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Alonso Fifth in Hungary but Raikkonen Gamble Backfires

The Scuderia Ferrari team had a very mixed qualifying session in Hungary with Fernando Alonso taking fifth on the grid, but Kimi Raikkonen will start seventeenth after being eliminated in the first qualifying segment after a gamble to remain in the pits backfired spectacularly. Alonso was happy to take fifth at the Hungaroring, having felt like he took every opportunity that presented itself to the Spaniard. He knows the importance of scoring points with both drivers as Ferrari look to reclaim third place in the Constructors’ championship from Williams. “After a chaotic qualifying like today’s, you always think you could have done better,” said Alonso. “But if you then analyse...
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