Fernando Alonso It is the great proper name of the Bahrain tests. the asturian completed a great mock race what have you done what mercedes and Red Bull, that seemed to be tremendously far from the benefits of the Aston Martin, at least a priori, they have pointed to the British as great rivals in Sakhir. The podium, which seemed impossible, it is not so much anymore.
It may be yes, or it may be no. But if the tests are confirmed, if the long run and the pace of the race It is the one that Alonso showed in the tests, Fernando can be there. He can put Aston Martin on the right track to be the best of the rest and to reduce the gap with the Red Bull, the Ferrari and the Mercedes.
In this sense, the two-time F1 world champion has analyzed the Bahrain tests and how the AMR23 behaves on the track. And the truth is that He is very happy.
“It has been an advantage”
“The car has been very easy to drive over the three days. It’s quite easy to predict. That has been an advantage,” he says.
And he argues: “In long runs, where there is wear, where you can make a mistake, block, or pass you in a curve… That has not happened. Like I say, it’s a pretty easy car to predict.”
In this sense, he insists: “All the experiments we have done go in a direction that we have understood, but we will need a few races to optimize all the details”.
“We have discovered that The car is very different from 2022. All the settings, braking maps, engine… are very different in this 2023″, says Alonso.
“We have missed Lance”
Fernando also hopes to have Stroll back soon to evolve the car: “We have missed Lance. Some of the sensations that I transmit We don’t know to the team if we have to improve or it’s something that they already have like that at Aston Martin”.
At the moment, it is not clear that the Canadian go get in the car in Bahrain for the first race. If it is not done, Aston Martin has confirmed who will be his replacement.
