TyreSlip wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 4:32 pm
jofs89 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:37 am
collindsilva wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:38 am
Seeing the positivity and determination from Alonso, i hope AMR team will provide a competitive car for next year. If they can provide a car at least 80% on par with top teams, rest assured he can do the magic...
I have sympathy with the sentiment but I think all teams are are 80% on par with the top teams. In fact, far closer than that. As much as I love Alonso, at 43 I'm not as delusional as to think he wouldn't need the outright fastest car or at least on par with the fastest car to beat the likes of Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris etc. over a season. 10 years ago maybe that wouldn't be the case, but now I think it is.
You have a short memory. The Ferrari and McLaren was clearly faster than the Aston Martin for most of the season last year, and Alonso still "beat" the likes of LeClerc, Norris, etc.
That's hard to say really, it was a season of two halves where Aston had an advantage early on where they we clearly the second fastest team. When they moved backwards around halfway thorugh the season, the top places were very much up for grabs for Mclaren, Mercedes and Ferrari. So the points were divided amongs more drivers.
I'm not denying that Alonso is still a top driver, but I think the days of "give him a car within a few tenths of the best car and he will win the championship" are a thing of the past. Do you honestly believe he beats Vestappen in an inferior car? Sorry but I do think that is a touch delusional. Alonso is my favourite driver and the guy I'm rooting for every race but I'm also a realist.