O ESCANDALO ENTRE HAMILTON E ALONSO NO GP DA HUNGRIA DE 2007

You might remember this scene here. Hello friend of Ressaca Formula 1, welcome to another video, I'm Matheus Pucci and this December 25th, Christmas, including, a Merry Christmas to all of you, I hope you enjoy the day with your family, friends or if you it's going alone hope it's a great day for you and let 's talk about one of the main beefs in modern Formula 1, which was Alonso versus Hamilton in 2007, specifically in the Hungarian Grand Prix of that season. If you already followed formula 1 at that time, you know very well what I'm going to talk about, but if you didn't follow it, know that it was one of the most interesting seasons in Formula 1, not only in terms of dispute on the tracks but also off the tracks since in McLaren we had a super talented young Lewis Hamilton arriving in his first year of Formula 1 against an established two-time champion, the current two-time champion, Fernando Alonso coming from two titles in a row having displaced Schumacher and rising as the main driver in that period of Formula 1. Obviously , what was expected of 2007 was a more restrained, calmer Hamilton, just learning how rookie drivers usually speak and an Alonso dominating the season at McLaren and quite possibly being a three-time world champion. Well, that was the theory because in fact Hamilton came to show service from the first race, which I always defend here on the channel that is right, which is correct, the young driver has to come to show service instead of staying In that little chat about I'm going to learn and such and then when you see it, you're already the second driver and you don't even have strength within the team anymore. You can only be champion in Formula 1 if you impose yourself within the team, if you are a guy who manages to impose your ability, your will within a team and that's what Hamilton sought to do with Alonso and obviously Alonso with Hamilton and we had a fight that imploded McLaren. But let's get down to business so what happened at that grand prix? In the 2007 season, everything started very well thanks to McLaren, they had an exceptionally fast car and there was starting to be some friction between Alonso and Hamilton, especially after Monaco. But when he arrived in Hungary, that's where the business caught fire. Who confirms the data is Marc Priestley who was an engineer at McLaren at the time and he says in an interview that they had a very fair classification system. Each race they alternated which driver could take the lead, which generated an advantage at the time. So, in Hungary it was Alonso's turn to be the driver who would go out first, but not at a certain point in qualifying Hamilton simply disobeys that order. Hamilton leaves first with the approval of his pit crew, his team of mechanics, his engineer and with that he generates the fury of Alonso and the Spaniard's team. Alonso starts to have screams on the radio, Ron Dennis tried to intervene in the situation, but Hamilton's team and Hamilton himself simply ignored any order to let Alonso pass and with that he stayed ahead on the track. That is. you messed with Alonso, Alonso is the type of guy who doesn't take shit home even younger people in Formula 1 know that very well, Alonso is not a figure you want to poke with a short stick. And that's where the whole problem started, Hamilton disobeyed the order, pretended it wasn't him, left Alonso and his team furious until at the very end of Q3 when they were going to make the last attempt, both Alonso and Hamilton entered the pits at team calculated in a way that both Alonso and Hamilton could pass in time to open another lap, but Alonso then made that move that has already become classic, a memorable scene in the history of formula 1, which was what? When he was released by the team to be able to leave the pits, when Hamilton was arriving, Alonso just stopped and he stayed there for a few seconds, it's not like a minute, he stayed 10 seconds, maybe a little more stopped while Hamilton It 's behind him waiting for him to release so he can have his tire change, his refueling to do the last lap. But Alonso was stopped for a few seconds and then left and it was exactly the time for Alonso to complete the last lap and Hamilton not. Resulting in pole position for Alonso, Hamilton second, Heidfeld third and Raikkonen fourth. One of the things that most caught the attention of Priestley was that Alonso managed to calculate the exact time he could stay in the pit stopped to be able to take the last lap and Hamilton could not, that is, those seconds that would make a total difference. But on the other hand, Priestley also claims that he lost respect for both drivers, both Hamilton doing all the mess, disrespecting a clear team order that had already been pre-established, and Alonso who was a veteran and was retaliating the action of Lewis Hamilton. So Priestley lost a lot of respect for those two riders. Even so, it is still a curious story, but if you want to know its unfolding. Because of the insured person in the pit, Alonso was punished by five positions on the grid so the pole position was of no use, if he hadn't done the stupid thing he could have started first with his lap time which was very good or even second with Hamilton in first. The result of the race? It was Hamilton winning with Raikkonen second and Heidfeld third with Alonso coming fourth. That proved to be quite a loss for Fernando Alonso, as at the end of the season he and Hamilton were tied on points and lost the title to Kimi Raikkonen by just one point. If Alonso had finished third in this race in Hungary, he would not have been champion because he would still be tied with Raikkonen in points, but Raikkonen had more victories than Hamilton and than Alonso, so Raikkonen would have been champion by tiebreaker criteria. But if Alonso finishes second in that race, that is, if he starts on the front row and simply stays in second and with all the championship unfolding as it was exactly, he would be world champion. That is why in Formula 1 there is so much talk that each point matters even more at a time when we had a completely different scoring system in which the first place took 10 points, the second 8, the third 6, the fourth 5 and so you went to the 8th place that received a point. In 2010 we had the change to the current system. Therefore, Alonso can remove himself a lot because of the qualification in Hungary and Marc Priestley says that McLaren lost the title there. It is also worth noting that after that it broke out a little more towards the end of the year, the whole McLaren problem of espionage broke out and this espionage led to McLaren being banned from the season, it was disqualified from the season and also received the biggest fine in the history of motorsport , in the region of 100 million dollars for you to see how absurd that period at McLaren in 2007 was . which turned out to be one of the biggest embarrassments in the modern history of Formula 1. But what up, do you remember this episode, did you watch this race live? Say it in the comments, don't forget to subscribe and activate the bell so you don't miss anything here at Ressaca F1. A big hug, thanks and spoke.