In the speech of Alonso enough references to Aston-Martin as to appreciate a change in trend. The break on good terms with Alpine It’s close, two races away, in Sao Paulo He took the opportunity to have dinner with his mechanics from the last two years. But the Asturian already visualizes the test with the AMR22 next November 22 in yas marinaa first contact that, as he confesses to ACE, excites him: “It is important. Not so much in terms of performance, because the car will be very different next year for everyone. But in terms of being comfortable, the steering wheel, the buttons, the seat, all those things that I can change so that they are tailored… It will be good to have a day in the car and I am looking forward to it.”
“I think after 2022, I will be extremely lucky next year. I know there is a lot of talk from Mexico, there are five retirements due to engine problems but there are also four races in which I finished without a battery, or the car did not start at the start, or I lost a wheel in a ‘pit-stop’. They are problems almost in the middle of the races”, says the 41-year-old two-time Spanish champion, who misses “60 points” in his classification: “He should be ahead of anyone else in the middle zone”. At least there will be no sanction in Brazil because it has “an engine that was only used in Austin”.
The Alpine of this season has seemed faster than its predecessor, but the results are less showy. “What happened in Hungary may not happen in a hundred years, it was a coincidence. But the podium (Fernando was third in Qatar 2021), maybe in Canada or Australia we had the opportunity, and we lost it because of our own mistakes. We are similar to last year and McLaren has taken a step back, so we are fighting for fourth. Although if you do not fight for the title, the final position does not matter much, ”he tells this medium. In any case, he has no doubt that Aston Martin can be ahead of Alpine in 2023, “one hundred percent”. “This year being what it is, no one at Aston Martin is looking at the results very much. It’s good to see improvements, but Aston Martin isn’t here to finish fourth, fifth or sixth in the constructors’ championship. he is here to win the World Cup and that is what we will try to do in 2023 and 2024″, ditch Alonso.
Blue past, green future
But before dyeing what is now blue green, Fernando has nothing but good words for the team that made him champion in 2005 and 2006, and that returned him to the most competitive grid on the planet two years ago: “I returned to the sport not knowing how competitive it would be. I remember Michael (Schumacher)who perhaps did not return one hundred percent, and Kimi (Raikkonen) was not fully motivated in the last two or three years. I couldn’t tell if it would be fast enough to get back to the highest level, but I’m happy with these two years. This season I have seen myself practically one hundred percent and that gives me confidence, it is a good trend for the future. I will always be grateful to Alpine for this opportunity.”