F1 | Aston Martin, Alonso hopes for a reversal compared to 2023: "We must do like McLaren"

From third place last year to ninth this year. It was a completely different start to the season that he saw as protagonist Fernando Alonso driving the AMR24. The debut of 2023 in Aston Martin saw the Spaniard among the absolute protagonists on the track, who achieved an excellent podium in his first race in "green" behind the Red Bull duo.

Today, however, Lawrence Stroll's team seems to have lost the luster of its best times, but the two-time world champion does not give up and is confident in the reaction of the Silverstone team to move up the rankings.

In fact, Alonso, discussing the performance that emerged in Bahrain, hopes that Aston Martin can make the same improvements as McLaren that led Woking to be constantly behind Red Bull in the second part of last season.

“We have completely changed the philosophy of our approach to the championship, with a good starting point but then a very continuous improvement during the season – reported Alonso, quoted by the SkySports.com website – Last year we put everything at the beginning and then we weren't able to react to the fast pace of the top teams."

The Spaniard, continuing with his analysis, added: “So this year we have more hopes in the second part of the championship, let's say. Obviously we need to reconfirm in a few weeks. But I'm confident, I'm happy, I'm where I expected to be. Now it's up to us to take some sort of step forward for McLaren 2023 and become a stronger team in the second half."