Fernando Alonso’s return to Formula 1 was mainly propitiated by the new technical regulations, which promised tighter races and more teams with podium options and victories. However, things have remained practically the same.
The entire grid had high hopes for the new regulations and hoped to use it to move up the grid for the Formula 1. Some have succeeded, but the global reading that we can do is that things are more or less as usual.
This is with two dominant teams and the rest aspiring to score. Yes, it is true that Mercedes could join Ferrari and Red Bull in the upcoming races. And also what is now all the teams have options to score, but the differences between the head and the rest remain the same as always.
“There are still abysmal differences between the teams and that was not the objective of the new rules”
“The rules? He probably expected a little more from them, having more balance between the teams, more chances for the different teams to perform well. There are still only two teams that can win races », admits Fernando Alonso in statements to As when he is asked about it.
“But I have to say that those two teams were good enough to achieve those results. There was a shakeup of everything performance-wise and they did a better job than the others, so at least They took advantage of that opportunity and it seems that we did not take full advantage of it “acknowledges Alonso with respect to Alpine.
The head keep crushing the rest
Alpine is more or less in the same position as in recent seasons, in the middle of the grid and one second from the head. Meanwhile, the leading teams continue to show remarkable dominance, especially when they start races out of position and must come from behind.
“The category needs to be more even. We follow each other and it has improved to be able to overtake. But there are still huge differences between the teams and that was not the objective of the new rules. All the teams would have common pieces and there would be more equality and different winners, “recalls the Spanish pilot.
“But if you put a Red Bull or Ferrari last, they remain on the podium as happened last year with Mercedes.. They can overtake anywhere. But since we started in order of qualifying there are few overtaking », he regrets.
«The great challenge of F1 is that, with the reduction of costs, the salary ceiling and the common parts, even so in the race there are two seconds of difference between the first and the 12th. It is the only category with a difference of two seconds»concludes a disappointed Fernando Alonso.
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Photos: Alpine F1 Team