Never has a result said so little about what a Grand Prize for a pilot and his project. Because board in hand, the resultismwhich should prevail in sport although it is not always correct, would lead to not valuing the value it deserves. Fernando Alonso’s 14th in Hungary. It was not his best result of the 2026that is the 10th of Monaco. It also doesn’t get out of line (only ahead of cadillac) to Aston Martin before the summer break. But it is proof of the leap forward of the evolved British machine, the famous AMR26 ‘B‘, and opens a good panorama ahead.
Alonso, in the race.
Alonso lived a weekend of emotions in Hungaroring. He was more accompanied than ever this year, outside the car he looked happy and smiling. Inside he delivered in a race that perhaps deserved more, especially when stopping under a virtual safety car. And where he fought with the Haas, Alpine or Williams, cars that a weekend ago gave him several seconds per lap. “It is a reference point with which to work in the second part of the year,” explains the two-time champion.
But the pilot is of a nonconformist nature, especially if he is a Alonso who has already won everything and runs because he is still as fast as anyone and seeks to have fun with good results. So he put tasks to his project for the holidays before the displaced international press, with BRAND present. “There is pressure!” he says about Honda and its new power unit.
With grace and a certain joke, but pointing out what the car is missing. “What we saw in Hungary It is more or less what was expected, since the correlation is good and the performance has improved. Of course it is early with this new car, since it is new and also a different concept. In addition, more will come in the tuning and optimization, and we will also have the engine improvement. It will be an interesting test to see where we are and what allows us to fight,” he says.
There is a long way to go, we know it and we hope that it is the first step and that it allows the two factories to gain confidence in what they do. That will be the most important thing in the coming months
Alonso, during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
In the union with Sling the message remains one of unity. “We are a team, we work together, we know our weaknesses and we try to help each other. Sling corrected some of the car’s weaknesses at the beginning of the year, and with the new chassis we want to help as much as we can in the consistency or deployment,” he reports. A 50/50 that will come to the evolution of the engine. “Also Aston Martin with the department software. There is a long way to go, we know it and we hope that it is the first step and that it allows the two factories to gain confidence in what they do. That will be the most important thing in the coming months,” he adds.
And in Hungary
We change the power unit for a newer one. Maybe (the vibrations) were an old engine that had problems at the end of its useful life because Saturday and Sunday went well.
But the proof of Hungary is approved. “It is a good step forward, both in qualifying and in the race,” he closes. With no trace of the fear that arose during free practice, the vibrations now baptized as oscillations in the power unit. “On Saturday morning they were completely resolved. We changed the power unit for a newer one. Maybe it was a old engine that caused problems at the end of its useful life because Saturday and Sunday went well,” he says.
