International press places Alonso on the podium

The big surprise of Formula 1 pre-season testing was undoubtedly brought by the new Aston Martin AMR23. Apart from the dominance that Red Bull has shown in all areas, everyone agrees to underscore that his team has made a huge step forward after finishing seventh in last year’s Constructors’ World Championship at Silverstone. and after testing he placed the top favourites. Leading the middle zone from the start or even battling at a higher level in the first round of the year. General and professional international press have also praised the Green Team’s tremendous progress and warned that they could start a big war right from the start of the course.

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The German magazine has been one of the best to highlight Aston Martin’s excellent performance through the information provided in recent tests since the test’s inception. And he finished the test leaving words of encouragement to all his Fernando Alonso fans. According to our calculations, they at least he is fourth and could be second and could pose a threat to Mercedes and Ferrari.

The authoritative publication has already said on the second day of testing to assure F1 team engineers have told them that “in the early stages of development Aston Martin will probably be ahead of Mercedes”. That’s it.

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In “Sky Sports F1” they make it clear. His specialist Ted Kravitz did not hesitate to confirm Fernando Alonso was behind Red Bull in his Aston Martin at the end of the test.

Martin Brundle told him, “This is probably the most beautiful story in Test and the fourth best team.” Kravitz shook his head. “Isn’t it a room?” asked the reporter. “I give them third place. Maybe they are very close to Ferrari at the moment.”
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“If today were GB in Bahrain in F1, Max Verstappen, ‘Czech Perez’ and Fernando Alonso would be on the podium ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari.”.

“Aston Martin has been worried about Red Bull since day one and Adrian Newey has listed them among the teams they should be worried about. Alonso said they needed more races to test the car. But today’s test was great, the wheel deterioration was great and we’ll put Aston Martin in third and Mercedes in fourth,” Kravitz said.

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‘The fugitive from the middle zone’ is the headline when mentioning Aston Martin in the post-test analysis of the authoritative publication ‘Race’.

“Aston Martin refuses to get hung up on pre-season testing, but in reality, everyone believes this team could lead and rival Mercedes.

“At the hands of Fernando Alonso, the Aston Martin looked as fast as the Mercedes in one lap, but in the race simulation it was even better. In fact, with improved tire degradation, it was at least as good as the Ferrari. It appeared,” added the website, which specializes in analysis conducted by envoys.

“Alonso’s lap on the C4 wasn’t great, but on the C3 tyres, he was almost equal to Lewis Hamilton’s best time, and when you factor in the one-second difference from C3 to C4, he’s ahead of Hamilton on lap times. It would have been.” .

“From day one to the end of day three, the AMR23 looked competitive in all conditions and all compounds.Although fuel loads and engine modes may have clouded this picture dramatically. , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that it is real,” he concludes. Article warning.

Gazzetta Dello Sport

‘Aston Martin looks at Mercedes’, headline analysis of Formula 1 pre-season testing highlights ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, assuring inside that ‘Aston Martin takes the cake for a surprise’ .

“Alonso, as chief engineer Luca Furbat put it, ‘we didn’t use anyone else’s copy, we dared to be original. It’s our material, completely different from last year by 95%.’ It seems like the perfect material for cars.” Drive innovation. We hope to be behind the top three. But it may no longer be surprising to see Alonso attacking Mercedes,” the Italian newspaper said.

BBC

“After finishing seventh last season, Aston Martin is considered a step forward,” the BBC commented in its test report, referring to progress made by the Silverstone team.