Fernando Alonso has the “pace, starvation, motivation and expertise” to assist Aston Martin take the subsequent step however issues may get troublesome if they don’t ship a quick sufficient automotive for the previous world champion, crew boss Mike Krack mentioned on Tuesday.

Alonso will make the transfer from Renault-owned Alpine to Aston Martin in 2023 as a substitute for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, who’s retiring on the finish of this season.

“Will probably be difficult for us,” Krack mentioned in an interview with the BBC. “Usually, drivers with this expertise, they don’t have this want to win… particularly if they’ve received already.

“Fernando has this distinctive mixture of pace, starvation, motivation and expertise. For us, it makes the proper candidate. The draw back might be that if the automotive we ship is simply not ok, then we all know it will get troublesome.

“We predict having somebody like Fernando is actually, actually necessary to make the subsequent step as a crew.”

Aston Martin have had 11 top-10 finishes this season, with Vettel’s sixth place on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix their finest consequence. They’re ninth within the 10-team constructors’ standings with six races left on the calendar.

“It is advisable study to handle champions, which we already did with Sebastian,” Krack added. “As a result of these drivers are very demanding, they’re fairly troublesome to handle.

“I’d not even say Sebastian is that troublesome to handle if you’re clear, trustworthy and straight. And I believe the identical goes for Fernando.

“He is aware of very properly when he comes right here that we’ll most likely not win the primary race collectively. However he may be assured we give it all the pieces and we are going to hearken to what he has to say.”