Aston Martin… there is no panic, but there is concern

Fernando Alonso he abandoned it after the Monaco Grand Prix, which Aston Ha dropped below fifth team in the tablewhich after the latest results looks like Visa RB, especially Yuki Tsunodaahead in terms of pure performance.

Japanese He has 19 points at the World Championships compared to the Spaniard’s 33 points. but he scored points in the last two races, after participating in the third quarter on Saturday consistently, which does not escape the person concerned: “I would say yes. Yes, we are a little ahead if you look at the last races and results.” points to its team regarding AMR24, which needs to be carefully reviewed in order to find a suitable working window, which they apparently lost from Emilia-Romagna.

He believes the goal is to beat the British team throughout the season. “It seems that We’re separating the top five teams from the bottom four, I’d say we’re in a league of our own. so we’re in good shape. We have a good rhythm and we’re going to keep working,” he said after finishing eighth in Monaco, which helped him improve. point 24 Faenza from builders, only 20 from Aston Martin, which remains fifth in the table thanks to a better start to the year.

“I think youWe have a lot to do in the next races, so I hope the improvements and updates will give us a little more speed. and maybe we can finally catch up with Aston Martin,” he says of Canada and especially Barcelona, ​​where almost all teams have collected new opportunities every year on an ideal track to test the performance of each car.

From seconds to fifths

After finishing eleventh in Monaco, Alonso accepted the fact that “maybe we are not the fifth team anymore”, this can be seen in the sensations on the track, in the data and in any comparison.

Looking a little further, the team order is currently in 2023. Aston drops from third place with 154 points to fifth with 44 points, with 110 points up in the air. due first of all Ferrariwhat a victory 130 extra points and has two wins out of eight possible and McLaren, is another team besides Red Bull that won with Norris in Miami. Are 167 profit for the people of Woking, a team that Aston Martin is now trying to turn things around.

Montreal, key challenge

Canada the track where Fernando removed Hamilton’s stickers in 2023 and even threatened Verstappen’s victory, looks like great fire resistant for the residents of Silverstone, in an attempt for tuning this new Imola wing on the track where it can be much more effective. There won’t be any significant improvements, but the challenge is to build on what they already have in stock, and there have been quite a few in the last two months, with a redesigned floor, diffuser, side hangers and ailerons that have had little to no impact so far .

A new fiasco on Saturday could be the start of a very serious crisis for Lawrence Stroll’s team. that we could start thinking about certain changes in the technical field. There is no panic, but there is concern.