Fernando Alonso He is one of the names of the moment in the world of sports. He once again had a competitive car after many years of waiting, fighting single-seaters below his class for positions far from victory. Fernando enjoyed it again. He smiled like he hadn’t done in a long time. Fight again for the podiums and look with ambition to the future to come. He wants to fight for Aston Martin wins. And therefore, Oviedo is cover of the prestigious ‘L’Équipe’. The French newspaper dedicated its main page to him to announce an interview in which the Spaniards did not disappoint. In it, there is a message for one of his great rivals in his career, Lewis Hamilton, and for his former boss at Alpine, Otmar Szafnauer.
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The Spanish driver was asked about Lewis Hamilton’s recent statements, where the British driver assured that the 2023 Red Bull is the most dominating car he has ever seen. “I’ve never seen a car that fast. I think when we were fast, we weren’t that fast. I think it’s the fastest car I’ve ever seen, especially compared to the rest.”, English commented. The British statements attracted attention, from 2014 to 2021 Mercedes took all the consecutive Drivers’ World Championships, that’s 6 out of 7 for Lewis, who has had a tremendous dominance since the start of the hybrid era. Alonso reminds him that there is a final irony in this interview.
“I don’t agree. In Arabia I finished 20 seconds behind Checo and Max. He and Rosberg had a minute on us all in 2014 and 2015. After two or three laps they protect their engines and the performance drops. He has a short memory.” commented before launching into a joke: “he’s getting old.”
Message to Szafnauer
In addition, in relation to age, Fernando Alonso also had time to send a message to the Team Principal of Alpinewho had been his boss until this year, Otmar Szafnauer. Alpine did not want to offer him more than a one-year contract and wanted to evaluate him of course to ensure that Alonso continues to perform at the highest level despite his 41 years. In addition, Alpine publicly expressed his doubts whether to continue with Alonso or bet on the youth of Piastri, who ended up leaving the French team in difficulty to go to McLaren.
Alonso finished packing the Aston Martin assuring that he saw “more ambition” in the green team and that “they don’t look at anyone’s passport”. This time, he used irony in ‘L’Équipe’ when referring to the best aerodynamic engineer, the great F1 guru, Adrian Newey, the great thought leader of the current Red Bull. “Newey is 64 years old. Certainly, Otmar (Szafnauer) will not sign him “he said about it. Clear and powerful message.
“You don’t go to F1 to make friends”
On the cover, ‘L’Équipe’ highlighted that “you don’t come to F1 to make friends”. He said this to a French newspaper, after starring in tense moments last year with his Alpine partner, also Frenchman Esteban Ocon.
His signing for Aston Martin
In addition, he also repeated his surprise to find that he has a more competitive car than he thought when he started with Aston Martin, a project that he wanted to be a winner. “It’s amazing to have a car that is capable of fighting for the podium. Do? I will need help from the Red Bulls, an accident or a breakdown, but we will still be competitive. I didn’t think it was three months ago.”he declared.
In this sense, the man from Oviedo is sure that his signing for Aston Martin is one of the best decisions of his career
“Yes, probably. When I went to Ferrari, I enjoyed that period where we fought for titles until the end. Like the decision to go to Toyota in Le Mans and win Le Mans twice. With Aston Martin expected I’ll have a competitive car in a year or two, but to be like that in six months is great.” he exclaimed.
Car customization work
“When I came to Aston, I already anticipated the problem (of adapting to the car). I was ready. I had already studied Ricciardo’s problems when he left Red Bull for Renault. I told them about my driving style, the steering column and the power steering (aspects that Alpine has already changed to greatly improve the performance of the car).. We have been working on different ideas since January and we prepared them in the simulator,” he said.
“With a car with good aerodynamics, I can do fast laps,” added the man from Oviedo.
Source: La Verdad
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