In black and with a wide smile. So the new phase started Fernando Alonso after saying goodbye to Formula 1 alp course aston martin. Asturian accepted his sixth retirement of the season this Sunday after suffering a new endurance challenge at the A522 GP. Abu Dhabi, waited only three hours to move on to the hospitality of his new team. And it’s back on the track this Monday morning. Yas Marina begin to get to know who the mechanics and engineers and all the staff of the team will be. He got his support on this first day. Pedro de la Rosanew ambassador aston martinmeeting with the director Mike Krack to start summarizing its functions.

alone He devoted his first hours in the box to taking precautions so that his farewell AMR22 would not damage his car seat. Sebastian Vettel. “It’s always exciting to start a new project,” admitted the Asturian driver, who will hit the track at the 2023 Pirelli tire test in the car tomorrow Tuesday. A test that Fernando thinks is “important, not so important in terms of performance because the car will be very different next year, but in terms of comfort, the steering wheel, the buttons, the seat and the things I want to change. You have a first day to try everything”.

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The test will be divided into two rounds and alonewill take part in the first race (06:00 – 11:00 Spanish peninsula time), which for contractual reasons will not yet be able to wear green. And after an hour’s rest his new friend Spear Walk You will get in the car during the evening shift (12:00 – 15:00).

Alonso will not be the only driver to change teams in 2023 and the French driver will be the one to replace him at Alpine, for example. Pierre Gasley, He was also spotted in the French team’s box this Monday and got into the car in a gray overalls. There will be new faces in this Tuesday test Yas Marina. nyck cycles will premiere with Alpha Tauri, Oscar Piastri with McLaren and Logan Sargeant with Williams. The American was confirmed by his team today. protect After getting the Super License, thus closing the grid for 2023.

After the tests are completed Abu Dhabi, alone will travel to the factory aston martin Driving in the simulator in Silverstone (UK), meeting people who will be working on their new projects there and visiting facilities in full expansion with the construction of a smart factory and wind tunnel. The team appreciates that Fernando can drive further mileage this winter, perhaps in 2021 or an older car, waiting for the ‘shooting day’ with his new 2023 car. Pre-season testing will take place on February 23-25. Bahrain and by then Asturian hopes to be fully integrated into the team.