Aston Martin has taken “just the first step” on the road to ultimate victory in Formula 1, team owner Lawrence Stroll said on Sunday. “Having the second best car in the first race is just surreal,” said Fernando Alonso after finishing third behind the two Red Bulls in Bahrain. After the race, team owner and Canadian fashion billionaire Lawrence Stroll spoke to the international media and declared that it is “just the beginning” of Aston Martin’s ambitions. “I don’t think so,” double world champion Alonso, 41, said. “It doesn’t matter if it was the previous (rules) generation or this one,” he said.

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