Aston Martin F1 gained two places in the constructors’ standings in Singapore thanks to the points finish of its driver duo. Mike Krack, the team manager, is wary of a possible reversal of the situation which would send his team back to the ninth position in the championship.
“They are very valuable because we have jumped two places” notes Krack, who wanted to at least finish ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri. « But we have to be vigilant because it can backfire again quickly, it’s far from won. »
« We always wanted to beat at least those two teams. If we have one or two more, then we can even look a little further. But I think we have to stay realistic, keep working hard and see where we stand. are. »
« There are still five races to go. And there are still a few points up for grabs. And a double retirement at Suzuka and a big score for the others would mean the situation reverses again, so we really have to stay alert, and try to do it as best you can. »
“We are no longer so far from Alpine and McLaren”
The director gives an update on the new features brought by his team for several races, which help the AMR22 to progress in the peloton: « I think we have made progress from Zandvoort. We had another small development in Singapore. »
« And we will have a small one here at Suzuka. So I think it was pretty good, we really identified the weaknesses in the car, and we regularly tried to eliminate them.
« Obviously we came from afar. But we saw in Zandvoort that we weren’t so far from Alpine and McLaren anymore. For us, the most important thing was to get ahead of this middle group. platoon. And we succeeded. »
Aston Martin has achieved this thanks to several small innovations: “We had an evolution at Silverstone and it took us a race or two to really figure out how to make it work, and then we had a little evolution in France, which put us on the right track.
« And then we understood more and more what we needed to work on. And that’s why we are now doing what we can do within the framework of financial regulations, which is still possible to do. »
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