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F1 fans have commended Mercedes technical director James Allison for praising Fernando Alonso while assessing the performance of the W15 ahead of the first race of the season in Bahrain.
The Aston Martin driver had an understated pre-season testing as he showed consistent pace throughout his one-and-half days of testing. His race run on the final day did make some headways and compelled the rivals to take the Silverstone-based team seriously ahead of the 2024 season.
As per Formu1a.uno, Mercedes technical director gave a tentative pecking order heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix and praised Fernando Alonso. He said:
“Red Bull are in front.
If you look at their race run, it’s quite fierce. Behind, there are several strong teams in the chasing back – Ferrari seems OK, we [Mercedes] seem OK. Alonso just did a pretty fair run today. That would be my guess of the three chasers.
“In precisely what order, I’m not sure.
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I think we looked slightly better on the long runs but a little behind Ferrari on the single-lap stuff. I think a lot will depend on who has a good week between now and then.”
F1 fans took to social media to give their reactions to Allison’s comments about Alonso on X, with one fan claiming that the Mercedes man knows about the two-time world champion’s abilities in the car, saying:
