Mercedes already warned, after the tests, what Aston Martin was there. That you had to count on them. They warned him, just like Red Bull did it. As many have done, press included, after seeing how Fernando Alonso handled himself in the Bahrain tests. Now, after the first Free, the Asturian has confirmed the suspicions… and Lewis Hamilton already knows who has another rival if you want do something at the 2023 World Cup.
Because the Englishman, after finishing rehearsals on Friday in Sakhir, has already confirmed what was seen in the time table both in short batch and, above all, in long batch.
“I thought Ferrari had the second best car, but looks like Aston Martin…”, it states.
And continues: “They are seconds. We are close to Ferrari. More or less like last year.”
“It is difficult for everyone. Nobody in the team wants this. The team does not deserve to be like this. We are working hard, but we’re going the wrong way” insists.
Because he sees it as very complicated: “Maybe we can recover time, but it will be thousandths. It won’t be a second. Red Bull is much faster.”
“We have discovered what we knew in the tests, that we are very far away. It is a very big disadvantage. I try as best I can, but I work with what I have”, judgment.
