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 dominant Red Bull cars on𒈔 his debut with the team.
The AMR23 proved to be the second-fastest car in Bahrain, underlining 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.
“I’m very happy,” Alonso told Sky. “Generally we’ve been performing very well in testing and race one.&nb🦋sp;
“We still need to confirm many things here in Saudi, also in Australia. I think we need to wait a🍒nd see how the car performs in every circuit but generally, the first step of this project has been done and is a good baseline.
🧸“So I am happy with that and let’s see what we can do fro🐽m here.”
The two-time world champion is🌄 predicting Ferrari and Mercedes to provide a bigger challenge in Saudi Arabia𝄹 after both teams underperformed with disappointing displays in Bahrain.
“Ferrari were very go♐od at high✤-speed, at top speed as well, on the straights,” he explained. “So Jeddah will be a strong circuit for Ferrari.
“Mercedes as well, I expect to be fast. Alpine, Alfa Romeo. Within three or four tent🍷hs things can change quickly, circuit-to-circuit.
“For us, it༒ is a challenge to set up a car for different conditions to see if we can be competitive heꩲre as well.”
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