If Fernando Alonso were asked about winning a race in any of the previous seasons, the answer would be negative, emphatically, knowing that his car was not for such a battle. But this year, the answer is not ‘no’. It is a doubt that fills its fans with enthusiasm and that speaks for itself of the good performance that the Aston Martin AMR23 in pre-season trials Formula 1. The theory says that red bull was clearly ahead with his two cars, incl Ferrari and Mercedes a lap behind, and then, an Aston Martin that in the rhythm of the race gave signals to overtake Ferrari and Mercedes and fight for the third step of the podium. For this reason, in the absence of seeing what all the development teams have done after analyzing their data from the last few days before the start of the season this weekend in Bahrain, Fernando Alonso he is careful. Of course, doubting and not rejecting the possibility that victory 33 could take place throughout this course if his car continues to improve starting from a base that seems very good, among the 4 best starting teams.
“Win race 33 this year? I don’t know… it’s too early to say,” said the Asturian driver with a smile at the first press conference of the season at the Sakhir Circuit, the place where it premiered. a new official FIA press conference format with up to 5 drivers sitting on the same sofa.
“I don’t know where we are, I know we’ve taken a step forward and the feeling of having the car in (pre-season) testing is encouraging… but it’s just the beginning, the car is going. many course changes,” He pointed out, emphasizing what Aston Martin had already announced on the day of the presentation of its new AMR23, that they plan to evolve the car by changing “two thirds” of the car throughout the year. In fact, they tell me that two thirds (of the car) will be different in the end, so you have to have a good base first and then next year fight to win… but you have to go step by step -step.”
A podium to start?
After asking him about the possibility of victory, there was another obligatory question: And the podium in Bahrain? “We will do everything we can, but this is not the goal, to be honest… the goal is to learn and improve the car.
“Last year’s Top-3 (Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari) are in a different league, which will double as the fourth team in as many races in 2022. You can’t make such a leap in just one winter, so you have to have feet on the ground”, taught about fighting from scratch with the three best teams last year. However, experts and very important publications from around the world consider that the performance shown by Aston Martin with its excellent racing speed and its good management of the tires should allow Alonso to fight for the podium in this first round in Bahrain. Many rank the Aston Martin as the third best car, or even Mercedes boss Toto Wolff considers it the second best car. But Alonso remains cautious and sticks to the initial goal of leading the midfield before actually seeing his car’s position in qualifying this Saturday.
Of course, his clarification was accompanied by another, remembering the ambition of the Aston Martin project for the next courses. “If I had to use one word to describe the team, it would be ambition. This is an ambitious project, made up of very talented people, who want to succeed and win in the near future. This is a big surprise. They are all pushing towards the same goal”finished
Source: La Verdad
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