Fernando Alonso warns Formula 1 rivals there is more to come from Aston Martin
- Planet Sport writer
- 12 March 2023
Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso was delighted with the performance of the car in the first race of the season in Bahrain and is expecting it to get even better as the season goes along.
The team had a year to forget in 2022 and went back to the drawing board for their 2023 design. Much has been said of certain similarities with the Red Bull and Alonso has said it is "95% new".
"I mean, there are a couple of areas that we have to improve that I will not share, but I think the most important point is that the new Aston Martin is just a new car, a new project," Alonso said.
"This is just the beginning, this is not the final car, this is just the starting car of the concept we changed over the winter.
"Some of the top teams have just kept the same philosophy that they had last year, Red Bull and Ferrari mostly kept the same shapes, and just fine-tuned things and making perfection of that good baseline they had.
"For us, it was much more difficult. We had to change 95% of the car, so there is more to learn from the car and more to come on our side.
"[I have] full trust in our team, obviously they know what they are doing, so let's hopefully improve soon."
There is no doubt the car looked very quick in Bahrain and the experience of Alonso will be able to eke every last bit of performance out of it.