Aston Martin revealed the car Fernando Alonso The front suspension was damaged from the first laps. Singapore GP Formula 1 The Spaniard had to deal with this mechanical issue for the remainder of the race, which led him to his worst result of the season (15th), outside the points for the first time. Alonso said as he arrived at the Suzuka circuit, where the Japanese GP is held today: AMR23’s potential loss at Marina Bay was ‘significant’ and so I go into this weekend’s exam with less anxiety.
“We know how much it affected it, we won’t share that information, but it was important. I’m a little less worried about the benefits in Singapore after seeing the damage we’ve experienced. It wasn’t real speed, without that maybe we could have followed the leaders’ train and had less problems with Alpine and Pérez. When you are not fast you run into a lot of problems,” commented Fernando.
On paper, Suzuka is not as Aston Martin-friendly a circuit as Singapore.But according to Alonso, they can expect some surprises: “Theoretically it should be more difficult than Marina Bay. Or let’s say, our expectations were high there due to the nature of the track. Each period was a surprise for different reasons. We weren’t the best at most tracks at high speed, so we’re worried about Suzuka; but in Zandvoort we fought for the podium with a big load. I hope it will be one of those, a positive surprise for the team with a good, clean weekend,” predicts Alonso.
“We were ninth at Monza, we didn’t score points in Singapore… we need a good race after two bad races. We’ll also try to have the best possible weekend for Lance,” the two-time champion recalls.
development race
Technical issues aside, the reality is that recent major awards seem to indicate that: Aston Martin has fallen behind in the development race compared to strong rivals Ferrari, Mercedes or McLaren. Alonso takes on the handicap: “We must admit that everyone here has very high standards.. The motivation, resources and determination of the team to be the leading team is extraordinary, so I am very happy. All the teams have great designers, wind tunnels and things like that. Our wind tunnel will be built next year and we have high hopes. “Most of the top teams have already had this wind tunnel for several years, so we hope to reach their capacity,” he said.
“The pace of development needs to be a little faster next year, but this is a very new team and this is a new position for us.. “It’s not that we accept it and are happy with the situation, we just know that this is a period of learning to find our own way,” he concluded.