Opinion - TOM'S decision to bench Giuliano Alesi for the rest of the SFormula season is undoubtedly brutal, but is also the right call for all involved:
TOM’S team director Jun Yamada described Alesi as being “more relaxed” than he had been the previous year, and was expecting an upturn in form. In the opening race of the season at Fuji, Alesi was on course for much-needed points until he made contact with Nirei Fukuzumi’s ThreeBond car in the latter stages, setting the tone for what was to follow.
Post-race, Yamada told Motorsport.com: “Looking at him, it’s not the usual Giuliano. The pressure seems to be having an effect on him mentally. Of course, Ritomo being so fast is also probably having an impact. It’s natural that would put the pressure on. But, as long as you are working with two cars, that’s a problem that is always bound to happen.”
It should be remembered that Sasahara was an important part of Team Mugen’s dominant title success last year, matching Tomoki Nojiri’s tally of two race wins and showing that he could go toe-to-toe with the two-time champion on several occasions. For him to have spent the opening five races of 2023 on the sidelines always felt like a huge waste of potential.
Given how Alesi has performed subsequently, it’s hard to view that race, which featured just a handful of green-flag laps in terrible conditions, as anything other than an anomaly, and one that perhaps created unrealistic expectations. While there wasn’t much to choose between Alesi and Miyata that year, the gulf between them has only grown and grown since.
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