2023-10-16 17:14:14
McLaren It’s sweet. Right now, it is the fittest team in F1. So what Max Verstappen It’s in another league. But still, those of Woking are the ones with the most points have added in the last two appointments on the calendar of the Great Circus. They have been able to collect 80 points20 more than energetics, 43 more than Mercedes and 53 more than Ferrari. Already Aston Martin They have taken a good bite out of them: 67 points.
In japan they put themselves in the pocket 33 points (Red Bull slo achieved 26). Meanwhile in Qatar they took over 47 (for the 34 of the World Cup leading team). As they have already been planted in the 219. They are fifth after Aston Martin (quarters with 230), Ferrari (thirds with 298), Mercedes (seconds with 326) and Red Bull (undisputed leaders and already champions in constructors with 657).
The second strongest team
And if a classification is established from the eleventh grand prize of the 2023 academic year (the halfway point of the season), the picture of the papaya orange blidos will be the second best team. In that partial, the pupils of Andrea Stella have been noted 160 points in his locker (for Red Bull’s 246). Ferrari has obtained 141, Mercedes 123 and Aston Martin 49.
As it is, there are five appointments left until the end of the contest (Austin, Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi) and the Woking team is very grown because they see that they can even finish the championship as the third best squad in the World Cup.
Aston Martin, from more to less
Based on what we have seen, and if things don’t change much, they will surpass Aston Martin, whose decline has been considerable. Only the tenacity of Fernando Alonso He is holding them. Lance Stroll He is missing in action and thus it is impossible for those from Silverstone to retain their privileged position.
At McLaren they contribute so much Lando Norris (seventh overall among drivers with 136 points) as the rookie Oscar Piastri (ninth with 83). And the truth is that the improvement of MCL60 has turned them into a team with enough power to rub shoulders with the insatiable Verstappen.
Launched by Ferrari
And if they see Aston Martin as easy prey, it is also true that they are not very far away from Ferrari (79 points away). “It’s feasible to catch them… or at least that’s what I think. A couple of races ago we were more than 70 points behind Aston Martin. Alonso even said that we were too confident too!“, he indicated Norris when he has been questioned about the possibility of finishing third in builders.
Of course, the young talent from Bristol does not believe that they can climb any further steps. “We know that Mercedes They are very fast, probably almost as fast as we were in Qatar, they just keep making mistakes. So I’m sure that if they have a clean weekend they will make our lives a little more difficult, and that’s why I’m not so confident. It’s only been three weekends since Ferrari I was on pole and winning the race, and nothing has changed, they are just different circuits. We are better, they are a little worse. I think we are not too confident. “We are confident, I think we have to be, but we know that there are still going to be some races where we are not going to be as strong,” Lando added.
And sentence: “I think cutting 79 points from Ferrari in five races and a couple of sprints is a big challenge, but we will try. I hope we can do it.”
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