This Tuesday Fernando Alonso was able to get on the Aston Martin for the first time. The two-time world champion Formula 1 could give a total of 97 laps, which will come in handy to adapt to the new car and accumulate mileage. In said test, he coincided with Pedro Martinez de la Rosanew ambassador of the British team, and both had a ‘deja vu’.
And it is that in 2002, Fernando Alonso tested the Jaguar R3 when that year of the rose He ran for that team. A green car, on a test day, Alonso, De la Rosa, the car and the overalls of the Asturian without sponsors… too many coincidences.
“We pulled into the garage together this morning and saw the green car. We both said that this is exactly like jaguar in 2002but I’m sure this is a completely different project,” he said. alonso about that moment in statements collected by ‘Racingnews365’.
And it is clear that they are two very different projects. The one now with Aston Martin points to a medium-long term project in which they trust that the car will fight for the top positions in the coming years.
“In 2002 we did a test with JaguarI was competing with them and they brought Ferdinand because Niki Lauda I was starting to think that Eddie (Irvine) and I weren’t fast enough, and I wanted to see the real potential of the car. The car had no markings, he was in a completely green jumpsuit, now it’s black, and 20 years later we are in a very similar scenario“, commented of the rose in statements collected by ‘Relevo’.
alonso managed to finish third with that car in those tests when the Jaguar It was by no means one of the best cars. There was the possibility that the Asturian would end up in said team, but finally Flavio Briatore took his pupil to Renault.
Alonso’s optimism with Aston Martin
After getting in the car, alonso he is much more confident: “Now I’m much more optimistic. when i signed for Aston Martin I was 90% happy. When they started to improve and finished the season well, I was 100% happy. Now, after the test, I am over 100%.”
“I am very happy, I cannot be too confident because everything will change in next year’s car, but the sensations today in the garage with the people, the potential of the team, the talent that I see in the engineering room… it’s Awesome. I’m very, very happy right now“, he added.
