Yes, you have to have your feet on the ground. Yes, you also have to lower the euphoria. And yes, it’s true. The Bahrain tests are just tests. They are just tests. It’s three days. three, in which to know who keeps what and who goes with everything. Totally true… but It looks good what they are creating Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin.
how well it went all for the project that has brought together the two-time Spanish Formula 1 champion and the British team. To a team that wants to win. Who wants to be champion. Yes, it won’t be this year, but the steps they are taking are in the right direction.
They go in one that, why not, allows you to dream. Lets think that this time yes, that Alonso has chosen well. that Fernando, while Alpine looked at his ID, he has chosen the best possible option. Because Aston Martin is in fashion. And it is with good reason.
Aston Martin fully complies
It is no longer just for what say some or say others, but because they are there. Even though the rest are saving something who knows if they too. And if that were so be careful. Especially in Mercedes.
Because Mercedes, despite Hamilton’s final arreón, has shown itself in these tests in a way more than irregular. Highly strung. Tense. Unpredictable. With the occasional tire scratch. That was not seen in Aston Martin.
In Aston Martin it was seen a lot. And everything was positive. Because they fulfilled the program. Even though that first restless day due to problems that were simple accidents, his service record in Bahrain is pristine.
Two seconds faster than Vettel in 2022
Let’s talk, for example, about times. Of that that no one wants to look at but that they are there. What is most striking despite that the key is to roll and roll. Yes, it is true, but it is also true that starting at the top is better than doing it at the bottom.
Let’s put Fernando Alonso. His best time in the three days was, with the C4, a 1:31.450. Well, in the 2022 tests, the best Aston Martin was Sebastian Vettel’s. His time, 1: 33.821. Exactly, the double champion, more than two seconds faster than the German.
Let’s look at the classification of the first test of the World Cup, which was also in Bahrain. Nico Hulkenberg, who took over from Vettel, did a 1:32.777. Yes too Alonso surpassed said record.
But let’s take the compound C3. Fernando, with said tire, he did a 1:32.017. It will be that yes, that Aston Martin has done a great job with this AMR23.
One that is, as Alonso himself has confirmed, “totally different” than it was in 2022. What will it cost them to get the most out of their potential. They still need several races. But this is the foundation that is needed to improve.
Red Bull, in another dimension
As for 2023, at the tests, Aston Martin has emerged as the fourth team. With Red Bull unreachable, And with Ferrari having doubts about the tire issue, the issue is knowing where Mercedes is. Some even think that the first car with a German engine will not be one with a black chassis, but a green one.
It was the second fastest in the tests, but with a tire C5 that is not going to do you any good because it is not going to be used in Bahrain.
And in race simulation…
If we take into account the lap by lap, which has been a race, Fernando Alonso has taken out the hammer, degrading the tires rather little. While, for example, Sainz was losing seconds due to the great problem of Ferrari, the Aston Martin nailed the laps in this drill. I was going fast. Faster than Carlos.
Yes, you have to have your feet on the ground. And yes, the goal is what it is. Aston Martin’s goal is to be the fourth team in the World Cup. Watching Alpine and McLarenAt the moment it seems that it will be in Bahrain. Because his essays have been anything but positive.
The French, with serious grip problems and not standing out at all. Or with, taking some good excursions on the outside of the track. those of Woking, rolling very little and with the confirmation that for Bahrain they will not be in tune.
Alonso, license to dream
So, with your feet on the ground, Alonso’s project at Aston Martin It starts with at least having a license to dream.
