“No point in racing” if Alpine doesn’t believe it can replicate Aston F1

Aston Martin has been the surprise package of 2023’s opening trio of races, with Fernando Alonso taking three consecutive podiums in a much improved car after the team struggled in 2022.

While the Silverstone squad’s progress has been a blow to every other team that has been thumped down the pecking order, it has also shown them that it’s still possible to make a giant leap from one season to the next within the confines of the budget cap.

“We have to think it is…