MIAMI, Florida – The 2023 Formula 1 season began with a surprise team fighting at the front of the grid.
Aston Martin.
With veteran driver Fernando Alonso joining the team to drive alongside Lance Stroll, the team roared out of the gates. Both drivers finished in the points in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix – Stroll doing so while recovering from a painful wrist injury – and with Alonso scoring a podium finish in six of the first eight races, it seemed that Aston Martin might be the biggest story of the season.
However, the team faded down the stretch, settling for a fifth-place finish in the Constructors’ Championship.
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