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Alonso glad he didn't sit out Hungary GP

Aug.3 Fernando Alonso says it was 'worth it' to race in Hungary, after back pain almost forced him to sit out the weekend. The Aston Martin driver, 44, missed FP1 following a muscular injury sustained during the Belgian GP, with reserve Felipe Drugovich filling in. But Alonso returned for FP2, completed the weekend, and stunned many with a P5 finish in qualifying. 'Yeah, man, it's better to be in the car here and not watching it on TV when we're in Q3 than at Spa, right?' he told Mundo Deportivo. 'I could have easily missed it because we were last or second to last, but hey, you never choose that.' An MRI scan earlier in the week revealed a small tear in his lumbar muscle. 'I think I hurt...
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