F1: Aston Martin, De la Rosa impressed by Alonso

The words of Pedro De la Rosa

Aston Martin ambassador Pedro De la Rosa commented to the ‘F1 Nation’ podcast on the pre-season tests, held in Bahrain where the British team proved to be very competitive: “It was an interesting test. As a team we learned a lot. Pre-season days are always the same. You do all kinds of tests: short and long and try all kinds of compounds. You don’t know anything about the opponents. The only certainty you can have is the comparison with last year.”

In particular, the ambassador of the British team was impressed by one aspect: “In the last stint, the race simulation that Fernando did at night, which is practically the time of the race, was incredible. His degradation was minimal. He was not the fastest, but he was probably one of the ones who managed to degrade the least. It was really impressive.”

“We have to aim high. We can’t keep playing the card that every team will beat us. We are ambitious, we want to feel that the work done by everyone in the factory is important. Third team, fourth team, maybe? We’ll see,” De la Rosa concluded.