Three third places accumulated Fernando Alonso in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia. The next stop is baku and it will be a litmus test for all the teams because the first improvements and developments arrive. And Aston Martin will be one of the bravest. They want to put all the meat on the grill and they know how to do it. They know Red Bull’s strength and are working to catch up with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez on the track. Tom McCulloughperformance director of the green team, explained his strongest point: “His car is very strong in efficiency. The effect of the DRS is quite strong. It is a strong car in the corners and very strong on the straights.” “It is more likely that it is fundamentally the aerodynamic efficiency. It was already efficient last year&...
2 photos Enlarge Author: Autocasión April 11, 2023 0 The labor context around transport will worsen in the next decade due to the lack of academy and interest in the youngest. At the moment, 20,000 vacancies are unfilled. The next decade will be critical to ensure generational change in the professional transport sector, since 72% of active drivers in Spain are already over 50 years of age. This worsens the pressing lack of professionals in our country. In fact, every year, around 20,000 professional transport driver positions remain vacant, despite being a strategic sector in our country, as 90% of goods move by road. Hence the need to seek solutions that ensure the arrival of qualified labor and, especially, open up the profession to traditionally less interested groups. In the case of w...
no one in Formula 1not even within Aston MartinI could imagine the Silverstone team completing a meteoric evolution from 2022 to 2023 that has brought three podium finishes in the first three races to Fernando Alonso. In fact, as stated by the two-time F1 world champion in statements collected by ‘RacingNews365.com’, the current situation is what was expected for 2024. “I expected the 23rd to be a season of learning, and in 24 maybe challenge the Ferrari and Mercedes“, has expressed the Asturian. At this point, Alonso is aware that the accelerator foot cannot be lifted despite the “optimism” that is exuded in the green team. “But we challenged them in Bahrain, in the first race. So obviously now everything looks more optimistic. But now we have to ...
8 photos Enlarge CDA April 11, 2023 0 Toyota has announced the commercialization in Spain of the bZ4X, its first electric car after months in which it could only be acquired through renting. After months in which it could only be purchased through leasing, Toyota’s first pure electric vehicle, the bZ4X, is now available for “conventional” sale at a price that starts from 48,650 euros no discounts. The Toyota bZ4X began its commercialization in our country last May 2022 through the renting modality. Almost a year later, the electric of the Japanese brand expands its marketing methods and it can be acquired through cash payment, financing with Toyota Easy or by the aforementioned renting. You can purchase the Toyota bZ4X from €495/month 8 photos Toyota bZ4X Enlarge Thus, th...
He point penalty system in it super license card that the pilots have raises many doubts. The FIA he never got around to executing the penalty of a run on anyone. After what happened in the last resalida of the Australian Grand Prix with the two Frenchmen from Alpine, criticism of this system has reappeared. Really, Pierre Gasly would have to be penalized and sanctioned, so he would miss the Azerbaijan Grand Prixbut the FIA raised its hand sparking the controversy. What does the point card consist of? It is a sought-after system to control that the pilots do not generate dangerous maneuvers and excessive in their driving. The moment a driver accumulates 12 points on the card, he will be penalized by missing the next race. In this way the FIA seeks the security and the protection agains...
Reviewing the best moments of Fernando Alonso in his long career in Formula 1there is an overtaking that stands out and that could perfectly enter his ‘top 3’. 2005, Japanese Grand Prix and Michael Schumacher. In the mythical 130R, the Asturian passed the ‘Kaiser’ in a maneuver that was the confirmation of a pilot who would end up being crowned champion at the end of the year. Well, that Suzuka track has been chosen by Alonso as his favorite circuit. This is how he explained it in an interview with ‘Bang & Olufsen’. “If I had to choose just one circuit, I would choose Suzuka. I think it’s my favorite. It has a lot of high-speed corners,” he pointed out. It should be remembered that in Japanese territory he has only won once, in 200...
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...
Hanoi may be back in Formula 1. Or, rather, ‘return’. The mythical Vietnam GP, which was part of that F1 calendar in 2020 impossible to meet due to COVID, could already be in the 2024 World Cup. One that, if so, could consist of 25 races. It is what the boss of F1 wants, Stefano Domenicali. He wants a World Cup even longer. More than 23 tests of which this season consists. Some that could even be one more if China had not fallen… or if the Shanghai appointment had been replaced. For the next course, and in the absence of knowing what happens with, for example, South Africa, Vietnam is running to be on the calendar. In 2020, Hanoi was, or was to be, the main novelty along with the return of the Dutch GP. But it could not be disputed the covid pandemic, and unlike what happ...
Formula 1 is in the middle of a ‘break’ after the first three races of the season: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia. The competition returns the weekend of April 30 at bakualmost a month after the last laps in Albert Park. There has been a lot of criticism of this ‘break’, but the boss of Alpine, otmar szafnauer, likes. In ‘Motorsport’ he celebrated these spring breaks as soon as the season began. “Perhaps we should consider consciously making a spring break in future seasonsit’s good to have a three-week break at the moment,” said the boss of the French team. He thinks it would be a good way to move forward with the calendar: “It could be a way to get ahead and manage in the calendar the next years”. “I know the se...
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Felipe Massa He knows well what it is to share a team with several of the greatest drivers in history. This is what happened at Ferrari, when he had to Fernando AlonsoKimi Raikkonen… and also Michael Schumacher by his side. In an interview with ‘motorsport‘, the Brazilian told an anecdote he had with the ‘Kaiser‘ when they were in Spain. An anecdote that became a lesson. In a teaching In something that he lived and that he did not want anyone to live. “When I was little, Senna refused to sign me an autograph.” he claimed. “I had a really hard time accepting it. He was with a piece of paper in his hand… and did not have his autograph. It’s something I never forgot,” she says. Something that reminded him of Michael Schumacher ...