Fernando Alonso has confirmed that Aston Martin completed its programme in Barcelona, despite missing the opening three and a half days of the test.<\/p>\n
The Silverstone-based outfit was not present in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya paddock at the start of the test and only arrived ready to hit the track on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Alonso completed 61 laps compared to Lance Stroll\u2019s four, marking the lowest total of any team present at the test.<\/p>\n
However, unlike Williams, Aston Martin did at least gather some data, with its planned programme for the final day and a half being completed.<\/p>\n
Alonso\u2019s sole running in the AMR26 came on the final day of the test, marking a \u201cspecial moment\u201d for the two-time world champion as it represented another new regulatory cycle he has entered.<\/p>\n
Despite the significance of driving the new car, Alonso is aware that much work is required before not only the next test, but also the first race in Australia.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s always a special moment driving a new car for the first time, especially at the start of a new regulation cycle,” said Alonso.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Over the years I\u2019ve experienced many changes in Formula One, and you quickly get a sense of the direction the car is taking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We completed a solid programme with strong mileage, which is the main priority at this stage. It\u2019s still very early days and we have a lot of work still to do before we head to Melbourne in March.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso has confirmed that Aston Martin completed its programme in Barcelona, despite missing the opening three and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-444979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-calendar","13":"tag-f1-live","14":"tag-f1-results","15":"tag-f1-standings","16":"tag-ferrari","17":"tag-formula-1","18":"tag-formula1","19":"tag-lewis-hamilton","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-racing","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}