Like the Mercedes team, Aston Martin suffered from the negative consequences of the rule changes introduced this year. While the team occasionally struggled for podiums last year when the team was still called Racing Point, the season’s performance was disappointing. Will this continue until 2022?
Backward step
According to team boss Otmar Szafnauer, this will certainly be the case. Speaking to The-Race.com, he says: “We have invested more time in developing this year’s car to get it into a decent place than we would otherwise have done. That’s because of the step backwards we got from the FIA because of the aero rule changes. “
“It not only had an impact on this year’s car, it will also affect the coming year,” continued Szafnauer. The team boss still feels clearly disadvantaged by the rule changes made by the FIA, which he calls “unilateral decisions”.
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The future
Aston Martin has big plans for the future. The team is recruiting good staff from other teams (the team even tried to get Adrian Newey to join Red Bull Racing) and building a new factory. Lawrence Stroll, the owner of the team, has already expressed his desire to fight for the world championship as soon as possible.
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