Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso will win races this season but Max Verstappen isn't sure if it will amount to a title challenge for the Aston Martin driver.

“I will try my best to do have the opportunity. Maybe we need some help. You know, anything can happen in 22 races with different conditions. “Maybe this year, if there is this help or there is some retirements in front of us or some problems maybe it’s more than a podium. “I think for this year, difficult to say if they’re going to challenge for the championship, but race wins are definitely on the table,” he added. As for Alonso, the new Aston Martin says he still has “22 opportunities” this season to secure a 33rd grand prix win.

Fernando Alonso brands his teammate his "driver of the day" at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen dominated the Bahrain GP but Fernando Alonso finishing in P3 might be a very ominous sign for the Red Bull ace.

Stroll put in one of his best ever performances for the Silverstone-based outfit as he went on to finish P6. The first thing that Alonso did after finishing three was congratulate his teammate Lance Stroll. If history is to repeat itself, Alonso and his fans are in for a treat this year. At that time, it wasn’t clear how good the AMR-23 is going to be but now that the world has seen its potential, the entire fanbase is excited. However, his P3 in Sakhir could also mean that history may repeat itself, come the end of the season. Fernando Alonso and his fans are on cloud nine after what has been a brilliant start to life for him at Aston Martin.

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That is the benchmark, but we need to put one step after the other to just come back. “We’re just lacking pace and that’s a reflection of the test. The Aston Martin is very fast, they deserve that, and Red Bull is just on a different planet. But the Mercedes team principal might be able to take some small solace from Aston Martin’s surprise success. He ended the race ahead of Mercedes’ Hamilton and Russell, whose chances of a world championship have already been dashed by a brutal assessment from Wolff. According to reports, Aston Martin’s stock has gone up by 15 per-cent after Alonso finished third at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso has explained how he overtook Lewis Hamilton, who found himself in a no-win situation, at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

If you defend on the inside you are very weak on the exit. We have changed concept so there is a new philosophy to the car. The priority was to check that the car was fine after the hit. I committed. “This feels good because it’s on merit. On Turn 4 I came into problems - Lewis was too close, then Lance came from very far.

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The ‘anti-hero' in question is also a complex character who still has any likeable traits that draws some fans towards him. Despite the hatred for being a driver due to daddy’s dollars, his performances aren't that bad. Firstly, Aston Martin need to keep ahead of the upgrade packages other teams will bring later in the season. Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin were, for the last couple of seasons, the guys in Formula One everyone loved to loathe. There have been intermittent periods of success for the team, which is based in the facility built by Jordan in the 1990s. And last season, the team's copy-and-paste tactics returned when they arrived at the Spanish Grand Prix with sidepods very similar to those on Red Bull’s cars.

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“The best moment was of course that fight with Hamilton,” Coronel added, “who are two great rivals from their time at McLaren. The speed in that car!” I would love that for the spectators.” “They’re kind of the same characters. “But I liked the rest… You can see that the midfield is nicely put together.

Fernando Alonso has urged caution for Aston Martin after their podium in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

So, if we are strong in the next two races, I think we will have a very good 2023." "I think in Bahrain, we were strong in things that maybe we don't find in Jeddah, and Australia. "You're always expecting that you will get a step back and you will get back to reality, but it seems real, the performance.

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Fernando Alonso has emerged as a dark horse after he grabbed his 99th F1 podium on his first race with Aston Martin at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix.

If we perform well in the upcoming two races we will have a great 2023.” So it might be too soon to predict if the AMR23 is fit for a title challenge. But with Fernando Alonso claiming a podium in his first race, maybe the deadline isn’t far. We aimed to be in the Midfield or even to be leading it and getting closer to the top 3 teams. Alonso continues, “We found ourselves in the 2nd best car in Bahrain, only behind Red Bull. And with Fernando’s P3 in the season opener, he has now entered the championship as a dark horse.

Fernando Alonso hasn't been this excited about a new F1 season since his last days at Ferrari after taking Aston Martin to the Bahrain podium.

I think if you have the right people in charge, and they really want to win and they hire the right people, anything is possible.” Because the opportunities are there for everybody but it seems that only one team is willing to do whatever it takes to win – and I’m proud to be part of this organisation.” We were leading the championship, I think, after Barcelona, so we had a contender package.

Fernando Alonso is happy in "green" having finished his Aston Martin debut on the podium with a P3 in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

“I am on the dark side.” Speaking at the launch of the 2023 Aston Martin, Alonso took aim at his former team’s ambition, saying “they finished fourth and they were happy with fourth. They finished fifth and they were happy with fifth.

Aston Martin star Fernando Alonso finished third at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

“It's a bit of a surprise, but we are extremely happy with the job done at Silverstone in the factory, so let's enjoy this moment and build from here. Even a podium was maybe even not on the radar in 2023, and we've found ourselves with the second-best car in Bahrain over the whole weekend. The aim in 2023 was to be in the mix in the midfield, maybe leading the midfield and getting close to the top three teams eventually. Aston Martin finished seventh in the Constructors’ Championship last year after Vettel and his team-mate Lance Stroll picked up 55 points between them over the course of the season. Alonso finished behind Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez on the podium, while Stroll ended the race in sixth place. Alonso left Alpine to join Aston Martin ahead of the new season after Sebastian Vettel had announced his retirement from F1.