Fernando Alonso and expectations for the 2024 F1 season

Fernando Alonso wants to continue fighting at the top. In his first year at Aston Martin, after surprising himself at the start of the year by having a car that could consistently fight for the podium in the first race of the season, the Asturian is confident the green team will take another leap forward. We have been confident for a long time that we can do this, and this winter we will improve the quality and create a highly competitive 2024 car. And that’s exactly what the Asturian said in an interview given to the Aston Martin team’s official website.

“What are our expectations? I don’t think it will change much because there are too many unknowns from season to season. Anything can happen in F1.”. I think once we get out on track for winter testing and the first race of next year we’ll see how things go and be very open to the goals we’ve set for the championship. Hopefully we can be competitive again and fight for points and podiums regularly and hopefully get our first win, but the challenge cannot be underestimated.”announced the Asturian driver for the 2024 F1 season.

“I had low expectations this year, so I exceeded them, and that’s why.” This season has been incredible. “If you set unreasonably high expectations, you run the risk of the opposite happening.”he added

Advantages of joining the team in the second year

“Being in my second year with the team will help. I don’t have to do a lot of the things I had to do earlier this year.”“I don’t have to put names on everyone’s faces, and I don’t have to adjust seats and learn terminology and all the other adjustments that you have to make when you’re a new driver on a team.” We discussed ways to further bring out the potential of cars.

“Everything will be easier. From day one we will be able to focus more on performance and preparing for the first race. We also have a very solid foundation to work from from 2023. In the lead-up to the race, we will do The work will be optimized.” About what we did this year. ”

“The 2022 car probably wasn’t a good enough reference for us this year and many weekends we started from scratch. 2024 should be easier in terms of preparation and we can focus more on the details. Let’s go.” he added.

After Aston Martin got off to a great start in 2023, the Green Team remained stagnant in the car’s development in the face of numerous evolutions from larger, more experienced factories such as Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren. Don’t forget. Nevertheless, Alonso shone thanks to his hand, taking advantage of the difficult track conditions to score surprising podiums like Canada and Zandvoort. And finally, after major changes in the evolution of the car, Aston Martin will further boost Alonso’s chances of scoring another podium in Brazil by putting on a true exhibition against Perez’s Red Bull. Successful.

What Alonso wants from Aston Martin in 2024

In that sense, Alonso had already given clear obligations to Aston Martin in a statement to DAZN F1 at the final race of the year. we will see. Now we have to do a good job. I’m sure you have a lot of homework to do in the coming weeks and months. The car didn’t finish as strong as it did at the beginning of the season and we need to understand that. In Abu Dhabi we had enough car to fight AlphaTauri until the last lap, but not enough to achieve something like 33rd place. So you have to get your act together. ‘ he said after getting out of his Aston Martin at the last GP of the year.

In this area, in a statement compiled by the official F1 portal, Alonso said that in 2024 it is important to have a car that can run faster in a wider range of layouts and conditions, and above all, a car that has faster speeds in a straight line. Emphasized gender. Excellent aerodynamic efficiency reduces air resistance in a straight line.

“Maybe one of the weaknesses was that we had to operate the car in a very narrow window. “Like everyone else, I seem to be struggling a bit, so I hope I can consistently perform consistently next year,” he said.

“Also, if we can improve our speed on the straights…I think our weakness in terms of performance has always been that the straights are too slow. “If I wanted to be as fast as everyone else, I would have had to lower the rear wing too much, and then I would have been slower in the corners, and I probably wouldn’t have been able to get out of that loop,” he concluded.