Probably the words of Otmar Szafnauerchief Alpinewere the only negatives about Fernando Alonso after the double world champion of Formula 1 reached a podium in his first race with Aston Martin.
The Romanian, in statements collected by ‘Motorsport’, believes that the Asturian still keeps his motivation, but continues to doubt his age: “I don’t know, since he’s been here I can only see what I see from the outside, I think he’s still very motivated, lives for it, so I think Fernando’s motivation is absolutely still there“.
“So I’m sure he’s motivated, the question will be age, which affects us allI have no idea when or if it will happen,” he added, trying to bring down the breath that exists with the Oviedo player.
about if Aston Martin will miss Vettel and Sebastian to the Silverstone team, Szafnauer is skeptical.
“I hadn’t thought of that. That’s a good question, I think you should ask Seb (Vettel) in my place”, he explained.
“I’ve been friends with Sebastian since I was 18, and I respect him and the decisions he made, and I’m sure he made them with a lot of information, for the right reasons and for familiar reasons“, arranged.
It should be remembered that the fact “look at the passport” season after season was the main reason for Fernando Alonso to change scenery.
Alpine offered to renew their bond each season based on their performance, while Aston Martin He transferred all his confidence to her with a multi-year contract.
In the first race of 2023, after the French had beaten the British in 2022, Alonso was third and Stroll was sixth. Contrary to, Ocon retired after three penalties and Gasly finished ninth and added two points. The change, so far, has been more than successful.