The Silverstone-based squad has undergone an enormous transformation since Stroll took over the belongings of the previous Drive India workforce, rebranding it as Racing Level earlier than it grew to become Aston Martin in 2021.
With big funding, which has included a brand new manufacturing facility, the workforce has develop into podium contenders – however nonetheless desires extra because it units sights on preventing for championship glory.
And, as Motorsport.com revealed just lately, Stroll is personally making an attempt to persuade Newey to leap ship from Pink Bull and assist additional bolster Aston Martin’s technical capabilities going ahead.
Alonso just lately dedicated to a brand new multi-year cope with Aston Martin that can run via to its Honda period from 2026.
Whereas Alonso, who joined the workforce final 12 months, was not referencing the Newey rumours particularly, he has made it clear that Aston Martin is a workforce that’s going locations – with a want that no rivals can match.
“There isn’t any different workforce within the paddock with the ambition and the plans for the long run that Aston has,” he mentioned. “However on the similar time, it’s essential to obtain these targets and it’s essential to ship these outcomes.
“This workforce was very new two years in the past. It doubled kind of the quantity of people who labored within the manufacturing facility. They had been in an previous Jordan constructing, now they’re in a brilliant trendy manufacturing facility.
“Final 12 months we had a really quick automotive, and we needed to be taught loads of classes off observe of the right way to develop the automotive to match the highest groups. This 12 months, we’re matching that type of improvement. So, I feel they’re all excellent indicators.
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“However in the end it’s essential to win races and to win championships, and that is the arduous step.”
Whereas outcomes at first of this season are inferior to they had been final 12 months, as a result of rivals like Ferrari and McLaren haven’t dropped the ball like that they had 12 months in the past, Alonso feels in an excellent place on the squad.
“I am very blissful,” he mentioned. “I feel I used to be blissful final 12 months, and I’m nonetheless blissful now. And I really feel good with the workforce. I might like to be in a stronger place.
“Final 12 months, we had been preventing for larger issues firstly of the 12 months, and we had been in kind of this place on the finish of final 12 months; fifth quickest workforce.
“This 12 months, evidently now we have a roadmap for growing the automotive that could be a little bit extra aggressive and extra consistent with a high workforce that wishes to battle for large issues and I am blissful to see that.”
