Fernando Alonso made this Tuesday his first kilometer in an F1 this 2023 behind the wheel of an Aston Martin last year as part of the first day of the Pirelli test in which the green team and Mercedes participated in Jerez to collect data to help the Italian manufacturer create dry tires for the 2024 course. This test is the second Fernando Alonso perform with 2022 Aston Martin after debuting the green car in November of last year in Abu Dhabialso as part of another test for Pirelli. This time, in Jerez, he has done it wearing overalls and the color of Aston Martin for the first time. The car he was driving was not the same as the 2022 car, and moreover, he drove on experimental tires the following year, without knowing the type of compound. But despite thisFernando emphasized the importance of being able to enjoy days like this Tuesdayon the track with F1, as part of his demanding and thorough preparation to reach the maximum at the beginning of the course, for the official preseason that will be held in Bahrain (from February 23 to 25).
“Days like this in Jerez are very important for me to be ready for Bahrain”taught by Fernando Alonso. “It’s a fact that I always try to give my maximum, I never lose energy, and I have to make sure that I give 100%”he added before exciting his fans by giving his opinion on the green project after visiting the Aston Martin factory, the new headquarters they are building and learning firsthand about the huge commitment made by the Silverstone group and the owner it belongs to him Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
“I am ready for the next challenge. This is a very special opportunity for me, with this team, and I see this project as a winning project”he assured.
Again, don’t confuse Fernando Alonso’s words. He does not say that the project is already a winner from 2023, because the green team has already ensured that it will not be realistic. His goal should be to fight to dominate the midfield. To do this, they repeated it They will have a car that will be “a revolution” compared to the 2022 car. They admitted that they were wrong in the basic concept of creating the car last year, but they also showed a great reaction by evolving that car in the second part of the season until it was fighting at the top of the midfield. now, They assured that they will present a car “with 90% of the parts changed and 95% of different aerodynamic surfaces”.
The Aston Martin project wants to be a winner in the future. when? No one knows. Pedro de la Rosa clarified this to MD: “The idea of Aston Martin is to create a very strong team, but it’s also our duty to make people understand that it takes time.” And it was that Aston Martin is still building its new factory, which will be available later this year. And its wind tunnel will be available in 2024. It will be a large team headquarters. Mega installation for a project that wants to be a winner and where Lawrence Stroll puts all the meat on the grill and for which in recent years He signed important engineers from the best teams. Dozens of them.
It took Mercedes 5 years to win its first title after buying BrawnGP. Red Bull won its first scepter in its sixth F1 campaign (2010) after buying Jaguar after the 2004 course. Today, both teams are dominating the ‘Great Circus’. Aston Martin wants to do the same and maintaining current regulations and budget ceilings, created to promote greater equality between small and large, could shorten that period. But in F1 nothing can guarantee success.
Fernando Alonso has reiterated that he wants to continue for “two or three more years” in F1. And he will do it with the sole purpose of winning again and fighting for his third title. He believes in the project, but this desire should not be confused with the possibility that he will achieve those goals in 2023. Aston Martin is working with that goal to give the Spaniard a car with which he can continue to increase his record 32 wins and fight for the long-awaited third F1 title. Or maybe that will never happen. No one knows. Alonso works with that idea because he likes what he sees: the project, his plans and the ambition he sees in the team. He has the ingredients he wants to make for the future. The track will dictate the sentence.
Source: La Verdad
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