While the luck of Fernando Alonso has turned 180 degrees since it left Alpine (he has three podiums in three races), in the French team they continue in no man’s land.
After the ‘sorpasso’ of Aston Martin on the right and without blinking, those from Enstone are the fifth team on the grid of Formula 1… but not everything is speed.
In Australia, the Frenchmen took a ‘0’ in their locker after Pierre Gasley and Esteban Ocon they went against the wall in an action that seemed more like rivals for the title than teammates.
Without Alonso, in Alpine they do not know what the team’s progress is due tojust as he slipped Otmar Szafanauer.
“We have to investigate it, because compared to the previous race, the car barely changed. Maybe we hit the key to the perfect configuration or we have progressed in terms of energy management, but we were more competitive”, he explained in ‘Amus’.
Of course, the Romanian was overly confident when affirming that he trusts that the team win “up to six tenths”emulating the progression of “Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin”.
“Unfortunately it’s a dependency game. But we think we can evolve at least as fast as they do Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin“added the Alpine boss.
With Red Bull At almost a second, it is difficult to think that the French will cut the disadvantage so much. It could happen, but you also have to take into account that the four teams ahead will in turn bring improvements.
