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I don't think you are being ridiculous. I think it is exactly why he is rushing back. I've written before that I can't see this ending well. Alonso driving with a broken hand is different. With how shunt prone Lance is, I fear he will end up causing more damage either to himself or another driver.Mansell89 wrote: ↑03 Mar 2023, 23:49This may sound ridiculous to say out loud and may not age very well, but I wonder if Lance is rushing back because he genuinely thinks this car might be in a title fight and can’t afford to give away points from the table?
Long way to go and a curious grid today, but the car looked really nice to drive and hopefully bodes well for long run pace.
I echo your feelings after watching stroll this fast i am convinced alonso has close to second in pocket. If aston is close to redbull then bad news. Perez and verstappen fight will come to centre and alonso can go for killing.AR3-GP wrote: ↑03 Mar 2023, 22:40A few more comments
1) Lance's pace without any testing and sore wrist should frighten people for one of two reasons:
a) the car is that good
b) Alonso still holding back
2) Aston Martin are in an unexpected position regulations wise. Red Bull only every accounted for the WT deficit to their nearest rivals (Ferrari and Mercedes). From that point of view, the WT restriction may be small if they don't waste any time. The problem is never in RB's wildest dreams did they imagine that the P7 WCC car, would start the season on near equal footing, while having overwhelmingly more WT time:
https://i.postimg.cc/kgBNKzT1/image.png
This makes AMR dangerous not just in Bahrain, but for the in-season development race. AMR will have nearly 40% more throughput in their windtunnel than RB, led by Dan Fallow. As good as the RB aero group is, the odds are not great beating a team led by someone like Dan Fallows with both hands tied behind your back. I expect AMR will get even closer to Red Bull over the season.
While you could be right, is that a later confirmation? i didn't hear about a 3rd year. The confirmation I have came from last summer.
Quoted by AS, Alonso said: “The plan was to come back to Formula 1.
“Those challenges were very enriching both personally and professionally. The challenge was to get back to the top, and I feel good. Now I have signed for two more years with another team.”
Could he roll 6, and be the first to 8?AR3-GP wrote: ↑04 Mar 2023, 06:06While you could be right, is that a later confirmation? i didn't hear about a 3rd year. The confirmation I have came from last summer.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernando- ... -contract/Quoted by AS, Alonso said: “The plan was to come back to Formula 1.
“Those challenges were very enriching both personally and professionally. The challenge was to get back to the top, and I feel good. Now I have signed for two more years with another team.”
Of course the Aston Martin actually being competitive will change his math considerably
