F1 team take step ahead of rivals Ferrari in pre-season

F1 team take step ahead of rivals Ferrari in pre-season

Aston Martin look in good shape heading into the new Formula 1 season as they aim to get an early jump on major rivals including Ferrari.

The team who at times were chief challengers to Red Bull in the early parts of last season have confirmed the launch date for their new AMR24 car on February 12, 2024, which is once again set to be driven by Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.

Confirmation of the launch appeared on the team’s X account, which with an extreme close-up picture of what appears to be Alonso’s face is captioned with the words ‘hyper-focus’ and the launch date.

Aston Martin were the early stars of last season, exceeding all expectations by reeling out successive podiums to begin the campaign all taken by Alonso.

The team though failed to sustain their development compared to their rivals for the rest of the campaign though and slipped back to eventually finish fifth in the constructors’ championship, with Alonso collecting eight podiums including three second place finishes in Monaco, Canada and Holland.

Fernando Alonso stands alongside Aston Martin team boss Mike KrackThe team are looking to build on a strong campaign from the 2023 seasonFernando Alonso collected eight podiums as he shakes hands with Lewis Hamilton

Aston Martin set early plans

Aston Martin are the fourth team to confirm their launch plans ahead of the new campaign, with Ferrari the first by announcing a February 13 date.

Williams and the team formerly known as Alfa Romeo, Stake F1, have both confirmed launch dates much earlier in the month for February 5.

Team boss Mike Krack has reiterated his desire for the team to be at 100 per cent for the whole of next year as they look to now challenge Red Bull.

“It is safety, reliability and then operations first,” he said.

“With the operational side, if we do not manage to be at 100 per cent, which we must in each session and each event over the whole year, if we do not manage that, we cannot extract the maximum performance, be it the driver, car, set-up or engineer.

“We must guarantee that we have this box ticked and we have failed to do so a couple of occasions this year, but we know we need to have it right.”

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Not again 😭 in golf community as famous golf players were caught and being sentence to….   recent years, the global pandemic has changed a lot of things, and has me reflecting,” she said.  “It is time to slow down a little, focus more on my personal growth, and spend some time with my family.”  Feng told AFP in Tokyo it had been an honour to represent her country, for potentially the last time.  “We’re representing our own countries and we’re not playing for prize money, we’re playing for honour,” she said at Kasumigaseki Country Club, where she could not repeat her medal heroics of five years earlier, finishing eighth.  “Out of all my achievements, I would say a medal at the Olympics is very special,” said Feng, whose only major win came at the 2012 US PGA Championship.  “Even though I’ve been a major winner, think about it, we have five majors every year, in four years we have 20 chances to win a major.  ‘  “So I would say it’s harder, much harder, to get a medal at the Olympics. It was the most memorable moment of my career.”  Brought up in China’s southern Guangdong province, neighbouring Hong Kong, an 18-year-old Feng became the first Chinese player to earn an LPGA tour card in 2007.  The easy-going Feng went on to be the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a major and lifted 10 LPGA titles during her 14 active years on the tour.  In 2017, Feng became the only Chinese golfer to date to reach the world No 1 ranking.  During a supremely consistent career, Feng registered 18 top-10 finishes in majors, two of them in 2021 even as she was winding down her playing commitments.

Not again 😭 in golf community as famous golf players were caught and being sentence to…. recent years, the global pandemic has changed a lot of things, and has me reflecting,” she said. “It is time to slow down a little, focus more on my personal growth, and spend some time with my family.” Feng told AFP in Tokyo it had been an honour to represent her country, for potentially the last time. “We’re representing our own countries and we’re not playing for prize money, we’re playing for honour,” she said at Kasumigaseki Country Club, where she could not repeat her medal heroics of five years earlier, finishing eighth. “Out of all my achievements, I would say a medal at the Olympics is very special,” said Feng, whose only major win came at the 2012 US PGA Championship. “Even though I’ve been a major winner, think about it, we have five majors every year, in four years we have 20 chances to win a major. ‘ “So I would say it’s harder, much harder, to get a medal at the Olympics. It was the most memorable moment of my career.” Brought up in China’s southern Guangdong province, neighbouring Hong Kong, an 18-year-old Feng became the first Chinese player to earn an LPGA tour card in 2007. The easy-going Feng went on to be the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a major and lifted 10 LPGA titles during her 14 active years on the tour. In 2017, Feng became the only Chinese golfer to date to reach the world No 1 ranking. During a supremely consistent career, Feng registered 18 top-10 finishes in majors, two of them in 2021 even as she was winding down her playing commitments.

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