On the again of one of many trickiest weekends of the season for the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Method One Workforce on the Hungaroring, Fernando Alonso hopes they will analyse simply what triggered them to battle to allow them to rectify that this weekend in Belgium.
Alonso may solely end ninth in Hungary, his worst results of the 2023 FIA Method 1 World Championship season up to now, with the workforce ending behind each Oracle Crimson Bull Racing, McLaren F1 Workforce, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Method One Workforce and Scuderia Ferrari drivers on Sunday.
The 2-time World Champion has all the time loved racing at Spa-Francorchamps, and he’s keen to show round his current type and safe a superb outcome for Aston Martin as they give the impression of being to keep up their third place within the Constructors’ Championship.
“We didn’t have the best weekend in Budapest and ninth was the utmost from Sunday with three factors in complete collected for the workforce,” stated Alonso.
“Belgium is up subsequent and we’ve had just a few days to analyse every little thing from Hungary. It’s a really totally different problem right here with the high-speed nature of this circuit and I’ve all the time loved racing at Spa.
“It’s a problem we’re wanting ahead to tackling although, and hopefully we will bounce again this weekend with a powerful outcome. It’s one other Dash weekend right here, so we solely have one apply session earlier than Qualifying to get every little thing optimised, which is a check for all groups, particularly with a combined wanting forecast.
“I’m wanting ahead to getting again within the cockpit of the AMR23 so quickly after Budapest!”
“We’ll be managing our expectations going into this weekend” – Lance Stroll
Workforce-mate Lance Stroll doesn’t consider Spa-Francorchamps will go well with the AMR23, with its efficiency on the lengthy straights and thru high-speed corners tending to to not be amongst their strongest traits.
Stroll, who scored a degree for tenth place final weekend in Hungary, says they are going to be managing their expectations heading into the weekend in Belgium, however they are going to be nonetheless seeking to ship the absolute best outcome for Aston Martin.
“Spa-Francorchamps is a really totally different circuit to the Hungaroring, with numerous lengthy straights and high-speed corners,” stated Stroll.
“We’re studying that these traits aren’t significantly suited to the AMR23, which favours the decrease and medium-speed corners, so I feel we’ll be managing our expectations going into this weekend.
“That being stated, the objective nonetheless stays the identical: to ship the absolute best outcome for the workforce.”
