Alfa-Sauber’s horror performance: that was the most embarrassing performance of the year

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That was Alfa-Sauber’s most embarrassing performance of the year. After the miracle on Saturday, the horror performance in the opening round of the Hungarian GP. Theoretically, Zhou and Bottas started with 16 championship points. At the finish there was a new zero number.

Zhou lost eleven positions

Unbelievable: Bottas, who started seventh, lost five positions. Zhou, who even started fifth, came back from the first round in 16th. That is to say: the Chinese regained eleven positions at 4381 meters. That’s underground.

Because Zhou started so badly, he just crashed into Formula 1 return Ricciardo – and had to serve a five-second penalty on his first pit stop.

Ignorant Bottas

The performance of the people from Hinwil in front of CEO Seidl and co-owner Rausing amazed the fans. On Saturday we were still rubbing our eyes, cheering and also wondering how such starting positions are suddenly possible.

A team boss told me: “I asked Bottas what was going on. He replied that he didn’t know either!”

The rubber windfall

Apparently Alfa-Sauber had been lucky with its less than competitive C43 with the tires for the ideal circuit (without long straights).

This was also evident after the first pit stop. Bottas drove the fastest race lap in the eleventh lap. Just two minutes later, the Finn had this feat stolen by teammate Zhou. Both on the hard rubber.

No wonder in Spa

Insanity. However, both Alfa-Saubers were still in 12th and 16th place. The points for the championship were still a long way off. After the second tire stop, both cars were already around. Finish: 12th Bottas, 16th Zhou. Or a total of 16 positions lost compared to the starting places!

And in the speed demon of Spa you can’t even hope for another Alfa-Sauber miracle next week in qualifying!

McLaren-Mercedes second force

It was a pretty innocent race. Poleman Hamilton lost the start to the logical winner Verstappen – and the dream of taking the 104th GP victory a day after the 104th pole was over.

The second force in the field behind longtime winner Red Bull-Honda (12 wins in a row, McLaren’s record broken in 1988) is McLaren-Mercedes’ new Orange Monster, as it was at Silverstone.

Ferrari and Aston Martin weak

Ferrari is stuck in 4th place in the World Cup and Leclerc’s 9.4 second pit stop belongs in the amateur category. Also in the low: Aston Martin-Mercedes. But for both teams there were the last four World Cup point ranks.

The idiots of Budapest: Ocon and Gasly. As Alpine teammates, the two Frenchmen shot each other down in the first corner.

The final standings of the Hungarian GP

Source : Blick