After a difficult home race, Fernando Alonso calls on Aston Martin to “work harder” and “talk less” and forecasts more suffering in Austria and Britain.
Although the Silverstone-based team’s start to the season wasn’t quite as good as it was the previous year, it was still passable. However, save from Canada, where it benefited from Ferrari’s misfortune, the points have been few since China.
For the team and its local driver, Barcelona was a mostly anonymous weekend despite its ongoing upgrading program.
When questioned about the weekend, the two-time world champion said, “I am a little bit disappointed because we didn’t score any point.” “We didn’t have the pace the entire weekend, therefore we didn’t deserve to score any points.
“It was really hard in the race,” he went on. “You also damage the tires when you slide around in the corners a lot. Thus, you are facing two issues. Both the pace and the amount of degradation are lacking from you.
Overall, we have had a really lengthy race. We must improve for our own sake.”
The Spaniard has a history of publicly criticizing his teammates throughout his career when he believed they were underperforming; nevertheless, Aston Martin maintains that its modifications are making a difference, which Alonso finds hard to accept.
“You start thinking about what you can do differently in Austria the moment you see the chequered flag, even if it’s irritating since there’s nothing you can do right now.
“But because it has some Barcelona features, like the long corners, I think it’s going to hurt too. Another challenging weekend is ahead of us, perhaps in Silverstone as well.
“We can’t become very irritated. It’s time to put in more effort, say less, and accomplish more. We wish to carry it out.”
Alonso is adamant that the changes aren’t having the desired impact, despite what the team claims.
“I’m excited, but even though we made a lot of improvements to the car, the desired outcomes were not achieved. Thus, it also comes down to what we bring to the track; if it meets our expectations, we start to improve.
“So as I said, we need to work hard, get better every race, but without too much talking or promising.”
“I’m a driver, not a technician,” he retorted when asked where the upgrades were failing.
And we’re not sure what else would be an obvious plea to Adrian Newey to “come save us” if that.
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