Fernando Alonso changed to 2023 Alpine To Aston Martin once again creating excitement among his fans. He scored five podiums in the first six races, the tracks were painted green, the color of his new team, and his fans again and again asked him to win the number 33. With such enthusiasm they switched to Montmelo registering a full house, which is typical when he wins in Formula 1. However, Fernando Alonso finished seventh in that race behind Lance Stroll. Aston Martin, in turn, dropped from second place to third in the Constructors’ Championship. Twelve races later, Aston Martin dropped to fifth place in this classification. What happened to the British team?

What happened to Aston Martin Barcelona is that he comes across a track with high-speed corners, where his car suffers from overheating tires. For this reason, although Fernando Alonso returned second in Canadawas fifth in Austria and again the seventh Silverstone. To this we must add something that the Asturian has already warned about, namely that his main rivals (Mercedes, Ferrari And McLaren) were going to continue to improve their cars. As a victim of this, Fernando Alonso dropped to ninth place in the standings. Hungarian Grand Prix. and up to the fifth in this Belgium.

After four races in which it failed to reach the podium, Aston Martin has improved its car to Zandvoort and Fernando Alonso again became second in Dutch Grand Prix. But evolution, once begun, does not always lead to improvements; and since then Fernando Alonso has not stood on the podium again. The Spaniard was ninth in Monza And in Singapore, fifteenth; For the first time since arriving at Aston Martin, he remained outside the points zone. Although he was eighth in Japan and sixth in QatarV Qualifying session for the US Grand Prix. It was first dropped from the third quarter in 2023, and the same thing happened to it in Mexico. Moreover, in the last two races, Fernando Alonso retired twice for the first time this season.

These results allowed Ferrari and McLaren to overtake Aston Martin for the first time. “Fight with McLaren? Yes, they have momentum, but we’ve all had our ups and downs this year. It’s good that they are confident, but we’ll see how it ends in Abu Dhabi.- said Fernando Alonso, confident that his team will finish the season ahead of the teams from Woking. Now, with three races remaining, McLaren is in the lead. 20 points at Aston Martin.

In a fight between both teams Lando NorrisMcLaren driver even said in Crash.net: “It became clear that Aston was just, I don’t know, seeming to make the car slower and slower with every improvement they made.”

Fernando Alonso falls due to Aston Martin

As for Fernando Alonso, with Red Bull one step above his rivals, he secured third place in the World Cup. However, the fall of Aston Martin forced him to abandon this position in favor of Lewis Hamilton and, after his last refusal, also fourth place in favor of Carlos Sainz. Now he’s ahead 14 points To Lando NorrisV 17 To Charles Leclerc And in 32 To George Russell.

“Nobody in the team is happy with our current form.“But we are a strong team and we are going to continue to work together to continue to improve,” commented Aston Martin boss Mike Krak after the Mexican Grand Prix.

“We weren’t competitive this weekend and We didn’t give Lance and Fernando the car they needed. fight for points here…” he added self-critically.

Confirming that Aston Martin’s sharp decline was influenced by their focus on the car next season, Mike Crack noted: “We’ve made changes to Lance’s car to focus on training in 2024.”

Tired, insisting that Aston Martin will focus on next season’s car, Fernando Alonso said: “There is no choice but to work. This year is over” And if Aston Martin wants to progress in the Constructors’ Championship, it can’t just depend on Fernando Alonso. Although the Asturian has added to date 183 points For his team, Lance Stroll only furthered the cause. 53. This is another reason why Aston Martin has fallen sharply and why it needs a car that will allow Fernando Alonso, and especially the Canadian, to take a step forward.