Formula 1 Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix 2025Formula 1 

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Max got away with it, no surprise there. Even last year at this circuit, Lewis getting fouled by Max, they gave no penalty and tried to put the blame more on Lewis. Any other driver and he would have had a race ban a long time ago already.
 
I would really like to see a good replay of the move from on board both drivers. See if it's visible that Max only opens up to the outside after Lewis goes off, as he says. I genuinely can't see that being possible from the outside shots.
 
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Lewis didn't bother to radio it (based on the broadcast) or attend the hearing to give his side. Unfortunately, I think that made the decision easier for the stewards. Man's probably already on a plane out of Hungary.
 
Think the stewards were checking if there was actual contact between Max and Lewis or whether Lewis went off on his own to avoid getting hit. Honestly didn't expect anything to come out of it and almost not on the radar compared to Max's history of on-track transgressions.

Leclerc definitely deserved a penalty, though. I might've given him some benefit of the doubt once but twice? Nope. Came off as a frustrated driver who was seeing a potential win collapsing to outside a podium.
 
There was no surprise to see McLaren once again got the 1-2 finish but it was a pleasant surprise to see Alonso got P5 after missing the first practice session with a back muscle injury. His team-mate also had a good result with P7 finish and after seeing this performance, it won't be a huge surprise if we see a podium finish from Aston Martin this season after the summer break.
 
hakhan
There was no surprise to see McLaren once again got the 1-2 finish but it was a pleasant surprise to see Alonso got P5 after missing the first practice session with a back muscle injury. His team-mate also had a good result with P7 finish and after seeing this performance, it won't be a huge surprise if we see a podium finish from Aston Martin this season after the summer break.
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I wouldn't get too excited. Aston has done this before where they looked really strong on 1 track only to come back down during the next. Even Stroll said before the race they haven't done anything since the Spa upgrade and that didn't show any significant changes to the car; it was just running really well this weekend.
 
Aston Martin have had races where their qualifying speed was great then dramatically fell off on Sunday. It was at least nice to see them stay where they qualified for some solid points but I wouldn't expect much for the rest of the year. In terms of attention they're surely working on next year's car more than focusing on improving this one.

And speaking of someone hiding the pain as they carry the team on their back...

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McLaren
I wouldn't get too excited. Aston has done this before where they looked really strong on 1 track only to come back down during the next. Even Stroll said before the race they haven't done anything since the Spa upgrade and that didn't show any significant changes to the car; it was just running really well this weekend.
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Add to that, Alonso finished a minute behind Norris, despite how competitive their pace was in qualifying.
 
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Add to that, Alonso finished a minute behind Norris, despite how competitive their pace was in qualifying.
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And if it was most other tracks and with that type of pace, the Astons would've been overtaken and maybe not even score points.
 
McLaren
I wouldn't get too excited. Aston has done this before where they looked really strong on 1 track only to come back down during the next. Even Stroll said before the race they haven't done anything since the Spa upgrade and that didn't show any significant changes to the car; it was just running really well this weekend.
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The car, in Alonso’s hands at least, has been running well for a while. Spa was the outlier - other than there he’s finished in the top 10 the last 5 races and generally qualified top 10 as well.

They’ll have some issues on power circuits but there’s enough twisty downforce tracks left this year for some more good results. A podium may be a step too far though.
 
Fezzik
A podium may be a step too far though.
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Especially with how critically reliable everyone appears to be. Very few mechanical retirements per race. You'd need 5-6 cars at the front to drop out for an Aston Martin or Williams, someone from the middle of F1.5, to get on the podium. It is great that Sauber did it at Silverstone but that was an exception rather than the norm.
 

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