Aston Martin is the team fashionable in Formula 1. The Brits, who finished 2022 as the seventh team on the grid tied on points with Alfa Romeo, have started big time with a one hundred percent renewed car and with a Fernando Alonso amazed in Bahrain for get on the podium with the Red Bulls. The car runs, works and appears to be a clear candidate for victories this same season.
something that seemed impossible when Alonso signed with them, in the summer of last year. At that time, the Silverstone team he barely surpassed Williams in the World Cup, and they were regulars to fall in Q1 and occupy the last places in the race.
But all that has changed. Work in winter in the factory, with Dan Fallows, ex-Red Bull and Eric Blandin, formerly of Mercedes, has achieved that the AMR23 was born in the best possible way. The fight is no longer with Alpine or McLaren. The fight is with Mercedes and with Ferrari.
“Alonso can achieve something…”
Alonso surpassed them in Sakhir. Stroll, practically with one hand, was ahead of George Russell. Ahead, yes, the Red Bull. The a priori unattainable Red Bull.
Yes, but anything is possible in a race. Mark Webber, ex of the brand of energy drinks, has spoken in ‘Motorsport’ and go with options to Aston Martin to be able to win.
“Yes, yes, they can win. It depends of course on the Red Bulls. If they have the reliability, their victories are assured… but Alonso can achieve a victory in a single day. I’m sure that can get something” affirms Webber emphatically.
The oceanic man, a great friend of Alonso who has even put a possible date for your goodbye, is more than so happy for him as by the Aston Martin team.
“They deserve the podium”
“The podium is tremendously special… but Red Bull was controlling the times. They were going slowly. But let’s see how the Aston fares on tracks with lower degradation. I am very happy for Alonso and for the team. They deserve it,” Mark finishes.
The next appointment will be Saudi Arabia, and then Australia. Seeing how was the car going in bahrain, and the points where it was strongest, who knows if we are going to have more podiums this month…
