Fernando Alonso will be ‘challenging’ for Aston Martin, admits F1 team boss Mike Krack
At the start of the F1 summer break, Alonso made a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:b🗹ombshell switch to join Aston Martin from midfield rivals Alpine on a multi-year deal from the F1 2023 season, replacing the retiring 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel.
The two-time world champio♋n can be divisive and has been known to demand a lot from his teams in the past, sometimes resul📖ting in a complete breakdown in relationship.
Krack acknowledges that managing Alo🐽nso and his expectations will be a challenge for Aston Martin.
"It will be challenging for us,”🌞 Krack told BBC𒐪 Sport.
“Normally, drivers with this experience, th🐬ey do not have this desire to win. Normally, this desire goes down, especially if they have won already.
"Fernando has this unique combination of speed, hunger, motivation and experience. For us, it makes th📖e perfect candidate.
"The downside co⛎uld be that if the car we deliver is just not goo♏d enough, then we know it gets difficult. But it gets difficult with every driver if the car is not fast enough.
"We think having someone like Fernando is really, really important to mak♊e the next step as a team.
"You need to learn to manage cham♕pions, which we already did with Sebastian. Because these drivers are very demanding, they are quite difficult to manage. I would not even say Sebastian is t﷽hat difficult to manage if you are transparent, honest and straight. And I think the same goes for Fernando.
"Difficulties arise when expectation does no🥃t match deliverables, or when it's not outspoken.
"He knows very well when he comes here that we will pr🦩obably not win the first race tꦯogether.
"But he can be assured we give it everything and we will listen to what he has to s🥀ay. And if we cannot deliver on something we have to tell him, open and transparently: 'Look, this we cannot do. With all possibilities, this is what we can do next.’
"I think if we have this kind of dialogue, it is not going to b🐓e problematic.”
41-year-old Alonso, a winner of 32-grand prix, is still considered one of the best 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 drivers on the grid.
"He can push usไ, more than a driver who does not have that calibre,” Krack added. “It will maybe be much more difficult than it is now.
"We discussed this. We said: 'What are the pros and cons?' And we came to the concඣlusion that it is the right step."
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