The result of Fernando Alonso speak for themselves about the potential of Aston Martin in the first five races of the year at F1. Four third positions, and fourth, that of rawwhich if not for the ‘Safety Car’ that benefited leclerc It was another podium for the Asturian.
There were some doubts before Miami about the lack of evolutions of the green car, with the only novelty being a low-load rear wing in Baku, while Mercedes and Ferrari they seem to have made steps forward in progress with previous appointments. But the truth is that the single-seater of Silverstonedespite the improvement of his rivals in previous races Miami, constantly optimizing its power, with less wear and tear in the long run and being the second best car in terms of speed. Only in Australia was that pole position in doubt, when Mercedes managed to match Aston Martin’s pace on Sunday. But this is quite anecdotal.
The concern grew even more when it was seen that Alonso’s car was still not replicating his qualifying speed. But in Miami, it was reconfirmed that Aston Martin is still a podium car and Mercedes and Ferrari continue to accumulate problems.
Rivals with bigger problems and needs
Ferrari was very fast in one turn, but again it sank in the race with an unpredictable and volatile car which only performed perfectly with Sainz’s first batch of medium tires. And at Mercedes, Toto Wolff, head of the stars, did not hesitate to refer to his car as “junk”. “It’s worse than I thought,” he said.
“It’s not a good car. His weaknesses are everywhere: in speed, the performance of the car, it is the lack of understanding of the car why it does not perform. That’s all,” Wolff said.
Aston Martin’s pursuers are suffering and the green car, almost unchanged, keeps looking at the podiumalthough far from Red Bull, which is on another planet in the absence of the evolutions carried by Aston Martin as they left the factory.
Monaco, the good opportunity
Now knowing the strength of the AMR23, Aston Martin and Alonso are particularly looking forward to two of the next three races: Monaco and Barcelona. “Everything went well and now we are going for the triplet of Imola, Monaco and Barcelona and we hope to continue the streak. At the beginning of the season, a podium was incredible and now we want something more, maybe second place … but the Red Bulls are not broken, very fast. Maybe in Monaco or Barcelona we will have a chance”, assured Alonso. In Barcelona, the good management of the tires at high temperatures and on a track that allows different tire strategies at different stops, Aston Martin wants to aim to get closer to Red Bull. At least try.
But above all, you have to mark the Monaco event in red. Red Bull has its greatest weapon in straight line speed. Aston Martin, the slow corners and traction. In Monaco there are many slow corners and no long straights. Perfect combination. There, Fernando Alonso can choose everything. Previously, it was time for Aston Martin to make some improvements at Imola, a circuit where Ferrari will bring another important update and Mercedes will change half the car
Source: La Verdad
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