Hamilton And Alonso's Incredible Battle | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix

Yeah, that was a really great battle. I knew when I was approaching him, I was like, this is going to be the hardest thing. Alonso makes Hamilton go the long way round the outside. He was tough, it was a very long race, fighting all the way through. Alonso is locked up, this is Hamilton's chance. One of the toughest drivers to ever take. Hamilton might try and get past Alonso here, but Kimi Räikkönen coming out of the pits or trying to keep out of the way. Alonso locked up, Alonso locked up. This is going to give him a big chance now with DRS round the outside. But what Fernando Alonso did there was brilliant defending. Hyper-aggressive running him out the outside. Now, Lewis, another chance round the outside this time. Wow, Alonso is just brilliant at defending, isn't he? What a great job he did there. Esteban Ocon leading this race at the moment. He might have been thinking, I could be under pressure from Hamilton here, but Fernando, can you hold him up for a little bit? He's done it for two laps. Here comes third time lucky, possibly. Alonso's looking in his mirrors, needs to look the other way because Hamilton was trying round the outside, but was a bit too far back again. He's closer now into towards Turn 2. DRS once again for Hamilton. Alonso makes Hamilton go the long way round the outside. Oh, they almost touch. Hamilton has to back out of it because he knew he was running out of room. And three laps running, Alonso keeps him at bay. Now we head towards Turn 4. Hamilton's got the pace. He's not got the room. Alonso's got the racecraft and he's still got fourth place. And will Hamilton go into the shutdown a lot happier than he will be at the moment behind Fernando Alonso, who goes over to the right-hand side? Now Hamilton forces Alonso to defend in the way Nico Rosberg said that he should be doing. But still, Fernando Alonso gets better traction going out of Turn 1. Hamilton trying to go round the outside here into Turn 2, does brake later this time. Not late enough. Alonso stays ahead, but this is going to carry on and on because don't forget the pace advantage that Mercedes has towards Turn 4. This time he's alongside and I think they might have touched there as well. Guys, did you see? He just moved over on me, man. Hamilton had to back out of it. Alonso somehow is keeping Hamilton at bay. We see another round. So Alonso took a wide line. Lewis very tight, offsetting himself. Let's see if he's close enough now. As down the main straight we go once again, nudging 195 miles an hour. Yes, yes, very close now. Here comes Hamilton. He just backed off a little bit too early, but Alonso has locked up. This is Hamilton's chance. It has been coming for a few laps now. You can hear the cheers from the crowd. Hamilton is up in the fourth place, but he's still going to defend it. Alonso trying to go round the outside. Wasn't quite alongside him. And Hamilton is now released from behind the Alpine. Lap 65. Hamilton, who was 14th, is now fourth. Wheel-to-wheel battering, rally racing is good. And in hindsight, now watching... I'm sure if I watch it back, it would just be close. But we both finished, so... That's how racing should be.