all fans of Aston Martin you can look forward to the colors of the new AMR23. This Monday the car that they will drive was announced Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll to try to get the championship in the 2023 season.
The presentation event took place on February 13 at 20:00 CET and has lasted approximately 40 minutes.
The event took place all the time in the same room, a room with lights and screens that housed many people surrounding the new car, initially covered with a british flag. The live presenter was the journalist from Sky Sports Rachel Brookes.
The first to give his speech was the owner of the team and father of the pilot Lance Stroll, Lawrence Stroll. He assured that 2023 was going to be a year “critical“, not only for the Formula 1 team, but for the road car brand as well.
The next to speak was team principal Mike Crack. His speech was addressed to the drivers and he also talked about improvements to the car for this season.
And finally they appeared three protagonists. The pilots arrived together walking down a long corridor, heading towards the car. As soon as they reached it, his skin was revealed. Brookes asked the drivers a few questions about the car and what they expected from this season and, unsurprisingly, they both replied that they were “very excited“.
From among the public appeared David CroftFormula 1 commentator. Croft took the opportunity to let a child ask him a question Lance Stroll. He posed the following question: “What was your biggest idol?. To this the Canadian pilot replied that he was the seven times world champion, Michael Schumacher. When Croft asked the boy what his idol was, the audience laughed, as he replied that he was the one present, Fernando Alonso.
The turn to speak now was Dan Fallows, Aston Martin technical director. This was emphatic and assured that “around un 95% of the car” was different as for last year. He also wanted to emphasize that the most essential thing is that the car has a “good foundation”, and that this one has it. When asked about the improvements for the course of the season, he commented: “you can expect that the car is up to two thirds different at the end of the season“.
Finally, Croft reappeared to ask questions of new faces such as Felipe Drugovichwho will be third pilot and test pilot; Jessica Hawkinspilot ambassador and Pedro Martinez De la Rosaambassador of the team.
The appearance of the British car is pretty similar to last yearcontinuing with the characteristic color of the team, the verde. It has little touches of pistachio green throughout the bodywork and this year the color is much more present negrowhich can be seen both in the two ailerons, and in the halo.
last campaign it was not the best in terms of performance. The British team started on the wrong foot, making a “0” in the first three races of the championship. However, little by little and both thanks to improvements to the car and to the poor performances of the rest of the teams, they managed to reassembling until finish in 7th place, tied on points with Alfa Romeo, but one position below.
The British team has spent several months announcing the numerous changes that are taking place in it.
The most noticeable change has been the departure of the German Sebastian Vettel and the entry of the two-time champion Fernando Alonso. The Asturian came from a difficult season in Alpinea team in which he did not feel loved or by his partner, the French Esteban Ocon, nor by the team manager, Osmar Szafnauer. This is why in the summer break, and after the mess that formed between Alpine and McLaren, Alonso and Aston Martin announced the arrival of the two-time champion to the ranks of the English. It should be noted that in this same presentation it has been possible to see how it will be the new helmet of “Magic” Alonso.
Another of the changes in the team are the new infrastructure. Those from Silverstone have invested millions of pounds in improving their facilities, and what has been talked about the most has been the factory and the new wind tunnelwhich could provide the car a very noticeable improvement.
Last but not least, the owner of the team, Lawrence Stroll, has taken care of recruit several new people to take over this project. One of them is the one who is now the Crew Chief Mike Krack. Dan Fallowsthe one who was head of aerodynamics of the current world champion, Red Bull, is now in the ranks of the British team, this time as technical director of the team. One of the star signings of the Canadian was Eric Blandinwho once was head of aerodynamics at Mercedes, now it is for those of Silverstone. Finally, they also decided to switch to the team engineering managergetting the “ex” of Alfa Romeo, Luca Furbatto.
All the people around the team are excited and assure that the car will be very fast, very reliable and a long etc. If this comes to be true, it is more than likely that the “What do you mean 33?” how famous he is becoming in the networks, which symbolizes the long-awaited victory number 33 of the Asturian.
Although, to see if these statements are true or if they are just smoke, we will have to wait until the preseason test that will take place of the days February 23 to 25.
However, it will not reveal the true potential of the AMR23 until the weekend of March 3the acid test, the moment in which the teams cannot keep anything in their pocket, the primer Big prize of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix that will kick off the season 2023.