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Fernando Alonso hails McLaren's 'perfect' Hungarian GP strategy

Fernando Alonso described McLaren’s Hungarian Grand Prix strategy as “perfect” after he rose up the order to take eighth place. Alonso started from 11th spot, a position he maintained at te start, but slipped back a spot after being overhauled by the recovering Daniel Ricciardo, and also lost out to Romain Grosjean. Alonso responded by extending his stint on Soft tyres while rivals who pitted for fresh tyres were stuck behind the yet-to-stop Esteban Ocon. The pace differential between Alonso and the Ocon-slowed group of Carlos Sainz Jr., Brendon Hartley, Nico Hulkenberg and Grosjean was such that the McLaren driver emerged ahead when he stopped on lap 39. From there,...
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