The Aston Martin F1 brake revamp that helped Alonso’s Bahrain charge

Matters were not made easy for him as a shorter DRS zone, and Aston Martin’s relative lack of straightline speed, meant there was no chance of easily passing on the straight.

Instead, Alonso pulled off some great overtaking moves, which included a brilliant dive down the inside of Lewis Hamilton at the tricky Turn 10.

These passes were possible because Alonso knows that one of the strengths of his AMR23 car is under braking.

This had become crystal clear when…