Fernando Alonsowho still has a contract with Alpine but has already started his preparations at Aston Martinrevealed after Tuesday’s test in Abu Dhabi that he was “much more optimistic” about his new team than before that test at Yas Marina.
“When I signed for Aston Martin, I was 90 percent happy, when they started to improve and finished the season on a high, I was 100 percent, and this morning I was 100 percent and today I’m more than 100 percent.” two-time world champion in statements collected by the Motorsport website.
The Asturian, who completed 97 laps at the Yas Marina circuit, where he had to abandon his last Alpine race on Sunday, “happily surprised everyone” with his new car, which was “not even close” to one to drive next year.
Alonso said that if he was optimistic before driving Aston Martin, he is “even more so” now.
In addition, he remembered German Sebastian Vettel The one he replaced in the green team, which was ahead of him in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and he said he felt it was a “very competitive” car.
After retiring due to Alpine problems in six Grands Prix, Alonso embraced Aston Martin’s reliability, and he used an engine that already had miles on it.
“When they told me the engine mileage yesterday (Monday) night, I was worried, because I said that number was quite high by my standards,” he said, perhaps with a hint of Alpine, ” but we did 97 laps without a problem, so I’m sure it will be different,” said Alonso.
Those 97 laps were 39 more than Sunday’s Grand Prix, over 512 kilometers on the 5,281-metre layout of Yas Marina, 206 kilometers more than the race won by the Dutchman. Max Verstappen (Red bull).
Source: La Verdad
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