Aston Martin He has stoped to be a surprise. After five races, the revelation team, the author of the great miracle of F1 in recent years, is second in the Constructors’ World Championship and third with Fernando Alonso in the Drivers’ Championship thanks to the great results of the Asturian driver. Total, four podiums and a fourth place barely six tenths off third place in Charles Leclerc in Azerbaijan.
And that is saying a lot, because a year ago, when we were in May 2022, the team could barely surpass Williams. They barely reached Q3. They barely scored. Now everything is completely different.
It is thanks to the signings. At the arrived by Fernando Alonso, to that of Dan Fallows and Eric Blandin. It is precisely under his direction that everything is coming, and now, in words that he collects ‘Motorsport’, He has given the reason why they are being such a strong team at the beginning of the World Cup.
“We don’t play the lottery here”
“We don’t play the lottery here. What we do and the decisions we make… everything is based on data and in the results we have”, he affirms.
And he continues: “It is one of the reasons why we are so consistent, and it shows that We are a strong team.”
You know what Mike Krack is talking about, because in Miami he arrived the first big mistake of the brand for trying to do something more than complicated with Lance Stroll.
With equality present in Q1, they decided to keep him on the same set of tires throughout the session and he finished falling at the first exchange. That ended up costing him a few more than good points for starting from so far back in Florida.
“We made a very big mistake in qualifying… but there have been no bugs in development”, judgment.
The team, second; Alonso, third
After five races, Aston Martin boasts second place in the World Cup of builders with a total of 102 points, six behind Mercedes… but 122 away from an intractable Red Bull team.
As for Fernando Alonso, add 75 for be third after Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
