For the last day, Aston Martin decides to give kilometers to the tester again drugovich in the morning session. alonso will return to AMR23 in the afternoon. Traditionally, the fastest laps of the pre-season arrive on Saturday at the last minute with the qualifying simulations. The return of drugovich let it be seen that Stroll he may not be ready to get in the car next week at the Bahrain GP and they want to give the Brazilian miles.
alonso He explained his Friday: “It was a good day for us with a lot of laps, which is what you need with a new car. The schedule was tight and we tried a lot of different things. After a long winter it is good to do so many kilometers and there is no better training than riding a Formula 1. Feeling stronger and fitter for the week, for my first race with Aston Martin, and I’m excited. I have half a day more and I will use it to continue learning and collecting as much data as possible.”
Mike Krackteam boss, celebrates the 130 laps completed by the Spaniard: “We continue to learn the driving style of Ferdinand and what you want in the car. Your feedback is incredibly constructive and the changes we made last night have worked well. It’s difficult to make any competitive predictions based on just a few days of testing because we have so many tyres, different fuel levels and so many other variables. But we focus on ourselves and prepare. Next week, in qualifying, we will have a much clearer picture”.