Alonso will say things to get under Lewis' skin. I think it's his sense of humour; to look serious about something but not really meaning it. He also said Lewis always complains and he defended for Max. I don't think he serioisly means these things but it's to annoy Lewis.El Scorchio wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 11:22
Also Alonso is supremely experienced and a fabulous racer. However, we are lucky it was the Hungaroring or we wouldn't have to to witness anything like the long battle, and Hamilton would have been up the road and winning the race. You also have to be glad Raikkonen(?) happened to be right there at the start of the battle or again it looked like Hamilton would be straight through.
It was a superb few laps though. I wonder if Hamilton will look at what Alonso said about how he raced it and look at how he can make adjustments himself in the future? It was FASCINATING that Alonso said that afterwards. Great insight into it.
He defended well, but with the fresh tyres he was able to move in the corner and braking zones without losing control of his car. He was placing that in such a way it was impossible to overtake. It was not the same for Tsunoda, he could not place his car without messing up his pace, or possibly going off track.
Alonso and Lewis always race like this, we can look at the Mexican grandprix a few years ago when Alonso in Mclaren was defending hard against Lewis. Alonso puts in extra effort when he sees lewis coming up from behind. I think he still has 2007 in the back of his mind.
But nonetheless he was pressured into an error into turn 1. Maybe he was using his mirrors too much and made that error.
If it's one thing with Lewis he is not going to sit back in traffic he will find some novel lines to set up to take a go at an overtake. He was using some weird lines to minimize the dirty air and get close to Fernando.