IThe arrival of Fernando Alonso meant a before and after for Aston Martin. That’s how he sees it Lawrence Promenade, owner of the team. The Canadian businessman assures that the Asturian has radically changed the way the team works, since he has managed to transmit to each worker his winning mentality.

It was precisely the Asturian’s winning character that was the key factor for Aston Martin to sign him in August 2022. “When I spoke to him, he said: ‘Look, I can bring something to this team in my later years.. I will be driving and hope to have some sort of role within Aston Martin for many years to come when I stop driving. When he said that, it didn’t take much to convince me,” Lawrence Stroll said in statements collected by The New York Times.

This motivation was essential for the Asturian pilot to remain, at 42, at his best level: “The conditioning in which he has maintained himself physically and mentally and their motivation levels are higher than ever. He is absolutely determined to win. The guy is just a big motivational ball. He picks everybody up saying ‘Come on, let’s win‘”.

The Aston Martin owner confirms Alonso wasn’t sure the car would be competitive, as the Oviedo native recently explained: “When we signed this deal last year in early August, Fernando didn’t know the car was going to be as fast as her”.

However, Lawrence Stroll’s determination to build a winning team prompted him to switch from Alpine Blue to Aston Martin Green. “But he knew all the passion I put into it, the great people I hired, the great facilities I built and wanted to be part of it. He believed in it,” Stroll said.

The Canadian businessman confirmed that the new factory of the Silverstone team will be released in the coming monthsAnd the wind tunnel, in 2024, which will allow the team to take another step on the road to success. Without a doubt, Aston Martin has a good basis to become a winning team.