Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin need to ‘confirm things’ at Saudi Arabian GP
Aston Martin turned heads up and down the paddock with a sublim🧸e performance at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as Alonso claimed𒁃 a brilliant podium behind the dominant Red Bull cars on his debut with the team.
The AMR23 proved to be the second-fastest car in Bahrain, underlining Aston Martin’s incredible turna🥃round over the winter after finishing se♈venth in last year’s constructors’ championship.
Alonso is pleased with the performance of his Aston Martin so far but urged♌ the team still need to prove their competitiveness at a range of different tracks, starting this weekend at the high-speed Jeddah circuit.
“I’m very happy,” Alonso told Sky. “Generally we’ve been performing very ⛄well in testing and race one.
“We still need t🃏o confirm many things here in Saudi, also in Australia. I think we need to wait and see how the car performs in every circuit but generally, the first step of this project has beenꦏ done and is a good baseline.
“So I am hap⭕py with that and let’s see what we can do from here.”
The two-time world champion is predicting Ferrari and Mercedes to pr🐓ovide a bigger challenge in Saudi Arabia after both teams underperformed with disappointing displays in Bahrain.
“Ferrari were very good at high-speed, at top speed as well, on the straights,” he explain✨ed. “So Jeddah will be a strong circuit for Ferrari.
“Mercedes as well, I expect t👍o be fast. Alpine, Alfa Romeo. Within three or four tenths things can change quickly, circuit-to-cir👍cuit.
“For us, it is a challenge to set up a car for different conditions to s꧋ee if we can be competitive here as well.”
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