Fernando Alonso Reacts to Shocking Aston Martin Hungarian GP Quali Result
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Aston Martin got two of their drivers into the top six during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
For most of the season, the team has struggled to score points and consistently show impressive speed.
At the Hungaroring, Aston Martin flipped the script and out-qualified both Red Bull cars, a Mercedes, a Ferrari, and both Racing Bulls.
The Silverstone-based team achieved this result despite their lead driver, Fernando Alonso, missing the first practice session due to a lingering back pain from the season.
Fernando Alonso of Spain and Aston Martin F1 Team celebrates in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 2, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.
Fernando Alonso of Spain and Aston Martin F1 Team celebrates in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 2, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.
Photo byAlonso stepped back into the cockpit and got his best qualifying result of the year. After the session, he appeared happy that he had recovered from the injury.
"Yeah, I'm glad, obviously. When the car is a little bit faster, you will not enjoy watching TV. Probably I would enjoy watching Spa if I was about to miss that race, but you never know," Alonso told the media.
"I got hurt a little bit in the Spa race with the seat and I have this muscle tear, (torn) fibre or something like that, so that needs a little bit of relax.
"About two weeks, I don't have two weeks, I have it now for tomorrow and I will enjoy summer, a little bit of relaxing and recovering."
Alonso and the team remain stumped on what exactly led the car to perform so well since there were no upgrades to the Aston Martin.
"I would say that it's track characteristics, to be honest. I think we didn't change the car massively since in Spa seven days ago," he added.
"No new parts for anybody to this race. Just the layout, the characteristics of the circuit is just suiting our car, apparently, and it would be nice to understand this, why the car is operating in this sweet spot here because if we understand that, we can use it in the next few races."
Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying Results
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Oscar Piastri (McLaren) Lando Norris (McLaren) George Russell (Mercedes) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) Ollie Bearman (Haas) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) Carlos Sainz (Williams) Franco Colapinto (Alpine) Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) Pierre Gasly (Alpine) Esteban Ocon (Haas) Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) Alex Albon (Williams)
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