It took little time for Aston Martin to become the Isle of Fernando, after replacing one world champion [Sebastian Vettel] with another last season. When Alonso made his F1 comeback with Alpine in 2021, moments of brilliance had been too often restricted by the French team’s inertia and unreliability. There might have even been doubts that Alonso no longer had “it”, but those murmurs of dissent were quelled once he stepped into Aston’s AMR23.
The Silverstone squad, in its third year under the guise of