Fernando Alonso He gave a real exhibition in Hungaroring. The two -champion of the world put all lovers of Formula 1 standing with their performance in the Hungary GP. He left fifth and managed to end in that position after drawing a strategy with Aston Martin to go to a stop. But the most surprising thing was not that the play went well, but that he finished his race being the only pilot of the entire grill that did not go from the 300 km/h throughout the race.
The management of tires of Magic Alonso He was worthy of putting in schools, a reader of the race and control of the race to be able to get his best result of the year. At times it seemed that Verstappen He would also go to a stop and that he would snatch that fifth place to Spanish, but Red Bull saw that he was not going to be possible and came back to his pilot, which returned the fifth place to Fernando.
Since they managed to classify well on Saturday, Fernando Alonso y Aston Martin They were clear about the strategy: go to a stop. The Asturian endured 39 laps with the medium before stopping in boxes. That is, the 14 resisted more than half of the race with the same rubber to be able to carry out his idea of going to a stop. The data reflect the great management that both the pilot and the team did during the Grand Prix.
How you would explain to someone who has no idea of Formula 1, which a pilot has finished fifth without moving from 298km/h throughout the race.
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The maximum speed that reached Fernando Alonso in it Hungary GP It was from 298 km/hsomething that has caught the attention of all fans of Formula 1. the most slow penultimate, according to this graph of F1 Telemetry Datawas Gabriel Bortoletosixth in the race. The Brazilian, who is part of the Spanish young driver portfolio, arrived at the 315 km/h With the Sauber, 17 km/h faster than Aston Martin, but still could not beat him on the track.
Alonso did not need the DRS
It wasn't a tip speed problem Aston Martin why Lance Stroll reached 320 km/habove the McLaren of the winner Lando Norris. The real reason that Alonso did not pass 300 km/h was because he had clean air all the race thanks to the great management of the team when putting him in boxes. They measured very well when to make the stop so that it did not come out in traffic. Of the rest already took care Magic.
Having clean air the entire race, 14 did not have to open DRS At no time because I didn't have pilots in front. Nor did he have to defend himself in excess in the last laps to defend the fifth position. However, being such a difficult circuit to advance, that made a DRS train formed in some moments. But in the end, Alonso managed to manage the gums perfectly to cross the finish line in fifth position without having to suffer in the last turns. A show worthy of an authentic magician.
