Fernando Alonso It was given to Aston Martin his first joy. His first reason for celebration in this 2023. The Asturian has gone up to the podium in Bahrain, with a car that he, and many in the team, consider the “base” of what is to come. Normal that they are radiant… Because this was not expected. Because the pace shown both in the tests and in the Free Practices was excellent. In a long run, spectacular, and that was what led Alonso to make overtaking moves like those achieved against Russell, Hamilton and Sainz. Fernando, in fact, showed his tremendous satisfaction for the radio. Because the car, the AMR23, runs. It runs, and it’s reliable. And it has tremendous traction and grip. In the same vein, Mike Krack, head of the team, has shown that already begins to b...
Helmut Marko, one of the authorized voices Red Bull, He’s sticking to his guns when it comes to his suspicions about Aston Martin. The leader, who has accused Dan Fallows to copy the car of energy drinks, hinting that he has stolen documentation from the factory, has shot with a bullet for the podium of Fernando Alonso in Bahrain. And he has not been exactly subtle in his message: “We have had three Red Bulls on the podium… but one had a different engine!” Then, yes, he valued Fernando Alonso’s performance: “To have left later It would have been a threat to us.” “I said it, Alonso was going to be third. His fight with Hamilton was incredible. It was a tough duel, but fair. of the old school”, Follow Mark. Because, according to what Alon...
The return of Fernando Alonso to the podium has aroused admiration among his rivals. Yesterday, after his fifth place in the classification, Carlos Sainz and charles leclerc they pointed to the Asturian as their main rival for today’s race, and they did not miss the shot. Even Marko Helmutsports adviser Red BullHe stated that Alonso was going to be his biggest threat. Today all the predictions have come true and the man from Oviedo has managed to prevail over the Mercedes and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz to take third position, something that has not surprised any of the contenders for the title. The great performance of AMR23 in it Bahrain Grand Prix It has not been temporary, and his rivals hope that the team of Silverstone Be in the fight for podiums and wins all year long. One of ...
Special delivery bahrin Updated Sunday, March 5, 2023 – 18:01 Behind the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Pérez, he finished third in the first race of the year after getting the crowd on their feet to beat Sainz, fourth, and Hamilton, fifth. Alonso showers Verstappen and Pérez with champagne on the Sakhir podium.AFP A Formula 1 from another era, a Fernando Alonso from another time. Almost a decade later, the show returns, the Spaniard returns to the podium. For many years, in his very long transit through McLaren and Alpine, he needed an accumulation of other people’s calamities to dream of a drawer. Not anymore. This Sunday in Bahrain, in the first race of the year, in his debut at Aston Martin, Alonso finished third and did so without incident, on his own merits. I only needed lu...
Fernando Alonso has done that Aston Martin taste the sweetness again of a Formula 1 podium. After the experiences with Sebastian Vettel, the Asturian has laid the first and successful stone of the English project to win the World Cup with a third place in the Bahrain GP. And that, of course, was and must be celebrated. It must be done because it was a more than deserved position for an Alonso who a race was marked. That he did not need the god of rain or any kind of lucky event in front or behind in the form of a safety car. That what he won, he earned on the track. He did it with overtaking like those made to Russell, to hamilton and to Sainz. He did it despite initial incident with Lance Stroll, his partner, thank goodness it didn’t come to anything. And he did it with an Aston Mar...
Special delivery Bahrain Updated Sunday, March 5, 2023 – 18:37 “Finishing on the podium in the first race is something incredible for the team”, says the Spaniard after his third place in Sakhir. Alonso, at the wheel of the AMR23, on Sunday in Sakhir.AFP Chronic Alonso draws two anthological overtaking to get on the podium Bahrain GP Classification and times Just an instant before showing his euphoria in front of the microphones, Fernando Alonso received a handshake and a hug from Lance Stroll. The Canadian, sixth at the finish line, used the last reserve of his dwindling strength to congratulate the two-time world champion, a great protagonist in Sakhir. “First of all, congratulations to Lance, who underwent surgery on his wrists 12 days ago,” the Spaniard st...
Fernando Alonso got on the podium at the Bahrain GP. She did it with a exceptional career. One in which he started fifth, finished the first lap seventh and began to shoot and assert his aston martin superpowers to reach third place. She did it, in short, with an absolutely magical performance. One of those who create school. What do they do? that show that ID they were just looking at it in alpine when it came to talking about Asturian. Of all a two-time champion. Because Alonso is not that he is back, it is that he is better than ever. And he saw himself clearly in Sakhir. As soon as he has had the machine, a monstrous piece of engineering painted green that he has been given in the Aston Martin team, He did what he did with the Renault. In his two World Cups in blue. he did what He also...
In the 2022 preseason, Mercedes surprised by putting a car without sidepods on the track. The star team adopted this radical solution which, according to their estimates, would give them a second per lap advantage over their rivals, but it backfired. In the first races of last season, the Mercedes was a very unstable car that suffered extreme ‘porpoising’, causing lewis hamilton He had back problems for a good part of the year. In fact, the British driver could not get past Q1 in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022 for that reason, but Mercedes decided to keep the bet. As the races went on, the Mercedes became a much more competitive car, achieving 17 podiums and a victory in the Brazilian Grand Prixwhich made us think that they had definitively solved their problems, but the sta...
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Red Bull is already targeting Aston Martin. Not only as rival and candidate to the victory in Bahrain, but also because, according to Helmut Marko, having copied your car, one with which Max Verstappen achieved the Drivers’ World Championship and the brand of energy drinks the Constructors’. One of the great names of the Austrian team has been tremendously clear about Fernando Alonso’s car, with which he has achieved the fifth best time in the classification in Sakhir beating the Mercedes, and running for all thanks to great race pace of the AMR23. All, by Dan Fallows. For someone who was one of the most prominent members of Red Bull who headed for Aston Martin and who has already spent half a year without working for any brand. Something known as ‘gardening’....
If there is a large SUV that seeks enjoyment on mountain roads, this is the one. Alfa Romeo Stelvio. Available with all-wheel drive from the Q4 brand, the model launched in 2017 is renewed for 2023. We have been able to drive it one morning, during its international presentation to the press, which this time was at home. It was not the Stelvio pass where the Italian model takes its name, but the curves of the Sierra de Madrid, which we know better and which are not so crowded during the week. The SUV has design and equipment innovations, but there are no mechanical innovations. For that, we have to wait for a new generation. It is available at dealerships from €53,200, a rate without discounts. You can find offers for the Alfa Romeo Stelvio at coches.com. In our new car section, the brand&...