The return of Fernando Alonso to the podium has aroused admiration among his rivals. Yesterday, after his fifth place in the classification, Carlos Sainz and charles leclerc they pointed to the Asturian as their main rival for today’s race, and they did not miss the shot. Even Marko Helmutsports adviser Red BullHe stated that Alonso was going to be his biggest threat.
Today all the predictions have come true and the man from Oviedo has managed to prevail over the Mercedes and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz to take third position, something that has not surprised any of the contenders for the title.
The great performance of AMR23 in it Bahrain Grand Prix It has not been temporary, and his rivals hope that the team of Silverstone Be in the fight for podiums and wins all year long.
One of those who assure that what he lived in sakhir will be repeated is the current world champion, max verstappen. “I am very happy for Fernando. I am always glad to see him up there and on the podium. He deserves it and I have told him that you have to get used to being on the podium“, declared the Dutchman after the race.
All the data indicates that the performance of the Aston Martin in Sakhir will not be temporary. The AMR23 is stable under braking, fast and consistent in the race, which has been confirmed as its great strength. In fact, in the next appointment of the season, in Saudi ArabiaFerrari should suffer even more degradation than it has had in Bahrain, which places Alonso as a great favorite to repeat in the ‘top 3’ and achieve his phate number 100.
