Horner points to Aston Martin: “They’re not too far off”

red bull is always considered Aston Martin. His great aerodynamic mind warned him, Adrian Newleyat the start of the trials, making sure that the teams he expected to be in the match with were “Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and maybe Aston Martin”. That “maybe”, after what was seen in the tests, seems to have been a confirmation. The group of Silverstone was the big surprise of the preseason tests of F1 argued in Bahrain and showed a big step forward. His improvement in a completely renewed car compared to last year was so great, that the international press did not hesitate to place him among the contenders for the podium in Bahrain in the first race of the year, which will be held next weekend. In this sense, the leader of red bull, Christian Hornerhighlighted the tremendous progress of those in green.

“Apparently, their concept car has taken them and they don’t seem to be very far. Fernando (Alonso) especially, looks very competitive.” the Milton Keynes team boss commented on the Aston Martin AM23. The green car looks worse in a turn than the Ferrari, but it might be up there with the Mercedes in that regard. But above all, what attracted more attention was the good wear of the tires, which allowed him to make a good long run with a promising race pace that makes many see him leading the Mercedes in the first race of the year. , and even from Ferrari because of the big degradation that the Italian team had.

“It’s very difficult to say. Ferrari seems fast, Mercedes’ form is hard to read at the moment. Are they holding something back? See you next week.”Horner pointed out about his theoretical rivals, satisfied with the performance of Pérez and Verstappen in a test where Red Bull proved to be the team to beat with a car riding on the track, which did not suffer a problem and showed of superiority over all in rhythm in a lap and in the long run.