Briatore’s warning about Alonso and Aston Martin got everyone excited

Flavio Briatore He was one of those men who knew Fernando Alonso. Is Main Team which gave him a car in which to win two titles. And since then, apart from being her best boss, he has become one of her best friends. One of the people who knows the most about the Asturian and his Aston Martin project is him. And in this sense, after Alonso’s two podiums in his first two races together Aston Martinachieved with confirmed to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as the second best race car behind only Red Bull, Flavio is very optimistic about the Spaniard’s short-term future. In an interview with the prestigious Italian newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’, the businessman and politician even raised expectations in relation to what Fernando can do this 2023 F1 World Cup with the green car.

“I would wait to say that the World Cup is over. The Aston Martin is still a ‘virgin’ car. We will see how much it can grow with the evolutions”, He emphatically assured, sure that the Silverstone team has a vehicle base that could allow them to reduce their current initial deficit to Red Bull.

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The explanation is simple. The Red Bull RB19 is an evolution of last year’s car and the team is at the stage of perfecting its car. He improved a lot in 2022 because his car was new and he had a crush at the end of the year. But as they improved the car, finding tenths was more and more difficult.

instead, Aston Martin has a new car. He is taking his first steps with a brand new car. For this reason, its margin for improvement with respect to Red Bull is greater in the base car that positively surprised everyone as the second force on the grid. Of course, as Alonso always remembers, “it is not an exact math” and no one assures that this difference can allow him to catch the Red Bull.

Here that should be added Aston Martin has by regulation 37% more time allowed than Red Bull to use the wind tunnel and its CFD simulation to develop its car this year. The available time difference is huge between one team and another. If Aston Martin takes advantage of this, it could get closer or, as Briatore says, catch Red Bull despite the massive superiority shown by those from Milton Keynes at the start of the year.

Aston Martin, free way to improve

“Others must still understand their own problems”he said in reference to Ferrari and Mercedes and their smaller margin of improvement compared to Aston Martin. And it is that the Italians are lowering the wheels a lot and should waste time in understanding how to solve this problem. For its part, Mercedes should eliminate this by completely overhauling its current car concept. Meanwhile, Aston Martin should only think about improving a very good base that worked perfectly on two different tracks in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Aston Martin has a good base

“An Easy Car”

“Fernando has a car that is easy to understand and drive. If he has a chance to win, he won’t let it go”, he commented, sure that if Fernando can fight for victories, he will not fail.

Alonso’s contribution to Aston Martin

According to Flavio Briatore, the Asturian driver has given Aston Martin enormous motivation and the ambition needed to lead the Silverstone frame project, something which according to him, the team did not feel with Vettel behind the wheel. He said this when asked if it was just the car or the driver.

“It’s a combination of driver and car. Lance Stroll was also fast before the break. But Fernando brought unprecedented enthusiasm and ambition to the team, nothing to do with Vettel’s stage. Those elements are also needed to beat Ferrari and “Mercedes”he emphasized.

Alonso defends past rumours: “Stupid”

In addition, Briatore was also in charge of addressing some of the criticism that Fernando Alonso received in the F1 paddock in recent years, as well as the doubts that Alpine had due to the Asturian’s age when negotiating his renewal last year. Fernando decided to go to Aston Martin.

“At 41 years old, he’s faster than twenty-somethings. I never had any doubts. They say he’s too old, that he’s not a team man. Stupid. You just give him a car and he. brings results “, finished