Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin need to ‘confirm things’ at Saudi Arabian GP
Aston Martin turned heads up and down the paddock with a sublime performance at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as Alonso claimed a brilliant podium behind the dominaꦛnt Red Bull cars on his debut with the team.
The AMR23 proved to be the second-fastest car in Bahrain,👍 under𒆙lining Aston Martin’s incredible turnaround over the winter after finishing seventh 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.&nb🌱sp;
“I’m very happy,” Alonso t♋old Sky. “Generally we’ve been performing very well in testing and race one.
“We still need to 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 st♉ep of this project has been done and is a good baseline.
“So I am happyไ with that and let’s see what we can do from here.”
The two-time world champion is predicting Ferrari and Mercedes to provide a bigger challenge in Saudi Arabia after both teams underperformed with disappoin📖ting displays in Bahrain.
“Ferrari were very good at high-speed, at top speed as well, on the straights,” he explained. “Soಌ Jeddah will be a strong circuit for Ferrari. ☂;
“Mercedes as well, I expect to be fast. Alpine, A🔥lfa Romeo. Within three or four tenths things can change quick﷽ly, circuit-to-circuit.
“For us,ℱ it is a challenge to s♑et up a car for different conditions to see if we can be competitive here as well.”
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