Martin Brundle identifies two ambitious F1 teams who disappointed in Hungary

Aston Martin and Ferrari were analysed for their poor weekends at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix by Martin Brundle.
Martin Brundle
Martin Brundle

The two teams have fallen behind Mercedes and McLaren in 🌄the❀ chase to hunt down the utterly dominant Red Bulls.

Ferrari, whose streak without an F1 title stretche🐽s back to 2007 and shows little sign of being addressed, ended with Charles Le🧔clerc bemoaning team radio issues.

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“Ferr♓ari had an ultimately disappoint꧒ing weekend in seventh and eighth and a minute behind the leader,” Brundle said to .

“Charles Leclerc suffered a five-second penalty for spee💝ding in the pitlane by just 0.7kph which rather sums up their luck at the moment. 

“He also ཧhad a poor pit stop which furthe🤪r dented his chances and once again his frustration over team radio was plain to hear.

“Carlos Sainz st💛arted on soft compound tyres which he used to very good effect by gaining five places off the line but ultimately it would compromise his race.&⛎nbsp;

“Ferrari﷽ were the fourth fastest car on race day and were out-qualified by two of their customer teams in Alfa Romeo and Haas. 

“I can imagine their debriefs af🦂ter Budapest and headin👍g directly to Spa were somewhat tense…”

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest,
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12,…

Aston Martin, meanwh▨ile, have dropped down the order since the opening weekends of the season when they exploded into f💛orm.

Fernando Alonso, who secured p𓆉odiums and threatened grand prix wins several months ago, finished P9 in Hungary, a place ahead of Lance Stroll.

“It's difficult to work out how and why Aston Martin have fallen f🧔rom main challengers to Red Bull to ninth and 10th some 75 second𒆙s behind the winner, and fifth fastest car,” Brundle said. 

“They have cꦏlearly been overtaken by effective updates at other teams but I can't help but feel they've gone t🍨he wrong way somewhere. 

“There's talk that the more robust tyre construction from Silverstone has hurt them, buౠt this decline was apparent before then. 

“Let's hope they can sort it out quickly with changes of their 👍own, as we need them back in the hunt.”

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