This is how Fernando Alonso appreciates the improvements he initiated in Hungary: “This is the first step”

Fernando Alonso the new evolution package released has been positively reviewed Aston Martin last week in Hungary. In the press conference he gave before the Belgian GP in Aston Martin hospitalityThe Asturian highlighted that the new pieces manage to give him more confidence and take a walk to attack more with a car that in the early part of the course had been a very difficult car to drive.

“I think we are very happy with how the new package worked in Hungary, because it does what the wind tunnel said and we have a very good relationship with the track.already This is very important after several updates that left some doubts. But we never forget that “This is just the first step and we are a long way from where we want to go.”Fernando Alonso disputed the statements reported by the ‘Motorsport.com’ portal.

“It’s true that now we’re a little more calm about what’s coming for the future. I think the team now has a better understanding of where to add performance with confidence that it will give us a more great lap time”he argued, with youa message of calm and serenity in relation to Aston Martin’s path to continue its car development, most importantly, thinking about the production of the 2025 car.

“This is an important improvement. It worked as expected and gave us more confidence”Fernando added that in Spa-Francorchamps It should be more competitive than in Hungary, because the strength of the green car is its speed on the straight and its strong DRS, something important on a track as fast as the Belgian.

This is what Lance Stroll, who participated in the official FIA press conference before the Belgian GP, ​​expects: “This weekend we could be fast. It’s a great track, I love it. And we’ve been fast on the straights this year. I hope we can be strong.”

“Goals for the second half of the year? We have to keep working on the car, improve it, add load, work on the balance… the usual. We have to keep working week in and week out”said Lance Stroll.

Major improvement

It is true that Aston Martin was not able to make a big step in the classification after implementing its evolutions in Hungary. But we must understand the context in which these evolutions came about.

Fernando Alonso made it clear before the Hungarian event, making that clear “The top 4 teams are far out of our reach” and now the goal should be to improve the car step by step, above all, thinking about creating the car next year to be higher.

There are two priorities: the first, that some evolutions finally work as desired after the previous pieces presented throughout the course were not productive or did what the wind tunnel said. And secondly, trying to improve the drivers’ feelings about a car that has been very difficult to drive since the introduction of the parts at Imola, which prevented Alonso from being pushed to the limit.

And so far, according to Alonso, Hungary has shown that Aston Martin has achieved the first two goals.

Alonso has made it clear what the team’s goals should be since introducing these improvements. “My goal and my desire is to find the direction and find the right path of the development of the car with more confidence in what we are doing for that winter season and to have a more normal campaign in 2025 .In 2024 the top 4 teams are far from our “So we have to focus on our own development, trust our car and improve for next year.”, he said in Hungary. And those words stick.