Alonso praises progressAlpine : “We are surpassing ourselves compared to what we thought”

In the battle behind the almost untouchable trio Red Bull-Ferrari-Mercedes, Alpine appears to be the “best of the rest”. Despite a difficult start, notably with reliability concerns during the first rounds, the A fléché was able to get out of this bad situation with the regular introduction of new parts.

Thanks to this periodic production of improvements, Alpine managed to gain the upper hand over McLaren in the fight for 4^e place among the Manufacturers. Thus, at present the Blues have taken an 18-point lead over the Oranges and are in a very good position to maintain it at the end of the year.

« Very impressed, replied Fernando Alonso when asked about the performance ofAlpine this year. I think we were somewhat concerned after the winter testing and even Bahrain (first Grand Prix of the year). We had ups and downs in terms of performance. But I think from Jeddah and Australia the team has improved a lot and the engine is also much better than last year.

We have had some reliability issues but we have more power this year so we accept the situation. We are fighting against McLaren in the Constructors' Championship and, maybe it was a dream at the start of the year, but I think we are outperforming ourselves compared to what we thought. » A dream that Fernando Alonso hopes to last until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 20 before joining the ship Aston Martin.

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