He didn’t get in the car all morning. He didn’t put on the suit. Not the helmet. Neither do the gloves. But Fernando Alonso he seemed to compete like no other in the practice session in which Felipe Drugovich rode in the Aston Martin AMR23. Because the double champion has not taken his eyes off Bahrain.

Zero rest. Practically, a full-fledged 24/7 that Alonso does in Sakhir. Because after all is done the second day in the car, and leaving the track quite late, the third and fundamental day, he took his eyes off nothing.

Every detail was there, Fernando knew it. If Drugovich, his pre-season teammate, got in the car, he was going to talk to all the engineers and mechanics in the garage. Aston Martin. What if he stopped in the pits then…

For the wheels. let’s see tire degradation. Let’s see how the tires behave over the laps at Sakhir. More involvement, impossible.

Permanent contact with Stroll

Well, or not, because according to Antonio Lobato and Pedro de la Rosa, as they revealed on the ‘DAZN’ show, the two-time world champion is in constant contact with Lance Stroll to tell him every detail of the job at Sakhir.

And to have it too information on how the car compares to last year. The Canadian knows it, and the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

Because Alonso does not rest. Because he is passionate about racing and is looking forward to this new project at Aston Martin. They said he had, and still has, in his eyes the eyes of someone who is about to make his debut…and the truth is, they weren’t wrong.

Alonso and Aston Martin, common goal

At 41, and about to face his 20th season in F1, Fernando brings everything and more to Aston Martin. To a team that, like him, wants to win. Who wants to be world champion.