Aston Martin: ‘Lucky for us’ Alpine cared about Alonso’s age.
Aston Martin Team Principal Mike Krack says the side remains grateful that Alpine failed to tie down Fernando Alonso last year due to concerns regarding his age.
09:37 Mon, 11 Sep 2023.
by Taylor Powling
Motorsport Week

Rumours emerged that Alpine was intent on only offering a one-year deal with an option included amid concerns about Alonso’s age rather than the guaranteed multi-year agreement the driver was searching for.

Krack alleviates no doubt about Alonso, 42, remaining at the top level, asserting that the thinking behind athletes dropping away with age is now an outdated belief.

“I think, with the right discipline and the right motivation, he will perform without problems. You look at Valentino Rossi, for example, or you look at tennis players, [like Roger] Federer, he had a very long career,” Krack told the Spanish side of Motorsport.com.

‘EL PLAN: Lucky for us’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/...t-alonsos-age/


Mike Krack takes a dig at Alpine: Fernando Alonso’s age is just a number.
The 42-year-old Spanish F1 driver has left Aston Martin more than impressed in 2023.
September 12, 2023
By Brandon Sutton
Total Motorsport

Aston Martin pounced to sign the Spaniard after Alpine dithered in offering a contract extension to Alonso given their concerns over his age, which then prompted a swap of Enstone for Silverstone. “It’s not a decision I make alone,” Krack said to Motorsport.com, regarding the drivers hired. “We have Lawrence [Stroll], we have Martin [Whitmarsh] and we discuss those things.”

“I can only say, that at the level he is working, age is just a number, with the right discipline and motivation, he will perform without a problem. You see Valentino Rossi, for example, or you see tennis players like [Roger] Federer, they had a very long career. Maybe we have to change our mentality a little bit.”

‘EL PLAN: Aston Martin pounced to sign the Spaniard after Alpine dithered’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/f1-...do-alonso-age/


Fernando Alonso: Aston Martin ‘don’t make big mistakes, like some of our competitors’
12 Sep 2023 9:00 AM
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com

Despite losing third place to Ferrari at Monza, Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin can take encouragement from a season in which they’re “not making big mistakes like some of our competitors”.

Quick out of the blocks at the start of the campaign, Aston Martin struggled to maintain their position as the second quickest team on the grid and, as of Monza, have fallen to fourth in the Constructors’ Championship. It’s been a notable decline with just two podiums in the last seven races compared to Alonso’s five in the first seven grands prix. He is, however, still sitting P3 in the Drivers’ Championship.

“I think we are doing the job of executing the maximum from the car,” he told the media including PlanetF1.com. “Sometimes unfortunately it’s ninth, sometimes it’s second. We are not doing mistakes. We are doing good strategy, good pit stops, not making big mistakes like some of our competitors, [like] they made at the beginning of the year.”

‘EL PLAN: Executing the maximum from the car’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/fernan...-big-mistakes/


Alonso looking to be 'candidate' for VICTORY in Singapore
Monday 11 September 2023 06:57
Sam Cook
GPFans

Fernando Alonso has said that he hopes to be a 'candidate' for the race win at the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix.. “Singapore will be better than Monza, that's for sure," he told Mundo Deportivo.

"But to win a race we already know how hard it is. With Red Bull performing at an incredible level every Sunday. We will see if we are one of the candidates for Singapore."

“EL PLAN: Singapore will be better than Monza”;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...re-grand-prix/


Alonso promised more aero efficient 2024 Aston Martin F1 car
12th Sept. 2023. 13:43
By: Adam Cooper
Motorsport.com

Alonso has urged the team to address efficiency, and McCullough agrees that it is a priority. "Fernando touched on the efficiency of the car," said McCullough when asked about the issue by Motorsport.com.

"It is an area where at the start of the year we were definitely one of the slower cars in the straight line. We worked on that with the base car, and also the rear wing levels that we brought [to Monza]. It's an area of improvement, and it is an area we need to improve more for next year, that's clear."

"The main architecture of the car, the whole car more than just the rear wings, the areas that we've worked on, there are a lot of elements that contribute to the efficiency of the car," he said.

‘EL PLAN: Address efficiency’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/a...-car/10519245/


Alonso wants 'new ideas' from Aston after 'anonymous' Italian GP
05/09/2023 at 09:06
Phillip van Osten
F1i.com

Fernando Alonso suggested that F1 fans would have been excused if they were left with the impression that he had sat out last weekend's Italian Grand Prix, for it was an "anonymous race that no one will remember" as far as the Aston Martin driver was concerned.

"I think the car and the efficiency of the car is maybe not as it should be for this kind of track," Alonso acknowledged. "It seems to have been our weakness and we know that. Now we need to get better and bring some new ideas. I think we are executing the maximum from the car. Sometimes unfortunately it’s ninth like today, sometimes its second like last week.”

"But we are not doing any mistakes, with the strategy or the pitstops – not making any big mistakes our competitors made at the beginning of the year so we have a good gap in terms of points. It’s getting closer, even Ferrari I think is ahead of us now with this result, so let’s bounce back in Singapore."

‘EL PLAN: Bounce back’;

https://f1i.com/news/486138-alonso-w...talian-gp.html