The team managers’ press conference was held at Sakhir circuit this Friday.HE Bahrain GP dan did not miss the magnificent performance of the new Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso, It closed on Friday as follows: fastest in free practice.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner He saw how Alonso was placed between his two pilots. Sergio Perez And maximum verstappen In the morning session and before running Spanish Free Training 2, he admitted he was impressed that Fernando has been behind the wheel of the new AMR23 since pre-season: “His cars look very good. They’ve had some impressive drives over the past week and Fernando looks… What is he taking? I don’t know, but it works. It seems fast”.
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“I think this year can be a real surprise. An unexpected candidateHorner said more seriously. On his side, Ferrari’s new ‘core team’ Fréderic Vasseur highlighted the progress of Aston Martin, who finished last year in seventh place in the builders’ standings: “I clearly believe that took a big step forward compared to a year ago, If you remember Bahrain 2022, they perform well over short distances and long distances, even looking a little more impressive at race pace.”
But both Horner and Vasseur be careful at this point. “What we’ve seen these days shows that it is possible to jump maybe higher than the middle of the grid. But of course you have to wait for qualifying and then the first real test in Sunday’s race,” Horner said. pointed out.
Vasseur is “the season is long and you can’t define the queue in just one free app session”.