Following the barrage of accusations over the “lack of ambition” between Fernando Alonso and his former teamthe head of Alpine and former head of Aston Martin, Otmar Szafnauer, has once again put itself in the spotlight of its competitors.
The CEO has a historic rivalry with Aston Martin, as it is his former team, and with McLarenwhich he snatched from the promising pilot Oscar Piastri.
“No, I want to beat them all, what I want to do is focus on the things that we can control. We control the development of our car, both the powertrain and the aerodynamic development,” Otmar stressed.
Above all, the former Aston Martin director has no limits when it comes to beating his rivals: “Let’s do the best job we can and see what happens. But I don’t think we will focus on beating one or two teams. We have than trying to beat them all.”
Given that Szafnauer left Aston Martin months ago, and the team was reinforced with engineers of the stature such as Eric Blandin and Dan Fallowsthe Romanian questions the level that Fernando Alonso’s new team will offer.
“They’ve made some high-profile hires and they probably bring some insights from the teams they come from. But for me, the real test is not in 23, the real test is in 24, where you have to generate the ideas for yourself. yourself. You didn’t bring it from Red Bull or Mercedes”, he justifies.
“You put those ideas in the car and then you have to devise the developments yourself. And for me that is the true test,” he settles.
