Formula 1 travels to Europe and Fernando Alonso is enthusiastic about a “very interesting” stage of the season

In a month of competition, Red Bull demonstrated overwhelming mastery in the Formula 1: won all three races, Max Verstappen He has never been off the podium (two victories and a second place) and is championship leader and Sergio Perez, your stash. However, competitions developed far away from Europe (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia), which has prevented teams from making the improvements they are working on in their own workshops. That could change at the next Grand Prix, April 28-30, in Azerbaijan, he anticipated. Fernando Alonso.

“I think we are now entering a part of the season that will be very interesting: which team is developing the fastest car?“asked the Spaniard, placed below Checo Pérez in the Drivers’ Championship after three third places and who proved it Aston Martin is the best team after Red Bull At least at the beginning of the season.

In Australia, with the second place of Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes slipped into the fight between those teamswhich could open the fight to more teams now that F1 starts racing in Europe, which will be extended -with the exception of the dates in Miami (7/5) and Canada (18/6)- Until Septemberwhen the Italian GP takes place in Monza on Sunday 3rd.

“I think the first three races, being away from Europe, it’s difficult to make improvements and things like that. But from now on maybe we will see the level of the teams change a bit.race by race, depending on who brings an improvement that is good enough.”said the two-time Asturian champion on the specialized website motor.

Even for him, Aston Martin could already consider enjoying a successful season with podium finishes in the three competitions contested. “At the moment everything is happy days. We never expected to get on the podium, not even in the whole season, and in three races we have three. So whatever comes now is a plus.”He explained.

“We take every opportunity and we have to learn and grow as a team, maybe even now off the track, because we’re racing against Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, teams that are used to this kind of pace of development and stuff like that.. Perhaps we are in a learning process. So let’s take this 2023 very humbly and see how it goes.”he mused.

While some teams may already be making improvements in Baku, such as McLaren, which has promised a “significant upgrade” to its limited MCL60, many others have already anticipated that the main changes will arrive only on May 19 for the start of GP of Emilia Romagna in Italy.

One of them is Mercedes, according to its team leader, Toto Wolff. On the traditional Imola circuit they could launch the aerodynamic improvements being tested in the wind tunnel and changes in the Suspension to improve mechanical grip.