Yesterday, Sunday, the 2022 season ended with the last race of Fernando Alonso in Alpine and the Asturian, after his retirement due to another engine failure, has been focused on his new project with Aston Martin from the first minute. After some time, He was seen in the paddock entering the Aston Martin hospitality with his bags, and this Monday his new challenge begins. Today It’s day 1 of Fernando Alonso with his new team. As he himself admitted, now was the day to start working with his new team on creating his chair. It is time to take steps and create the seat where he will start driving from tomorrow for the green box, which will be his official debut with Aston Martin in the 2023 Pirelli tire tests that will take place at the same Yas Marina circuit, in Abu Dubai.
“Slate and clean account? Yes. Looking forward to sitting down this Monday, starting a new project, which is always exciting. It will be a luckier 2023″, he pointed out to ‘DAZN F1’.
Abu Dhabi F1 post GP test schedule with Alonso:
The man from Oviedo will participate in the first half of this test day on Tuesday (from 6:00 am to 11:00 am, Spanish peninsular time). And after an hour’s rest, the man who will be his teammate in 2023, Lance Stroll, will test the Pirelli tires in the second half of the day (from 12:00 to 15:00).
Alonso: “The test will be important”
This test will not be key to the performance of the 2023 car, as it will sit behind the wheel of the 2022 Aston Martin and the team has reiterated that next year’s car will be a change of concept and a “revolution”, not an evolution of this car.
However, it is important for Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin to have time in their preparations for next season, as the man from Oviedo will be able to start adjusting to his new team, his new mechanics and engineers, and their methods. In addition, you will be able to do what you like and dislike with your steering wheel and your comfort inside the car. The pilot himself said this a few days ago in statements collected by Motorsport.com: “It’s going to be important. In terms of performance, it won’t matter, because the car will be very different next year for everyone.” In addition, the drivers will run with experimental tires without knowing their type, so no it will be a day to draw in. But it will be key for Alonso to do other kinds of grassroots work with the team.
“But As for ergonomics, seats, steering wheel, buttons, the things you might want to change to make the cockpit custom. It will be nice to have a day to try those things, and I’m looking forward to it.”added the Spanish.
In this way, the Asturian will advance the work in front of his joint project in the green box, where he begins with the greatest enthusiasm. The Spaniard’s goal is to fight for the title again as soon as possible, although the Silverstone team assured that this will not be possible in 2023 and his goal should be to “try to fight for the top three”. Although it will be up to Aston Martin to turn the key on the 2023 car after admitting they didn’t get the concept car they put on track for the 2022 rule change. Despite this, the English team improved its car to finally compete later in the year in the central zone with Alpine.
Work will be progressed to save time
If he is unable to perform this test, the Spaniard will have to start in the simulator Silverstone and I should have waited until a ‘filming day’ with the 2023 car or the 2023 F1 pre-season test (February 23-25) to debut on asphalt with an Aston Martin.
So, he will be able to advance the main issues before a winter where he has to go to the factory to meet all the employees, to hold technical meetings with his team and engineers and spend a lot of time in the simulator to help the team fine-tune the creation of the car. of 2023 so that everything is as you wish. Day 1 after the 2022 season is not day 1 of your vacation. This is Fernando Alonso’s first day of work in his new office, dedicated only to having the best preparations for 2023, for his new challenge.
After this test, the next time he gets into an Aston Martin, it will be his new 2023 car, on a ‘filming day’ or in pre-season tests. previously mentioned from February 23 to 25 in Bahrain.
The pilots who will participate in the Pirelli and youth test:
In addition to Alonso, it is expected that this test day Pirelli will also debut with their new teams Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine), as well as Logan Sargeant (Williams) and Nyck De Vries (AlphaTauri), the latter two as part of another test to be carried out simultaneously, that of young pilots.
At the track, each team will bring one car to test the 2023 Pirelli tires, while another car from each set will be used for the traditional young driver test in Abu Dhabi.
The pilots who will participate in the Abu Dhabi youth test:
- Liam Lawson (Red Bull)
- Robert Schwartzman (Ferrari)
- Frederick Vesti (Mercedes)
- Jack Doohan (Alpine)
- Duck O’Ward (McLaren)
- Theo Pourchaire (Alfa Romeo)
- Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin)
- Nyck DeVries (AlphaTauri)
- Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams).
Source: La Verdad
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