Fernando Alonso throws down gauntlet to Red Bull: “Matter of time until Aston Martin challenge”
The Aston Martin hype train cꩲontinued in F1’s two practice sessions for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Alonso topped the more representative evening session by 0.169s clear of reigning F1 world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.
The Spaniard backed i𓄧t up in the race simulations, running at a similar pace to Verstappen at the end of the session.
Despite their strong start, Alonso is remaining level-headed about Aston Martin’s prospects ܫin the short ✅term.
“Obviously it is another step in the right direction🅺,” he said after FP2 in Bahrain. “The car feels good. We need to wait and see.
“The focus is not on times. We need to improve some things in terms of set-ups. It is early days. We are changin𒉰g a lot of things, trying to reinforce the team in every area, not on🦂ly in the car’s performance. It will be a very interesting process. The team is learning every day.
“Let’s see what happens in the first couple of races. Lawrence has this vision with everything he does - 𝓡it is very difficult to see him fail at anything he does.
“It is a matte💮r of time until Aston Martin challenges the top teams. It is an interesting process with a new car, a new technical department. We are still learning. There is still a long way to go.”
Alonso will be eyeing his first pole position in over a decade on Saturday, while Aston Martin haven’t won qualifying since their days as Racing Point with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll in Turkey.
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