As the months pass since Fernando Alonso announce his departure from Alpine and his signing for Aston Martindetails are beginning to come to light that show that the relationship between the driver and the team I was more than broken for a long time.
In the presentation of the AMR23, the double world champion of Formula 1 pointed out the lack of “ambition” of the French team and the different attitude in the British.
“Other teams I’ve joined in recent times. Maybe they were successful in the past and were just in a comfortable position. They were just rooms and they were happy with the room“, he explained.
“They were fifth, they were happy with fifth. If we were seventh there was a celebration. Here there are no celebrations until we win and this is very attractive,” he added, sending a clear dart to Alpine.
Well, the response from the French has not been long in coming. otmar szafnauerhead of the team, referred to the words of his former pilot at the presentation of the A523.
Did Fernando ever say something similar? According to the Romanian, no: “No, he never raised it. I think that, when we finished fourth, if you look back, I was as happy as everyone the others who were part of the team.
“When you are fifth the year before and your ambition is to go up to fourth, it is not easy to achieve. We had to beat McLaren. I was in Woking and they have a huge trophy case, so they are not easy to beat.”
“So I think you have to celebrate those successes when you say, ‘Look, I want to be in the top four, I want to be fourth, not fifth. I don’t think it’s shameful say: ‘We have done it and let’s celebrate'”, settled.
Aston Martin and Alpinewith McLaren’s permission, will fight to lead the midfield in 2023. They will be regular rivals on the track… and it remains to be seen if the Ocon and Gasly hostilities in 2022 they repeat this new year. For the moment, it’s already in sight, both parties feel like it.
