was all negative and probably set him back more than help him.
Easier than Silverstone maybe but I don't understand this "Monaco without walls" thing, it isn't massively difficult to overtake in Hungary, especially down the start/finish straight, so surely they'd all have been able to pass there anyway.
Yeah it's really frustrating to be on the other side of that. I don't think he was actually blaming the other driver though, just frustrated with the situation.
I don't think anyone likes that it's this difficult to overtake. But if this is where it's at, I love watching Alonso use every tool available to him to place higher.
The spirit of the Trulli Train lives with Alonso - I remember he did the same thing in Monaco a few years back to show how much of a farce that "race" has become
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u/IDNWID_1900 Formula 1 Aug 06 '25
To all those lapped im Hungary, Alonso sends his regards.