Fernando Alonso He is offering a very high level so far in the championship. Except in the home race (where he was seventh), the man from Oviedo has always been in leading positions. In fact, he is the competitor with the most podiums in the contest, except, of course, for the insatiable max verstappen. The ’14’ has achieved six drawers in the eight disputed appointments.
But there is a piece of information that eloquently exposes how well Alonso is doing his job this season. The two-time champion is crushing the pilot with whom he shares a garage. Fernando triples the number of points to Lance Stroll. And that the Spanish is a newcomer to Aston Martin. But that has not been a reason for him to shine well above the Canadian, who has only surpassed the ’14’ in Montmel (in Barcelona they beat him both in the quality as in the race).
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Alonso is third overall with 117 points. They are 80 more than those that Stroll treasures (eighth in the leaderboard). The Asturian has achieved 75.97% of the points of Aston Martin. 24.03% It belongs to the son of the owner of the British team.
In total there are 154 points that the Silverstone box has in its locker. The fact that Lance is not up to his teammate’s level is notably hurting them in the Constructors’ Championship. With Red Bull in another league, the goal of the team he leads Mike Krack is to beat Mercedes. But the Brackleys are enjoying a more level pairing of drivers. Lewis Hamilton is beating George Russell (102 for the seven-time champion against 65 for the young British talent), but there is not as much difference between the two as there is in Aston Martin. The man from Stevenage is responsible for 61% of the points scored by the squad led by Toto Wolff.
Hamilton, Verstappen and Alonso, in Montreal.
Stroll, without any podium in 2023
But going back to Stroll, it should be noted that He is the only driver from the first four teams who has not been on the podium so far this year.. The other one who has not had his day of glory among the dominating teams of F1 2023 is Carlos Sainz.
The performance that Alonso is getting from the AMR23 is such that He even has by himself (117) almost the same points as the two Ferrari drivers together (Sainz 68 + Leclerc 54 = 122).
Verstappen’s tyranny
max verstappen is also sweeping Czech Prez. But the Dutchman has found more opposition in the Mexican than it might seem. For starters, the Aztec has won two races. Of course, the remaining six were written down Mad Maxwho wears the 60.7% of Red Bull’s points (they lead Manufacturers with 321).
Meanwhile, at the Scuderia much more equality is taking place. Sainz (55.7% of Ferrari’s points) is being more consistent than Leclerc (44.3%). However, the Monegasque is the only rider from the Maranello team to have achieved a podium this year (in Bak).
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Aston Martin needs more from Stroll
Based on what has been seen in the first eight rounds of this season, Red Bull (full of victories for now) will be the Constructors’ champion. And second place will be played by Mercedes, Aston Martin and Ferrari. So the green box needs Stroll to get his act together and be very consistent in his performances in the grand prix to come. Alonso is confident that Lance will end up surrendering to the level necessary for those of Silverstone to be able to place themselves behind the box of energy drinks.
“Lance needs to be consistent weekend after weekend. We have seen many flashes on his part, brilliant starts, great qualifying in the wet, things that are exceptional… But then he has other weekends in which the results do not arrive, that the qualifying is not good and jeopardizes the race. so I think Lance’s next goal is to get a regular top five position.. When I achieve it, add many points. With his motivation and commitment and this team, whoever achieves it is only a matter of time”, stressed the two-time Spanish champion.
