Fernando Alonso can finish on the podium of the Bahrain GP. He doesn’t say it. Neither did Aston Martin. nor the spectacular data that he signed in the tests. They say it, nothing more and nothing less, than in mercedes. The head of Mercedes says so, who already feels and not exactly a little fear for the potential of the car of the two-time world champion.
This has been said in statements in ‘Auto Motor and Sport’, where he places them in a position that no one would have imagined three months ago.
“According to our calculations, Aston Martin can finish second in Bahrain,” affirms Toto Wolff emphatically.
It not only puts Aston Martin ahead of Mercedes, but also puts them ahead of Ferrari and only behind the unbeatable Red Bull.
The truth is that, after the tests, Aston Martin has been the team that has come out stronger. Everything they have done, all the work carried out in winter, has paid off and what is clear is that They will no longer be the seventh team in the World Cup.
The data indicates that yes, they may be fighting for the podium. The short run was very good, but the long run was exceptional. Fernando Alonso took out the hammer to raise the enthusiasm already existing in the team and to bring concern to the rest. As Antonio Lobato said, the “choice of rivals has changed.”
There is not much left to be sure. alonso, who knows that there is still work ahead, will get on one of the two AMR23. In the other one should be Lance Stroll, but the bike accident that already left him out of the tests could make him miss the first World Cup test as well. His substitute will not be Vettelas had been speculated, but it will be Felipe Drugovich.
