The one who reduced Aston Martin’s optimism. He who came down had to come down the big soufflé formed by the performances of the AMR23 and Fernando Alonso, both in the tests and in a Bahrain GP in which the Asturian stepped onto the podium. How would that even be Red Bull, accustomed to dialectical wars, started his ‘world’ minimizing what has been achieved by those of Silverstone… and accusing them of plagiarism.
Now it’s Ralf Schumacher, former F1 driver and Michael Schumacher’s brother which has dampened the optimism surrounding a team that four months ago could barely make it past Q1 of the Grand Prix. The German, also Mick’s uncle, praised the work of the factory… but it’s clear that to run First you have to learn to walk.
This is stated in his statements to the ‘Formel1’ YouTube channel: Remember that Aston Martin It’s a relatively small team…”
“Alonso can’t do everything…”
“Alonso can’t do everything with this car. And there will be races where they can’t get their full potential out of the tyres,” insists Ralf.
Schumacher is more than clear: “They have to compete with Red Bull, who have grown a lot fighting against Mercedes… Both are ahead of Aston Martin.”
“But Fernando was very strong with low fuel at the end of the race. This car has potential.” Schumacher nuance.
Ferrari, scrapped
He is also candid about Ferrari options in this World Cup: “They won’t be able to fight. They need a lot of time, and Red Bull has a head start. I think it’s going to be a boring season.”
“Maybe everything will remain as a fight between teammates…”, Schumacher sentences.
It remains to be seen what will happen in the future. At the moment, Aston Martin has already warned that it has a lot of work ahead of it with the car, which is just the base, and that in Jeddah, at the GP of Saudi Arabia, They must be better than in Bahrain.