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After Lance Stroll felt unwell on the third and last day of pre-season testing, Fernando Alonso jumped again into Aston Martin’s AMR25 to convey the Silverstone-based outfit’s take a look at outing to an finish.
After sitting out the morning session on account of not feeling “100%”, Lance Stroll had initially returned to motion for the afternoon however, after finishing 34 laps, handed over to Fernando Alonso on account of nonetheless feeling unwell.
This led to the group rapidly working to arrange the automobile for Alonso, one thing that they have been in a position to do in sufficient time to get the Spaniard out on monitor for the ultimate hour underneath the floodlights on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
Commenting on the three-day testing in Bahrain, Alonso stated that AMR25 was a step ahead in comparison with its predecessor, however he’s but to analyse the efficiency of rival groups.
“I’ve had a brief pre-season testing as we encountered just a few small points and the climate impacted our working a little bit over the three days, however it was the identical for everybody.
“I have not adopted the outcomes of testing as a result of we’ve simply been focussing on our programme in the course of the take a look at. We do have some positives with the brand new automobile in comparison with 2024, however there are nonetheless some issues that we have to work on and enhance as we put together for Australia.
“We experimented a little bit with some mechanical adjustments in the course of the take a look at however the monitor situations weren’t at their greatest. It is solely testing and we can’t know the way everybody seems to be till Qualifying in Melbourne.”
After his troublesome last day in Bahrain, Stroll has revealed that Aston Martin might want to iron out a number of points with the brand new automobile.
“Getting again to work at testing and feeling the brand new automobile is at all times an thrilling time of the 12 months. Numerous effort has gone into the AMR25 over the winter to try to enhance numerous automobile traits, so it was good to get my first feeling for these adjustments this week.
“You at all times be taught a lot from these first moments within the automobile and there are some issues that really feel higher, however it’s nonetheless very early days and troublesome to say an excessive amount of till we get to Melbourne.
“The ultimate day of working was a bit disrupted as a result of I used to be feeling unwell. I managed to do 34 laps this afternoon however Fernando took over to complete the session.”
