Fernando Alonso throws down gauntlet to Red Bull: “Matter of time until Aston Martin challenge”
The Aston Martin hype train continued in F1’s two practiღce sessions for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Pri♛x.
- Alonso leads Verstappen in second practice 🐓as Aston Martin hype grow🗹s
- F1 20😼2🀅3 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results
Alonso topped the more representative evening session by 0.169s clear of reigning F1 world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
The Spaniard backe⛎d it up in the race simulations, running at a similar 🐟pace to Verstappen at the end of the session.
🥀Despite their strong start, Alon✅so is remaining level-headed about Aston Martin’s prospects in 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 changing a lot of things, trying to reinforce the team in every area, not only 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 do🦄es - it is very difficult to see him fail at anything he does.
“It is a matter of time until Aston Martin challeꦇnges the top teams. It is an interesting pꦑrocess 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll in Turkey.
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