There are many issues that still resonate in the world. formula 1Even a few days after the official start of the 2023 season in Bahrain. Despite Red Bull it has proven to be in a league of its own, other teams like McLaren need to improve greatly and uncertainty remains about Ferrari’s reliability. However, the big sensation was the performance of Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin.
Asturian achieved his goal podium number 99and impressive result Spear Walk He led the Aston Martin to second place in the Builders World Championship.
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While this feat may seem anecdotal, it demonstrates the tremendous progress Aston Martin has made in the design of its AMR23 car. However, both Marko Helmut like Christian Horner They tried to downplay Aston Martin’s success by calling the AMR23 “the third Red Bull on the podium”. However, this shows that Alonso and his team are closer to the leaders than Mercedes or Ferrari.
Toto Wolff surrenders to the evidence: ‘Alonso is strong and motivated’
Equal Toto WolffThe head of the Mercedes AMG team appreciated the great work of Aston Martin and the good performance of Alonso. While Wolff has criticized Alonso in the past, he conceded that the AMR23 was a great tool and his team did a great job: “They did a great job: they hired a man from Red Bull who was able to accelerate the car by two seconds abruptly. He was 17 and 19 in practice a year ago. We knew Alonso was strong and motivated, but even Lance Stroll had both hands and a broken finger. “He sprinted ahead. That shows how good the car is. I’ve never seen such a leap forward in Formula 1.”
Wolff knows that his team is not in the position he expected and expected. pessimistic about 2023 options. The Mercedes car is agile but not fast enough and Wolff believes Red Bull will dominate the season. Despite this, Wolff is determined to find solutions so his team can win the championship.