Alfa Romeo F1 could hope for points with Valtteri Bottas in Hungary, the Finn having qualified well. Unfortunately, a bad start complicated his race and that of Guanyu Zhou, while a breakdown came to destroy the last hopes of points of the team.
« A day that promised a lot at the start disappointed us at the end » declared Vasseur after the race. “The start put us back, with five places lost for both cars, and the start of a difficult afternoon to recover some points.
“Valtteri managed to get into the top 10 and stayed there until the end of the race, but a problem with the fuel system forced him to retire a few laps from the finish.
« Zhou’s afternoon was also compromised at the start, he was able to move up to 13th at the end but we were hoping for a lot more for the team. It’s a shame after the good performance we put in. in qualifying. »
Vasseur wants to use the next four weeks to fix the flaws within the team: « We now have the summer break to figure out what went wrong and get back into the points for the last three European races of the season at the end of the summer . »
