Aston Martin seems confident and Fernando Alonso is a wizard, so I wouldn't be surprised if he drags his car to a podium or two this year, but anything more seems unrealistic to me.
@@rockyerzandikazen2734 That was after a major regulation change though and it was because of Brawn finding a massive loophole in the rules. This year's rules are stable and more prescriptive.
Having been a Fernando fan through his most painful years, I’m ready to see him in top machinery again. (Edit: to clarify, I'm still ready to be hurt again...)
Sorry to pop your bubble mate but its never gonna happen. The team are gonna screw him on strategy just to make the boss's son look good. Look what they did to Seb last year and I imagine Seb knew he was gonna shafted this year as well so he decided to retire despite knowing Am's got a good car this year.
Aston Martin, given their development potential is a scary prospect for any team. Alonso had already mentioned they want to build a good baseline for future generation AMR cars. 2025/26 will be enormous for Aston Martin with new wind tunnel coming online next year.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Fernando finally get a chance to driving a decent car, enough of bad lucks already, let’s give this living legend a chance to shine in his last chapter of his great but painful career.
In actuality I don't think Alpine and AM are that different of a teams in terms of what they are theoretically capable of. However it shouldn't be surprise by now that having Alonso on your team helps greatly with the car development and it's potential. ;)
@@SmOgER10 alpine has pretty much 0 potential to challenge anything above midfield. renault for that matter has a dysfunctional background with the firing of members like prost and with gasly and ocon together, i hope otmar has his blood pressure medicine nearby
Maybe they will try to get him back in the car a little too early and he will hurt his hand all over again while driving and will have to sit out a month or two.
Hearing that AM name up there with Mercedes is wild to me, especially after last year's start. I'm definitely rooting for Fernando this year, so I hope this wasn't a fluke! We'll see.
well its just testing. When we look at pre season testing last year we saw a very struggling mercedes team but during the season they were easy the third fastest car.. So testing is testing
For years it was cornering and aero. Last four years they added speed. Mercedes has no answer now crazy the gap in dominance since the v8 blown diffuser era
Newey already working less for RB. Like 2 days for RB and 4 days for Aston Martin. RB19 has huge influence from recruited Merc engineers from last years.
@@arapaimagold8088 Newey doesn't work for Aston Martin in any capacity, Dan Fallows (previous red bull aerodynamicist since 2009) is working for them now
A good video about the test results without any sandbagging BS or other nonsense conjecture. Thanks guys for the great content and keep the good work up!
Great video and explanations. Of course it's just a prediction based on a test but you can still understand some things. Testing is about learning your package and optimise it. so even for some teams that are looking not as sharp they can definitely turn it around.
They ran all sorts of Aramco ads during videos last year, and they have a successful motorsports news website and the ad revenue that brings in as well
You shouldn't be guided by Alpha Tauri's long runs, especially Tsunoda because he is the reference point here. He was the first driver to simulate the race (Friday morning when it was warmest) and he was driving with aero-rakes almost all the time the day before and maybe 5-7 laps without them. He also rode with aero-rakes before the race simulation and then went straight into it. So he was really getting to know the real power of the car and adapting driving style, and in the worst conditions. This in no way gives a true picture of the pace. His quali simulation looked very promissing.
my every waking moment i think about this weeks GP. Forgot how much i love this sport during winter break. The month gap between AU and baku doesnt make sense though.
@THE RACE, Could you please share the name and/or link of the background music track? PS: It would be great if you could do that in every video in the description.
As Mike Krack said they had good testing last year as well but when the actual race started they fell behind quickly. So i am just cautiously optimistic about their improvement.
I am ready to see Aston Martin be in the same powerful level they were the last year they were called Racing Point. Checo and Lance were getting the results that year
You know what I think is the issue of Mclaren & Williams is the work culture and the lack of investment. They have a culture that lacks to look to the future. Mclaren used to have one of the best simulator and wind tunnels but now is falling so far short of the top teams & the team seems to being looking at the past instead of looking into the future. I can see the potential in Mclaren but the team doesn’t seem to be lead correctly and the culture within the team seems very different from the top 3. Reminds me of BAR Honda in the early years
What Haas really needs is a car that doesn't bag all it's points in two or three early races, then pokes along two laps down over the whole second half of the season. Having two competent drivers ought to help a lot. In theory. Keep the car on the track and in P14 or higher, so you're ready when any of the really quick constructor teams have bad fortune.
I flipped 3 & 4. I think, for a change, Mercedes will surprise some with quali pace. And even with today's cars, getting ahead at the start generally is a huge advantage.
Williams looked better than being last, there are lots of incognitos, Alpha Tauri, Alpine, Alfa Romeo and McLaren. If McLaren doen´t get their sh*t together, they may end up last, but probably the talent of Norris and Piastri prevent this from happening.
Mercedes will slip below AM? As much as I would love to see that, I feel for that to happen, not only AM will have to make strides it can't imagine, Merc will have a considerable loss. As far as I think, Merc of this year can't be worse than last year which means they are still 3rd
Yeah, people are crazy if they think Mercedes is going to be behind Aston. The Mercedes got tons of podiums last season with a car that literally bounced 90% of the season, Lewis couldn't even see where to brake, so uhh, if they aren't bouncing, I imagine they're going to be better.
On Teds development corner (with the Merc tech director) it did seem that Mercedes were running way more wing to reduce top speed and sandbagging a heck of a lot, I’m not writing them off yet
Mid season 2023, predictions on point - Redbull, Aston Martin....to an extent Alpine and Haas....4/10, but could have been 6/10 if not for the significant in season jump in McLaren and Williams performance 👏
It would be really fun if Fernando did have the third fastest car and brought it to a title decider against a Red Bull again (and hopefully win this time).
At the start it will be rough but after Baku he will defo start fighting for Q3 again. It‘s crazy to me how people say McLaren will be behind Alfa f.e. or that Lando will finish outside the top 10 in the drivers championship. There‘s no way
Two things about the test stick out above the rest IMHO, first Aston is giving me Sauber 1993 vibes were they ran their car on low fuel/high engine settings the whole test to convince Mercedes into making the team a factory effort, it didn't work. And second, Alpine looked to be so confident in their car they didn't even bother with low fuel runs. In fact on the 1st day they ran settings that wouldn't even be used on tracks like Bahrain. In both cases it's going to take a couple of races to see were both REALLY are.
@The Race I heard of a patent that RedBull payed to Brembo to have around 50-60 degrees cooler brakes, might this be important with the new compunds of Pirelli, not heating the tyres could have sense but I do wonder if that tech is provided to all manufacturers or not?!? Could you dig a bit more on this?
Twelve months ago, AMR was fighting Williams for last place in Bahrain. Today, if data holds up, they are fighting for 3rd place, this has to be the biggest leap I've seen in F1.
Maybe it's me being naive but bar a couple of teams I feel like this year we really aren't sure what the pecking order will be. Merc seem downbeat but are they hiding something? Aston look incredibly strong but will that translate into the races? Will Williams finally pull into the midfield and Mclaren?! I mean what is going on with them. Looking forward to the season.
I think Merc is def holding something back. They have NEVER been the team to come in and try to impress anyone with their testing. They stick to their testing models and scripts while we all try to argue and dissect what their results really mean (absolutely nothing). To think they secured 3rd in the constructors, won a race, and had numerous podiums in the worst car they have had in over a decade, leads me to believe this years car will be A LOT better than what their testing results are telling us. 2022 Pre-Season testing times had: Alpine, Alfa Romeo, Alpha Tauri, Haas, and Mclaren with consistently better laps.
Based on The Race rankings, the top 3 teams need not be weary of each other but the fact that battering ram operators that are the merc drivers are coming from behind.
I've seen onboard videos of Alpine and it doesn't look good, I would put them along McLaren, even if they were sandbagging. Aston Martin might start the season fighting for podiums but I still have to see them evolve the car through the season like the top 3 do, nevertheless let's hope for a 4 way battle for podiums, that would be epic. What's clear is that RB has lost none of the momentum from last season.
I feel Aston Martin and Red Bull at the top is viable. But would this trigger a set of teams breaching the cost cap in order to get sizable advantage with penalty
I feel like McLaren was easily 10th. Had the most issues, the least amount of run time, and when the car was on track it looked flat out bad. Something to be said about the lack of confidence from drivers, engineers and management
