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 practice sessiౠons for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
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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 backed it up in the race simulatio൲ns, running at a similar pace to Verstappen at the endও of the session.
Despit🐭e their strong start, Alonso is remaining level-headed about Aston Martin’s prospects in the short term.
“Obviously it is an♈other 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 perf♕ormance. 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 v🌺ision with everything he does - it is very difficult to see him fail at anything he does.
“It is a matter o﷽f time until Aston Martin challenges the top teams. It is a🃏n interesting process 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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