He didn’t get in the car all morning. He didn’t put on the jumpsuit. Not the helmet. Neither do the gloves. But Fernando Alonso he seemed to be competing like no other in the test session in which Felipe Drugovich got into the Aston Martin AMR23. Because the two-time champion did not take his eyes off Bahrain.
Zero rest. Practically, a full-fledged 24/7 that Alonso is doing in Sakhir. Because after all is done the second day in the car, and leaving the track rather late, on the third and fundamental day he did not take his eyes off anything.
Every detail there was, Fernando knew. If Drugovich, his teammate in preseason, got in the car, he was going to talk to every engineer and mechanic present in the garage. Aston Martin. And if he stopped in the pits, well…
For the wheels. Let’s see tire degradation. Let’s see how the tires behave as the laps go by in Sakhir. More involvement, impossible.
Permanent contact with Stroll
Well, or not, because according to Antonio Lobato and Pedro de la Rosa, as they revealed in the broadcast of ‘DAZN’, the two-time world champion is in permanent contact with Lance Stroll to tell him every detail of the work in Sakhir.
And to have him too information about how the car is compared to last year. The Canadian knows it, and the relationship between the two is extraordinary.
Because Alonso does not rest. Because he is passionate about racing and is looking forward to this new project at Aston Martin. They said that he had, and still has, in his gaze the eyes of someone who is close to debuting… and the truth is that they were not wrong.
Alonso and Aston Martin, common goal
At 41, and about to face his 20th season in F1, Fernando is bringing everything and more to Aston Martin. To a team that, like him, wants to win. That he wants to be world champion.
