Aston Martin and Fernando Alonso Arrived at Austria after the great response given to the improvements of Mercedes showing a basic package of evolutions worked on Canada. In Montreal the Asturian pilot showed a good racing speed, namely red bull and in some turns faster than Verstappen, and the car also made clear its improvement in top speed on the straight. However, Canada is not a representative track and it is difficult to know if what was seen in Montreal could be a specific thing and not a tonic. What is clear to Alonso is that the team can improve Austria and Silverstone that understood your new package and maximized the settings. That makes the GP of Oviedo the face of Austrian F1 this weekend with optimism, even the rain expected every day can change everything in a weekend that will be a sprint, with a free practice session, something that comes with the rain is not positive for Aston Martin is constantly optimizing its new package.
“I hope I can get close to Red Bull, but it’s in a different category. We have to get points in both cars and be the protagonists in the battle with Mercedes and Ferrari, something we didn’t think before the season started.” The Spaniard argued, again with his feet on the ground and lowering expectations.
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Aston Martin has taken a big step forward in Canada and has become closer to red bullbut in turn, those from Milton Keynes are expected to do better at Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring due to the characteristics of the track. For this reason, Fernando believes that his focus should be on fighting Mercedes, which with its new package of evolutions has improved a lot in Barcelona but has less pace in Canada. And also with Ferrari, which will bring new parts to Austria after taking a step forward in speed in Canada. We have to see if the progress of those in red in terms of racing speed on this track is confirmed.
In that sense, everything is doubt. Will the picture be the same in Austria or will it be more like Barcelona? In Spain, Aston Martin had less speed than expected due to the low temperature and improved a lot in Canada in its evolutions. “I don’t know what to expect here after the Canadian updates. Between there and Barcelona, we have different answers, but here I hope to have different answers, even if the weekend is short in the Sprint format.”then Alonso, who, when asked about a way to end the massive traffic in Q1 during the qualifying sessions, brought up the idea of returning to a single lap session launched by the driver, as before, or even “Split the grid in Q1 like it does in Monaco into lower categories”.
Source: La Verdad
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