The superiority of Red Bull it is more than obvious. Under normal conditions no one can reach them. max verstappen He is the outstanding leader of the championship and his partner appears from behind, Sergio Perez. Third is a Fernando Alonso whom Red Bull does not consider a rival at the moment.
But Alonso does not forget the championship. He said it after second at the Monaco Grand Prix: “We weren’t the fastest either in 2010 and 2012 and we got to the last race…”. That was the bombshell that the Asturian dropped. He does think about the world championship. He is so competitive that he does not want to forget the possibility of third place.
But Marko Helmut, adviser to Red Bull, believes that he will not be a rival. At least in this 2023. He will not be Verstappen’s rival. He hasn’t mentioned Checo. “Alonso is surprisingly fast and very consistent, but he will never be able to stand up to Max…”has expressed the team of energy drinks.
In addition, he points out that Aston Martin could stop being so competitive in the second part of the season: “If Aston Martin remains second in the championship there will be a readjustment of the amount of time in the wind tunnel towards the middle of the World Cup”.
Alonso, however, is signing his best numbers since he was two-time world champion with Renault in 2005 and 2006. He has been on the podium five times. He has only been left out once, and he was fourth very close to Charles Leclerc.
At Red Bull they don’t see him as a rival. But Alonso has already spoken about the World Cup before the media. He has it in his mind. And he knows that a “mechanical failure” or a mistake by Verstappen would bring him very close to the lead.
