“Bahrain Was Not the Strongest…”: Battle Lines Drawn as Fernando Alonso & Co. Send Terrifying Warning to Max Verstappen

After finishing at P7 in the constructor’s championship last year, the team worked tremendously hard to provide its drivers with a car that has resulted in the team’s second podium. Following Sebastian Vettel’s first at the Azerbaijan race in 2021. And now, after their first podium of the season, the Silverstone-based team seemed more confident. Besides, recent rumors suggest that the Jeddah Street Circuit would be ideal for Aston Martin.

However, in order to win the grand Prix, the Silverstone-based team must first face the Red Bull hurricane because both the red bull drivers are still more than 30 seconds away from the reach of Nando. But so far, judging by the team’s confidence, they appear to be prepared to compete against Max Verstappen and company at the Jeddah circuit.

The dramatic changes that the team Aston Martin has experienced over the winter break have shocked the F1 community. Moreover, according to Lance Stroll‘s right-hand man, Nuno Pinto, Fernando Alonso‘s exploits at the Bahrain Circuit were only a prelude to a storm soon hitting the F1 circuits. And the recent headlines are suggesting that Saudi Arabia’s battle is going to be a thrilling one.

Nuno Pinto claims that the AMR 23 is not designed to travel faster down straightaways, rather aiming to race with more downforce to “nurture” the tires. In the FUm’s Vamos Falar podcast, Pinto said, “You have to analyze the reality of the numbers. In theory, Bahrain was not the strongest circuit for the team at the start of the championship. In theory, the car’s potential in Jeddah was better than in Bahrain, taking degradation out of the equation, talking about pure and hard competitiveness.” [Translated Via Google]

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The show which Alonso put at the Sakhir circuit has got praise from all around and the double champion Max Verstappen is also of the opinion that race wins are definitely on the table for Aston Martin.

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Nando came in third after some tense clashes with the Mercedes boys. However, the 32-time Grand Prix winner fell short to climb to the top step of the podium due to Verstappen’s and Perez’s brilliance. Nonetheless, the winner of the race Verstappen feels the debut of Aston Martin was encouraging for the upcoming remainder season and anticipates that Alonso will benefit from the performance by winning his first race thanks to it.

As per the Skysports f1, the Dutchman said, “ I think also again, I mentioned it before, but at Aston Martin, they really have the spirit and drive, they want to win and they’ve hired a lot of good people. So I guess it can only get better for them. And 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.”

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The rest of the season still has a lot of thrills in store for the spectators, and Aston Martin’s swift speed has merely amplified the fun. Having said that, do you believe Alonso’s Mission 33 will be successful at the Jeddah circuit?