Fernando Alonso speaks very clearly on the radio: “Never in my life have I seen a defense like Esteban’s today” – DAZN

The Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix gave us a spectacular and intense start in which rain, maneuvers of all kinds and overtaking were mixed in the first few kilometers that were frenetic. Read more | Lando Norris’ shocking confession about his driving The Tire Dance drew attention from the start. There were pilots with soft and others with medium given the weather conditions. Only Kevin Mahnussen was able to switch to hard after the first few laps of the race. At the start, George Russell knew how to contain the onslaught of Carlos Sainz, who tried to be aggressive and thereby overtake the Mercedes driver, although without luck. The emergence of a Virtual Safety Car helped the Briton, who was able to extend the life of the soft tires a little more and stop the attacks of Sainz, who was on medium. Read more | The viral moment of Pedro de la Rosa because of a meme There was more trouble in the back. In Alpine, specifically, they had to hold their breath when they saw the battle between Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The Spanish rider was unable to overtake his teammate, who signed an almost Numantine defense with which he managed to maintain his position. “Never in my life have I seen a defense like Esteban’s today. Never,” Fernando Alonso said on the radio. The problem for Alpine is that that fight, that stopper by Esteban Ocon, benefited Lewis Hamilton, who overtook both, and Red Bull, who got close enough to pass them a few laps later. Thus, and after a hectic start, Esteban Ocon went to eighth place, while Fernando Alonso fell to ninth place, both far from their aspirations, which were to fight to enter the top six. The fight for position which hurt Alpine Subsequently, and after going through the pits to mount hard tires for both Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, and with the Frenchman at the points limit, Alpine experienced a new fight for position that ended up damaging the team. The man from Oviedo had his sights set on surpassing the French pilot. Just behind, in addition, Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren appeared, whose intention was to fish in a troubled river and have the possibility of overtaking two single-seaters at the same time. Fernando Alonso jumped on top of Ocon, who sped up the brakes to prevent his teammate from overtaking him. This caused him to open up more than necessary. Ricciardo, aware of all this, took the situation calmly and braked soon. This strategy gave him the option of getting inside. Both Esteban Ocon and Alonso were on the outside and the two Alpines offered the Australian the corridor so that, effectively, he managed to get ahead and approach his teammate, Lando Norris.