The journalist who warned Alonso’s podiums in 2023 launched his prophecy to Aston Martin in F1 trials: “This is not a McLaren, but …”

In the tests to the preseason of F1All teams keep their cards with secret work programs and show the potential they want. They have many tools to find out the true rhythm of their car and behavior without having to return to the maximum.

In that sense, one of the teams most of all is in turmoil is Aston MartinWithout showing a good return forming illusion and, perhaps, focusing on working more in the shade to understand the car and fulfill the data collection program with testing of different elements and adjustments. But Ted Kravitzjournalist of ‘Sky Sports’, silenced alarms with a strong statement: “Aston Martin has a nice car again.”

“It may not be a McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull, but it is good and enough for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stoll to do their job”He declared from Bahrain’s paddock.

“It has a great facade, something that wasn’t last year. They tried some new elements of the front wing and nose cones and fun,” he argued.

You have to remember that Ted Kravitz was in F1 trials of 2023 The first journalist who rode Alonso and Aston Martin had a podium car And that’s probably the car behind the Red Bull. Some thought the statement was raised, but it was fulfilled, since the year with Alonso on the podium continued with the first great prizes in front of Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes before these great sets react to a better evolution during the current period of regulations.

That is, according to Ted KravitzThe green team will have a better car than last year that could allow it to fight for that lead in the central zone, an initial goal of silverstones before starting the car in a complex year as all sets should prioritize the creation of the 2026 driver.

Of course, besides Aston Martin, he can improve, Remember that the remaining middle teams did this tooLike a Williams who left a very good emotion. How many improves the career with respect to the evolution of its rivals depends on being the 5th starting car at 2025 or worse.

“They left it blank to wear the colors”

Next Monday, March 3, Adrian NeweyThe best car -designer in history, will come to his new Aston Martin office and according to Kravitzthe purpose of Aston Martin When creating a 2025 car is to eliminate the problems of 2024 car, leave a base base, so that Adrian Newey He improves his design table all year long while creating a 2026 car.

“You look and think, well, yes. They’ve fixed it. They’ve fixed it. But intentionally, they said: ‘See, let’s make it a managed car, let’s get rid of some of the evils of last year that Fernando and Lance didn’t like and leave it blank so Adrian would come and color it all his genius’“He said.

“So, if that doesn’t seem to be particularly aggressive or excited, it’s meant, because they’re waiting for Adrian to come and start writing good things and adding things to him,” he added.

In this sense, Andy Cowell, Aston Martin’s main teamIn the statements prior to the press in Bahrain tests, he admitted that Adrian would have an influence on car evolution: “We will show you the tools to design a car and then we will work together to create a car for the year 2026 and contribute to improvements for the year 2025. I am sure he is familiar with himself in terrain faster than me”.

Aston Martin does not shine: Are they hiding?

Aston Martin is the team that does not turn much on the first day of trial and Alonso, when rolling in the morning, he was overcome by most pilots of the evening session. There are some positive details, such as Fernando that ended the best Chrono in the second morning sector, the most -Revint, and noteworthy was wasted that wasted a lot of time in the third sector, a possible sign of existence.

However, on the ‘on board’ images of Ovetense they continued to see the steering wheel corrections on day 2, when Asturian, who re -voted in the morning, made a turn with the middle rubber (C3) in which he remained in 1 “3 of Ferrari de Hamilton and overcame the Sainz of 6 a hard rubber (C2).

Of course, besides ignoring the team’s work, you have to add The difficult track conditions, with the coldest of the usual and strong wind gustSomething is more difficult to know if the career behavior is true or not.

Aston Martin remained unmoved and it was inevitable that in doubt to networks appeared about whether the car was yielding properly or not. It is true that you can hide a lot of Chrono leaving more fuel loading, and in fact, Alonso has given many turns without entering the boxes in that batch, which is clearly not downloading from the fuel. But the green car still doesn’t show up, something that For Ted Kravitz you don’t have to worry.