The Alonsomania is completely unleashed again after the podium of the Asturian pilot at the start of the Formula 1 World Cup 2023. His third place in the Bahrain Grand Prix was a gigantic prize in the first race with Aston Martin, proving him right again after the risky decision to leave Alpine to set course for the British team.
On board a much more reliable single-seater that allows him to fight side by side with those aboveAlonso managed to recover after a bad start, in which he suffered a touch with his teammate Stroll, and overtook the Mercedes on the track of Russell and Hamilton before also surpass Carlos Sainz and his Ferrari. Aston Martin proved that his AM23 is going to be a rival to take into account by the leading teams from the beginning.
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As if that were not enough, Alonso further unleashed the euphoria with his recent statements to Channel+ Francein which he recognized that he aspires to the highest at 41 years of age: “The 100th podium? The 33rd victory? I’m going for a World Cup”. Still far from being able to achieve his third world championship, the Asturian knows that the road is slow and for this there is a lot of work in between.
Alonso marks a key date to know his options
The Spaniard spoke again before the start of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second in the World Cup, calming down the spirits but not giving up anything. “The car gave a very good feeling in Bahrain, and we enjoyed the weekend by taking our first podium of the season. But now we have focused on this weekend and Jeddah“, he said in words released by Aston Martin.
Alonso referred to a point in the season in which it will be known whether or not he can fight for everything: “Realistically, I think It won’t be until after Australia when we will know better what the overall performance issince by then we will have had three very different race weekends and on varied circuits: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia”. Albert Park will be the third World Grand Prix and after him will come the races in Azerbaijan, Miami and Emilia Romagnawhere the British team will introduce the main package of improvements to the car.
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“We continue with your feet on the ground and you have to work hard to keep this start and try to get another good result this weekend”, said Fernando Alonso, who hopes to repeat Sakhir’s success and get a podium that would be the 100th in his particular history in Formula 1.
Even so, Alonso wanted to reduce the euphoria and insist that in Saudi Arabia the training sessions before qualifying and the race will be very important: “Jeddah will be a very different challenge, since it is a completely different circuit from the first race. We spent two weeks in Bahrain and we all familiarized ourselves with the circuit and the conditions, so the learning curve starting this friday It will be much more pronounced.”
The Alonsomania is completely unleashed again after the podium of the Asturian pilot at the start of the Formula 1 World Cup 2023. His third place in the Bahrain Grand Prix was a gigantic prize in the first race with Aston Martin, proving him right again after the risky decision to leave Alpine to set course for the British team.
