“I’m looking forward to Monday making the seatstart a new project that is always exciting”: that’s how excited he was Fernando Alonso at the end of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix –despite his umpteenth abandonment with Alpine– when asked about his immediate future with Aston Martin.
“It will be important, but not so much in terms of performance, as the car will be very different for everyone next year. In terms of comfort, seat, steering wheel, buttons and things that I would like to change, It’s great to have a day like this with the car, so I’m really looking forward to it,” added the Spaniard.
And it is that from this same Monday the two-time world champion of Formula 1 He will get down to work to meddle as soon as possible in the ecosystem of those from Silverstone.
This Tuesday, on the track of Yas Marinaa test will be carried out with this year’s car and the 2023 tires developed by Pirelli.
It will be then when we will see Alonso dressed in green for the first time and at the controls of the AMR22 for four hours, starting at 6:00 a.m. in Spain.
Tom McCullough technical director of Aston Martin, was also impatient to start working with Fernando: “The seat is made on Monday. We already have information and we will finalize it this Monday. The teams can transfer this type of information, such as the type of seat that he has, is allowed in the regulations. He has a different size from Lance, but It’s similar to Sebastian’s so it won’t be difficult.”
“We work this Monday for all the final details of the preparation (they make the seat). He will come to the factory after driving the car and spend a few days with us. To drive in the simulator and to meet people. But also to sit down and see what he has learned and the areas where we need to change based on his feedback from driving on Monday. I’m looking forward to that moment,” he added.
“During the winter, we will have to build the relationship so that when we go to the tests let’s speak the same language“, has added.
Before the 2023 F1 pre-season tests (from February 23 to 25), Alonso could return to the track on a ‘filming day’, but to date it is not known when that will be.