Aston Martin has been away from the Formula 1 podium for three consecutive races -Austria, Great Britain and Hungary. Until the Silverstone appointment, Fernando Alonso’s men attributed the bad run to the specific characteristics of two circuits that were not at all favorable to the virtues of his AMR23 car. At the Hungaroring, this Sunday, no more excuses and recognized for the first time that they have taken a step back. In fact, on the Magyar track, they were the fifth team.
Mike Krack, director of Aston Martin changed his speech in recent weeks: “Disappointing yes, but also a reality check. We have had a couple of races in which we thought it was something specific to the circuits and that we could be fast here, and we have not been, “he assumed in statements to DAZN.
“This result shows that we are not where we were at the beginning of the season and that other teams have surpassed usWe have to be honest with ourselves. We finished 70 seconds behind after 70 laps, this is the ground we have to recover and there is no way to hide,” said Krack forcefully.
In his opinion, the main argument that explains the drop in performance of his car after Alonso started the year with six podiums is development: “I think other teams have evolved more than us”, says Krack in reference to Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren. “At the beginning of the season I said that we are competing with very strong teams in the development race and we are not fast enough in that,” he lamented.
“We do not look at 2024”
The Luxembourg engineer points out that Aston Martin has to “improve in this aspect to recover positions again. The difference is not very big, but there are a lot of people grouped together and you finish eighth or ninth. I feel sorry for the pilots, because they have given their maximumThey need a better car and we will work hard to do it,” he promised after Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll finished in the last two places in the points zone, ninth and tenth, respectively.
Finally, Krack acknowledged that Aston Martin has not yet turned its resources to next season’s car: “We are not looking at 2024, we have to raise our level with the current car. The regulations are stable and there will always be things that can be transferred to next year’s car. We have to work hard to catch up with some cars ahead again,” he closed.
2023-07-24 09:53:28
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