78 points difference between max verstappen and Fernando Alonso14 races remain on the calendar for Formula 1… and the lion of Aston Martin licks its lips stalking its prey.
Despite ominous predictions, after the improvements made and verified in Canada, which show the gap between Red Bull and Aston Martin in just a tenthno one on the grid hides that the Silverstone team and the two-time F1 world champion They are the main rivals of the Austrians.
With the new enhancement packages that Aston Martin will bring in Austria and Great Britain it is expected to be able to fight face to face with Verstappenand who knows if we still have time to dream.
In his column for the German edition of ‘Sky Sports’, Ralf Schumacher He believes that already in Spielberg we will see a real battle between Max and Fernando.
Because? For the great result that their improvements showed in Canada: “They brought an update that worked right away”.
“I am sure that we can expect much more from green cars. I see that Aston Martin has an advantage over Mercedes right now with these improvements”, explained the former F1 driver and brother of the ‘Kaiser’.
The German believes that the Asturian will fight at the Austrians’ house… and tells Mercedes: “I think Alonso will be Max Verstappen’s biggest rival in the next race at the Red Bull Ring”.
“In Montreal, we saw that the field tightened. Aston Martin and Mercedes have narrowed the gap,” he added.
“Red Bull will suffer a bit for not being able to fully use the wind tunnel due to last year’s penalty”, has settled.