Trouble for Aston Martin before of the Formula 1 pre-season in Bahrain. The team has confirmed than Lance Strollbuddy by Fernando Alonso, will cause withdrawal from the tests after having suffered a bicycle accident.
It was while he was training when he suffered the mishap, one that will make can not get on the new AMR23 for trials. Nothing has been said about whether or not he will be for the first Grand Prix, for the weekend of March 3-5.
Now it remains to be seen what the British are going to do in the tests. There are only three days that both the teams and the pilots have, and Alonso’s partner will not be able to be on the car.
To know if they advocate why the Asturian add and add kilometers alone, or if they combine their presence with that of one of the two reserve pilots they have in Aston Martin.
And Vandoorne, in South Africa for Formula E
But there they also have another problem. Because Stoffel Vandoorne, Alonso’s former teammate at McLaren, will be in South Africa competing in Formula E.
they have left Philip Drugovich, who has landed at the team after being in Formula 2 in 2021 and 2022.
Given the loss of Stroll due to the accident he suffered on a bicycle, and with Vandoorne in South Africa for Formula E, everything indicates that it will be the pilot born in Brazil the one who will pick up the baton from the Canadian and will be Alonso’s partner in the Bahrain tests.
The tests, from February 23 to 25
The trials will be February 23 to 25, beginning on Thursday at 08:00 Spanish peninsular time, one hour less in the Canary Islands.
Looking at how Aston Martin has performed in 2021 and 2022, chances are that its two pilots have kilometers in the three days of tests.
