Message of confidence from Alonso for the last two races and the future

After Aston Martin’s surprising start to the season, with the second best car on the starting grid, it was overtaken in the development race by McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari. The improvements introduced throughout the course did not achieve the desired results and the evolution presented a few weeks ago in the United States, where they wanted to restore their situation, seems to have failed. In the United States and Mexico, Fernando had to suffer and the team decided to make a comparison between the new package and the previous one to find answers. And in São Pauloa similar layout due to the combination of curves Zandvoortwhere Alonso signed off on its last podium until yesterday, the car is running well with a hybrid of parts from both packages.

The reasons for the step forward can be many. Maybe it’s just a track type thing. But Alonso believe that in the last two races, the car will be confirmed in the fight McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari.

“If we can continue this form? I think. Or at least be closer than Mexico, that’s for sure. I think there were some things that we understood within the team and the direction to take. We had high hopes for this race and it proved to be the right direction. And why not be competitive with the last two? Even though I don’t know if it’s at the podium level”he commented, already featured for yesterday’s drawer, many factors also lined up: “We have Charles who was abandoned in the formation lap of the race. The Mercedes, which did not perform as expected and ‘Checo’ starts behind, some factors that helped us to be on the podium. But we hope to be in the fight, that would be a good place for us”said Fernando, who was surprised to tell ‘DAZN F1’, “I thought until the last 5 laps it was an easy podium, but in the end everything went wrong.”

Regarding that fight, the Oviedo native considered in a press conference that it was more difficult than the legendary defense he starred against Michael Schumacher in Imola 2005 because this time DRS and tire management changed everything . Before he could answer, he looked at Norris and asked how old he was then. “5 years”Lando replied.

“It was easier in 2005, because there was no DRS. That was easier. Now with DRS it’s something different and you have to play differently. The wheel management is very different, from then you can start with the wheel for the whole race. True, in 2005, if you lost a position you couldn’t get it back. But here we can. DRS was introduced to improve spectacle and today is a good example of this. They’ll catch you with two laps to go, and you can try. If they overtake you in turn 1, there’s a good chance they’ll overtake you in turn 4. That’s why we’re seeing good battles here,” he said.

“I told Checo not to put me under that pressure anymore, because I’m old.”he added to ‘DAZN F1’ with a laugh, optimistic about his team’s reaction after admitting how difficult the last few races have been.

Important for the team for 2024

“We have been without benefits for several months. Especially in the last two weeks. In Austin, all the experiments we did we started from the pit lane… in Mexico, we were quite slow, even the 9th or 10th team. All this put the whole team under pressure. But we remained calm.”commented on the team’s struggles in the previous Grand Prix.

“It was also interesting to see from the outside how the team did not lose focus, remained very focused and wanted to analyze in every detail what was happening to us. And very united. I think that… the unity of the team , which in Difficult moments is difficult to have, because it is always easy to blame each other, and yet the team remained at its best. So, happy about that. This podium is also for them. And now you go with a different spirit to Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi because I’m a little worried about the last races.