Alpine’s start to 2023 has been beyond bewildering. Bad times in the tests, messages of optimism after those first days, a race in Bahrain with only one driver in the points And now another more than disconcerting message.
Because otmar szafnauer has stated in statements collected by ‘Motorsport’ that he sees in the fight for fourth place against the Aston Martin team. An Aston Martin team that, at the moment, is the second fastest behind Red Bull.
The French team does not stop surprising. They look strong even though they only Pierre Gasley added points in the premiere. about Esteban Ocon It was a real nightmare, accumulating penalty after penalty and causing ‘pitorreo’ even from Formula 1.
“We still don’t know the true pace due to some of the things that happened in the race. Esteban had all the problems we talked about, Pierre was stuck in 19th position for quite a while at the start,” detailed the team boss. .
“I don’t know where we are in relation to the others, because we were out of position with one car and the other had the problems that it had. I don’t think we are far,” he says.
Analyze the seconds difference between Gasly and the middle of the table in Bahrain: “If we looked at it from an optimistic point of view and Pierre had started ninth, surely we would have overtaken Bottas. How close would we have been to the Mercedes and Lance Stroll?”
and says that now they “just” have to “get over” them. Almost nothing. “We want to be close to the guys we want to beat. From an operational point of view, we expect calm and problem-free races,” he concluded.
