Great notice from Alonso for this Sunday’s race in Bahrain

Fernando Alonso was delighted to see Aston Martin confirm on Saturday that it has taken a decisive step forward that puts it in contention with the three best teams of last year. F1 is no longer a matter of 3. Now there are 4. Red Bull, at least in this first race, has confirmed that it has increased its advantage at the front, but in return, Ferrari, Mercedes and now Aston Martin is building a bigger one. front chasing group. strict. Alonso went from fighting to lead the midfield with Alpine, with a car riddled with reliability problems, to having a car in the top 4. Big jump. He still doesn’t have pole position, but Oviedo admits it’s a good starting point and warns ‘DAZN F1’ of many better ones to come.

But above all, he remembered that his Aston Martin’s strongest weapon was racing speed. Starting 5th, his podium options were very large after the two Ferraris (Leclerc was 3rd and Sainz 4th) had more tire damage and were starting ahead of the two Mercedes. The podium is more than possible, although Fernando is cautious about it.

ASTON MARTIN WE HAVE THE BEST

“Very good. The truth is very good. In the end you don’t just believe. When you see FP1, FP2 and you say: ‘well, the time will come when we will return to reality’. And in the time trial, it is true that we are lacking half a second to fight for pole position, but this is all we have, our expectations, to be more or less between 5th and 6th and a half seconds from pole position, and the truth you almost have to pinch yourself, because 8 months ago or so when I signed for Aston Martin things looked worse, and in the winter you never trust the tests. So check it out in the race and to be Top-5 in the first race is almost a dream”.

EVOLUTIONS

“The car is just the base, the beginning of this project, almost. When I talk to the designers, they tell me that very important things are coming, developments in the next races and the next that Grand Prix and it fills you with enthusiasm to see how hungry the whole team is”.

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THIS WEEK’S RACE

“We’ll see. The strong point for now seems to be the long run. So leaving the Top-5, hopefully we’ll be there fighting for good points, and if something happens in front of us, very close to the podium . So seeing is believing.”

MERCEDES IS GOOD

“Mercedes? (Russell was 6th and Hamilton 7th) Yes. They were the most cheaters all winter, but we got very close. But that’s the beauty, Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin all in the half seconds, depending on the circuit some teams will be faster than others, it promises a very fun championship”.

Krack: “We can go very fast in the race”

Mike Krack, Aston Martin Team Principal, also recalled his car’s potential for racing, something that allowed Alonso to dream of a podium.
“I think we are very fast in the race. We prepared well, we did all our homework on Friday, we have the right tires and we are very strong”, he commented in relation to Alonso’s choices from the 5th of this Sunday.

“We are very satisfied. We always wanted to take that step compared to last year and now we have confirmed that the leap is big, not small. Both cars entered Q3 and we were very happy. And a car ahead of one of the biggest teams. So there is no reason not to be happy”, he added regarding the confirmation that Aston Martin is among the top 4 teams on the grid.