Fernando Alonso is contributing the most points to Aston Martin at the start of the 2023 World Cup. The Asturian has 117, third behind Red Bull of Checo Perez. And far away looms Lance Strolleighth with 27 points and not a single podium (six accumulated by the Asturian pilot).
And it is that the difference in speed between the two is more than evident. Just in the Spanish Grand Prix The Canadian finished ahead of the two-time Formula 1 champion. On that occasion, far from the podium.
The medium ‘The Race’ has revealed the differences that Stroll has had with his teammates in qualifying. And the data this season against Alonso does not leave him in a good place: the biggest difference in his career.
In 2019 he was two tenths slower than Checo Pérez. In 2020, he was just over a tenth and a half slower than the Mexican. With respect to Sebastian Vettelin 2021 and 2022, it was around a tenth slower.
Alonso is the pilot who has surpassed him the most: almost three tenths (0.274 seconds) difference between the two in the first eight races of the season.
Stroll’s average qualifying gap to team-mates at Team Silverstone
2019 0.239s slower than Perez
2020 0.160s slower than Perez
2021 0.091s slower than Vettel
2022 0.129s slower than Vettel
2023 0.274s slower than Alonso*
* so far, excluding Bahrain due to injury
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Stroll’s poor results prevent Aston Martin from walking second in the manufacturers’ standings. they have slipped Mercedeswith 167 points, where its two drivers, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, are adding important results for the team.
And Alonso has been very clear. In Austriathis weekend, wants to achieve “important points for the team” to fight with the silver arrows in second position: thirteen points.
