Fernando Alonso is already a real threat to Red Bull. The good performance of AMR23 in the Bahrain Grand Prix standings and the race pace shown by the driver from Oviedo have not gone unnoticed for the current world champions, who point to him as the main threat in the fight for victory in the first test of the season.
In turn, the energy drink team takes out Ferrari of the equation due to the high degradation that the SF-23 has shown in race simulations. “The main rival for tomorrow? Fernando Alonso. We know this through our long run analyses. Ferrari should get too high a tire degradation to fight.” Marko Helmut to ‘Sky Germany’ after qualifying.
The data of all the teams place Aston Martin as the second fastest team in the race, ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari, something that encourages Fernando Alonso who is already thinking about tomorrow’s race. “Let’s keep going, keep working, keep both feet on the ground and run the race to the best of our ability, no mistakes, a good start, good pit stops and see where we are; we are living the dream”, declared the Spanish pilot after qualifying.
If these calculations are met, Fernando Alonso would be in a position to fight this Sunday for his 99th podium in Formula 1. If he succeeded, it would be the first time since 2013 that he started the season by climbing into a drawer.
