Can Aston Martin challenge Ferrari? Fernando Alonso makes “slightly faster” claim
Along with Red Bull, Astܫon Martin caught the headlines for their impressive turn of speed throughout the three days of runn💞ing.
Alonso’s race simulation on the final day of testing caught many teams’ atte𒅌nti🐟on, producing better times than Mercedes, and Aston Martin’s superior tyre degradation put it on a par with Ferrari.
Aston Martin boss Mike Krack has played their testing form down: "I think it'൩s very, very difficult on such a test to make a proper judgement... It is nice to have good long runs, but still you need to be really put them into the right context and let's not start dreaming,"
However, speaking at an event after testing, Alonso did nothin♛g to dampen expectations.
"On the last test day, for example, we did a race simulation. Then we did 57 laps, the same thing we🧸 are going to doꦺ this week in Bahrain.
"We put fuel in for those 57 laps and did the full race with the full set-up, even c♛hanging tyres. At the same time, Ferrari were doing the same programme as us with the same fuel for the race, same stops and we were slightly faster."
Aston Martin were without 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll, who was ruled out of testin🧜g following a cycling accident.
The Silverstone-based team will have reigning F2 champion Felipe Drugovich on standby, with Stroll set 𓆉to test in Aston Martin’s simulator to see if he’s fit enough to race this weekend.
Wi🌺th Alonso new to the team, the Spaniard feels that Aston Martin missed Stroll’s feedback.
"We missed him because some of my comments and my feelings about the car, we never knew if it was just me in a new team and a new car, or is it an Aston Martin thing that Lance could have spotted," Alonso added.&n🍸bsp;
"We 𒉰cannot do it without him so I hope he can come back very soon."
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