Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin They will face their second year together with the aim of continuing to improve on their journey to becoming one of the strongest teams in Formula 1. One of the greats. In 2023 they started in a surprising way, with a car that initially took a big step that no one expected, allowing Fernando Alonso keep fighting for podiums.
Another huge challenge is to maintain and improve the car at the same pace as the teams with more history and filming like Ferrari, Mercedes or McLaren. But they were overwhelmed. They were stunned by evolution but they didn’t throw in the towel. They understood their mistakes and improved in the end Alonso He would achieve another sensational podium that perfectly defines his magical year, with a total of 8 podiums. Fernando cannot ask for more than 2023 after finishing fourth in the final world. But he’s already looking ahead to 2024, clarifying the roles he’s asked of the team. Aston Martin facing the creation of the car for the next year and the work to be done in the year.
In the last race of the year, he spoke clearly on DAZN F1 about the need for the team to understand this winter how to better develop the car without experiencing unexpected problems in its evolution during the course.
“Victory 33? We will see. Now we have to do a good job. I think we have a lot of homework to do in the coming weeks and months. The car didn’t finish as strong as we started the season and we have to understand that very well. In Abu Dhabi we have a fair car to fight with AlphaTauri until the last lap and that was not enough to achieve 33 and anything like that. So you have to get your act together,” he said clearly and concisely.
The creation of the car of 2024: two demands
Another early important point is the creation of the 2024 car. In this area, he emphasized the importance of having a car that is faster in a straight line, something that could allow them to have more flexibility on all types of tracks. In his letter to ‘Wise Men’, Alonso asked for great aerodynamic efficiency to achieve less air resistance in a straight line, a major weak point of Aston Martin last year. And third, he asked for a more versatile car with wider performance.
“Maybe one of the weak points is that the car has to drive in a very narrow window. It’s the same with everyone, but we seem to be struggling a bit and that’s good if we can consistently perform at a consistent level next year,” expressed on that occasion.
“Also, if we can improve the speed on the straights… I think that was, in terms of performance, our weak point, always being too slow on the straights. If we want to be as fast as the others, we need to be too slow down. rear wing, then we were also slow in the corners, so that’s probably the loop we didn’t get out of,” He concludes by reviewing one of his greatest struggles in 2023.
Alonso gave the assignment to Aston Martin from the first day of the end of the school year. Insatiable like some others, he has been thinking about the 2024 season ever since.
Source: La Verdad
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