Further livery updates for Aston Martin ahead of the British Grand Prix

Aston Martin's s performance has improved, with points scored in each of the previous three races and a 6th place finish in Azerbaijan.

The Aston Martin pit crew in action. (Image: Twitter/Aston Martin)
By Niranjan Shivalkar | Jun 25, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Aston Martin improved significantly for the Spanish Grand Prix after a challenging start to the season, drawing similarities to Red Bull’s RB18 concept. Since then, the team’s performance has improved, with points being scored in each of the previous three races and a top finish of sixth place in Azerbaijan thanks to Sebastian Vettel. Further modifications are anticipated for the British Grand Prix to help Vettel and teammate Lance Stroll’s chances by addressing some of the shortcomings highlighted with the new package in Barcelona.

Overambitious ?

Given that the upgrade first struggled to make much of an impression in Spain before proving more competitive on the street circuits in Monaco, Azerbaijan, and Canada, Aston Martin F1 head Mike Krack cautioned the team against being overambitious. “We had that [upgrade] for Barcelona, but you will recall in Barcelona that we were also lacking pace, very clearly, and the car has not changed. We need to keep our feet on the ground.”

“The team knows that we need to bring updates for these kinds of tracks that are now coming, and that is also why we elected to do it like that. We have to update the car to be able to stay competitive, because we know also everyone will have updates at Silverstone.” expressed Aston Martin team principal

Will Silverstone be challenging ?

Krack when explaining Silverstone could prove a bit of a hassle for the team because of its similarities with Barcelona. “If we would not update the car, yes. But as I said, we will [bring updates] and then it depends obviously on how much do we improve compared to how others are improving. We worked our [plans], we have found a little bit bigger packages, smaller packages, and according to how the races are coming, identifying also the weaknesses of the car in Barcelona.”

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Midfield Battles

“You have to look at how tight the midfield is, you don’t need a big step to make up a lot of positions. If you manage to be in front of that group, the points that you score are much, much more than if you lack those two, three-tenths that you need for it. So that is also why we cannot just say we look at the new car. We have to get to the front of this group, and then it is easier to fight for points because we can’t terminate a year where we started it.” expressed Krack.