Fernando Alonso admits that its F1 rivals have out developed Aston Martin in recent races as he notes that if someone is faster they cannot do much.
Having had a strong start to F1 2023 season, the last couple of races for Aston Martin has been low-key with no podiums against their name. At the same time, Mercedes has remained consistent in the races, while Ferrari and McLaren have picked up pace.
Alonso concedes that Aston Martin’s F1 rivals have out developed them with their updates while they are still extracting from their own updates. “The pace lack is probably is a little bit of everything,” he said to media. “Out developed by other teams a little bit in terms of few teams brought some significant upgrades lately.
“Track a specific, I think here was not our best layout for the package that we have. We need to see also the tyres, obviously the first race that we have this new construction. So things that maybe we need to analyze more in detail but, all in all, I think we saved a very difficult weekend. Hopefully in Hungary we are again competitive.”
Speaking specifically about McLaren, Alonso reckons they are far behind in the order to catch them and or Mercedes and Ferrari. As for their own battles, Alonso reckons they will have to do with what they have at the moment and not get greedy.
“McLaren were very fast,” said Alonso. “But they are a lot of points behind, so we should have enough pace to keep the distance with them, also it’s not that they will be always in the podium. You know, we are dividing all the points between all of us, so it’s difficult always to have a big run on any one, so you know with McLaren maybe in the constructors we have enough advantage.
“But obviously we need to keep an eye. And with Mercedes and Ferrari things going to be tight until the end. But this and Austria one of the worst weekends I think for us so far and we saved quite well. If someone else is faster than us we cannot, you know, do anything. We just need to understand, we need to learn from the things we do and being away happy of the position we are, you know, not being happy with P7, while last year they were dead last here, you know.
“Lando was P6 here in Silverstone last year. Latifi was P10 here last year. So let’s see in Abu Dhabi. But two races ago in Canada we were fighting for the win, so it’s not that the first races we were in the podium and then we step back. You know, three weeks ago we were fighting in Canada for the win, so I’m relaxed,” summed up Alonso.