With 170 points out of only 47 Lance’s Walk Despite the good performance demonstrated by Aston Martin this course, Fernando Alonso He is the undisputed leader of the Silverstone team.
The double champion of Formula 1 He is third in the Drivers’ Championship, while the Canadian is ninth after all Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren.
Alonso is carrying the entire weight of the team so far, although that doesn’t mean that Aston Martin lower your expectations for this season.
Tom McCulloughperformance director, has set himself an ambitious target for the remaining eight races.
“The objective is return to second place in the Manufacturers’ Championship. It’s a courageous goal, in the face of fierce competition. Mercedes had some strong events,” he noted.
For this, the improvements they make during the next events will be essential: “We hope to be more competitive by returning to certain tracks with higher support in the future“.
“The margins are good at this stage of the season and now it’s about see who is able to bring some additional developments to the track and who can run the best weekends, from an operational point of view but also from a driver point of view,” added McCullough.
If Lance Stroll does not improve his performance in the final third of the season, Alonso will be responsible for executing Aston Martin’s goal. Of course, with Hamilton and Russell at Mercedes and Leclerc and Sainz at Ferrari, it looks complicated.
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