Alonso believes he has a chance to fight for a podium finish in the BahrainGP, although he admits it feels 'too good to be true.' F1
When Motorsport.com asked him if Aston Martin's strong tyre management and race pace means Alonso could take aim at the Ferraris and go for a podium, the Spaniard said it was possible, even if it"felt too good to be true" to even be thinking about it.
"Let's see, yes. I'm laughing because going for a podium in race one... it feels too good to be true," Alonso grinned. "But for sure, what we saw so far on our car, and also historically Aston Martin has a very good tyre management. So yeah, if we have an opportunity for sure, we will take it." Amid the hype around the AMR23's performance, this weekend's free practice sessions continued providing evidence that the team built an impressive car but Alonso admitted that fighting with Ferrari and Mercedes"seems a little bit unreal".Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team"It was amazing. The whole weekend has been unreal for us. It was like too good to be true every session and every performance of the car.
"And then in qualifying, our expectation was to be around half a second was from Red Bull, so it was quite right."
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