Despite Fernando Alonso’s New $150K Weapon, Max Verstappen & Co. Tipped to Hold the Edge Going Into the Australian GP

You give Fernando Alonso a car, and he will outperform it. Like in 2012, when he finished 156 points ahead of Felipe Massa in the same Ferrari machinery. And now the man stands at the brink of what might be the last hurrah of his career, his stint at the blazing-fast Aston Martin. And the green car, which already seemed extremely fast, has a new weapon up its sleeve, but is it good enough to beat the Red Bulls? Carlos Alcaraz’s 33? soon prediction may get jinxed as a new update for Aston Martin cannot keep the Red Bull beasts at bay.

RB 19 is the fastest car Lewis Hamilton has ever seen. And the man is not wrong because despite a more than hundred dollar rear wing upgrade, a third one in the third race, Astons still lack the straight line speed that they need to give Alonso his 33rd and themselves their 1st victory. And while Aston Martin also has good braking which suits the track in Albert Park, catching Red Bull seems like a far cry.

Roberto Rodriguez of Motorpasion made an observation, “Aston Martin has brought to Australia a third type of rear wing, different to the previous two. It is cut in the upper plane and the Gurney flap has been removed. It is not the definitive version, but an adaptation for Australia. In the free month until Baku, Aston Martin will study the three versions and propose a final version that improves the DRS.”

He further mentioned, “The problem is that Red Bull is still unreachable. He also highlighted a major lag that the Silverstone based outfit has and RB doesn’t. “When the DRS opens up, Red Bull is unbeatable.”

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However, all still doesn’t seem lost, as there is an interesting premonition-wrapped coincidence that awaits the Matador in the land down under.

Why the rain gods may help Fernando Alonso trump Red Bulls

If you were watching FP2, interesting statistics were highlighted. It was that every driver who has gone on to claim their 101st podium has won doing that feat. And even though Red Bulls seem faster and are favorites to claim the victory, rain gods may push the Spaniard to land in the record books alongside Alain Prost Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, and Kimi Raikkonen.

After the controversial game of passing the parcel, Alonso has finally claimed his 100th podium. The man who beat Schumacher now has his eyes set on 101st. And if we look at the weather forecast of Melbourne where Albert Park Circuit is situated, the rain gods may join forces with speed gods to bring number 33 to Alonso.

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