Red Bull belittles Fernando Alonso when comparing him to Verstappen and the Asturian’s response is blunt

2023-06-02 09:18:34

Fernando Alonso has signed a start to the season with which just four months ago he would not even dare to dream. Six races, four Asturian podiums and at Aston Martin they hallucinate with the performance of the AMR23. But above all, the Asturian is delighted with the treatment he receives from his new team after feeling belittled on many occasions by Alpine. And as proof of this, the two-time world champion already has 93 points, a figure that exceeds what he has achieved with Alpine in the two full years that he has been driving for them.

However, this brilliant start is not enough for the Spaniard who wants more and is convinced that the long-awaited “33” can arrive this coming weekend in Barcelona. Something that they question from Red Bull where they maintain that “Alonso’s speed and perseverance is not enough”.

Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix, taking his fourth pole position of the F1 season. A race that was not easy for the Dutch runner due to the good performance of Fernando Alonso who was about to snatch the victory. However, despite the fact that the Asturian driver has surprised everyone with his performance, at Red Bull they affirm that “there was never – not even in the last race – a real danger for the Asturian over Max. Despite the great performance of Fernando Alonso in Monaco , Helmut Marko considers the efforts of the Asturian insufficient and affirms -in statements to which He has never been up to Max Verstappen.

“Alonso is surprisingly fast and very consistent, but he has never been able to stand up to Max. I think that in Barcelona it should be even easier for us to be in the lead.” commented the Red Bull adviser.

“It’s very easy to compare…”

A comment with which Red Bull clearly belittles Fernando Alonso and to which the Spanish driver has not hesitated to answer. “It is very easy to compare myself with Max when he has a faster car, but when the team knows the car in full and we have it at the same level by the end of the season, I hope he will continue to stand by his words.”affirmed the Asturian emphatically.

The Red Bull advisor did not hesitate to throw away what a priori seems like a great weapon for the British team: the wind tunnel in which some 232 million euros have been invested. From Red Bull they consider that it could turn against the aspirations of Aston Martin. And it is that the rules of the wind tunnel seem to be a trump card in the hand of Aston Martin. The green team has a coefficient 100% aero test restriction for finishing seventh in last year’s constructors’ championship. that gives them 37% more wind tunnel and CFD testing time than champions Red Bull, 25% more than Ferrari and 20% more than Mercedes. Something that Verstappen’s team considers will turn in their favour.

“If Aston Martin remains second in the championship there will be a readjustment of the amount of time in the wind tunnel towards the middle of the World Championship. So that time will be greatly reduced. In addition, the cost limit is another factor that could have an impact,” said the Red Bull adviser.

Helmut Marko concludes that Red Bull’s supremacy will not be dethroned and that “Aston Martin will end up crashing as the different races of the season go by.”