I really want to see the new Aston Martin on the track. To see AMR23 competing. To see how the car spends them that Fernando Alonso will have in his hands. The double champion, who faces his 20th season in F1has opted for the English brand on its way to victory number 33 and also, why not, to win his third World Cup.
The team, formerly Racing Point, achieved a victory in 2020 to lower the level in 2021 and, above all, in 2022. However, the talent that has joined the British team, with him spectacular effort in terms of investment they are making with a new factory and an avant-garde wind tunnel, invite to optimism.
They invite to see the project as a winner. As one that can surprise already in this 2023 after his signings, in terms of car development, have been able to work from scratch. There are people of Red Bull, from Mercedes… Of the glorious years of both. And, of course, Fernando Alonso.
The Mercedes engine, a rock
A hammer in the turn to turn. Of those who make practically no mistake in a long run. Of which, if the engine respects him and reliability is no longer an issue can put Aston Martin on the right track. In the one of the points. In 2022, with 55, they were tied for seventh with Alfa Romeo.
It wasn’t that yes on Sunday the great Achilles heel of Aston Martin. Neither was reliability, with a robust Mercedes power unit that only failed once. The problem was on Saturday. It was the classification. It was the fight against the clock.
Horrible Saturdays
It was what makes you, when the traffic light goes out, you are on top and with a clear view or, on the contrary, behind and worried about rear-view mirrors and traffic. Because in classification, the Aston Martin that Vettel and Stroll drove, was a disaster.
Ranking Disaster
In none of the 22 races held did they manage to get both cars into Q3. Zero. Vettel and Stroll, both together, have never been among the best on a Saturday.
Adding both, of 44 possibilities that there were that they were, they only did it in nine. It was in Emilia Romagna, in Miami, in Monaco, in Azerbaijan, in France, in the Netherlands, in Japan, in the United States and in Abu Dhabi.
What’s more, in Q1 they fell with both cars in eight of the 22 tests, something not at all rosy in terms of getting a good result on Sunday.
His best ‘qualys’ were in Emilia Romagna, Miami and Abu Dhabi, when they had a car in Q3 and another in Q2. The rest, the void.
Stroll, one of the best at starts
That has made Lance Stroll one of the pilots who more positions he has managed to gain in the starts, but also that their options to aspire to compete were what they were.
It will be necessary to see if the new signings of Aston Martin have realized that although the points are on Sunday with a good classification there is more possibilities to add a good bag of them for the Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championship.
The higher up you start, the better.
Because, with all the logic in the world, It is not the same to start fifth as to do it in position 18.
