Fernando Alonso is the cornerstone of the Aston Martin project. The Asturian pilot is having a fundamental role in the development of the AMR23and in the Silverstone team they do not miss the opportunity to praise the contributions of the Asturian.
Behind the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying Aston Martin Performance Director, Tom McCulloughspoke about what Alonso’s experience brings to engineers, and assured that “Fernando is the best sensor in the car“.
“Alonso brings a wealth of experience. The pilots are one of the best sensors in the car; We have a lot of very smart people, a lot of very good sensors but from the point of view of the global optimization of things, having a driver who really knows, who has traveled the road several times, seen the evolution during a race weekend, who knows what you need on this track, on all tracks, he’s great,” McCullough said.
The British engineer assures that the two-time world champion has helped Aston Martin to establish its objectives and order priorities: “It’s very efficient with the way it feeds back to the car. It’s like… ‘all these issues are there, but these are the ones we need to focus on and I need to do a little more on my end, you need to do a little more here, in the short term and then in the medium-long-term.’ So yeah, great, it’s a lot of fun to work with experienced pilots. You always learn from them.”
In addition, he extols the ambition and demand that the Oviedo player has infected the team despite being on the brink of 42 years. “He’s pushing us all, he wants to do it right and he knows you have to do it right… 40 years? I think Fernando is very hungryMcCullough said.
“He is working and training very hard. He is very self-critical and wants to push himself to another level. and during the winter he has worked even harder. I think maybe as you get older you need to work harder than a 20 year old? Maybe you will. But he is so motivated, so prepared for the challenge…”, he has sentenced.
