Alonso thinks about the championship

Fernando Alonso ended up being very satisfied with his performance Aston Martin in the third classification of the year, in Australian GP of F1 2023, where he was among the best. In the end, he achieved the fourth fastest time, a position in which he will start this Sunday’s race Melbourne (7:00 am) behind Max Verstappen (1st) and the two Mercedeswhich surprised them to step forward with a twist: Russell was 2nd and Hamilton 3rd.

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He knows that in order to win this Sunday, in addition to beating the two Mercedes, cars that he competed against in the previous two rounds at the pace of his race, he also needs Max Verstappen to make a mistake or have a problem with his car. And it was that Pérez left Q1 complaining about a brake problem, which removed him from the pool for victory because he had to start this Sunday the 20th.

In that sense, Fernando Alonso He made it clear where his mind is set after this good start to the World Cup. That site is none other than the championship: “When ‘Checo’ is gone (in the fight for the win this Sunday), logically we should think about the championship as well, adding more points than him will bring us a little closer to the championship”argued with ‘DAZN F1’, aware that it is difficult to overtake this track and Pérez only takes 13 points from him before this appointment (14 the leader Verstappen), something in which he can have of options to rise to the second place of the World Cup.

Fernando Alonso is aware of the need to score as many points as possible at the start of the season while waiting to see how the grid order changes with the introduction of expected changes to all teams.

The same thought Red Bull, as Christian Horner has already admitted, has made clear his concern about the more regulatory time Aston Martin will have to use its wind tunnel and CFD simulation for the development of his car, in addition to the greater room for improvement that the green car has because it is a completely new car and not an evolution of last year’s car.

Because of this, Alonso made it clear that the plan this Sunday is a “simple race, without mistakes.” With the good rhythm of his car, it was worth it to get a good result as ‘Checo’ fought at the back to get back.

Attention mercedes

Regarding what could happen throughout the course, Fernando highlighted the progress he expects from Mercedes, which at Imola must present a package that transforms its current car. This Saturday, in the qualifying, the heroes advanced. Alonso is sure Mercedes will fight for wins this year.

“At Mercedes they want to leave this car and they are always complaining… and the truth is that they are running fast. They hid and by the middle of the year they will definitely be there to fight or win races like they did with Russell in Brazil (in 2022)”Alonso said.