More secrets revealed about Alonso’s new Aston Martin

Aston Martin He is clear about the mistakes he made on the basis of the first car he made for the new regulations that were implemented F1 in 2022. He showed that he understood this by how much they improved their car on the same basis in the second half of the season, fighting with good weapons in the upper part of the midfield. However, to opt for a big change it is necessary that the concept is different. Aston Martin accepted that they were wrong in their initial idea, that they learned from it and it allowed them to come to very clear and precise conclusions for the creation of the 2023 car. That’s what the deputy technical head of the Aston Martin team explained . Silverstone, Eric Blandinwho spoke at length for the group’s website about the massive differences there will be between the 2023 car and last year’s.

“We took everything we learned from last year’s car and applied it to this year’s car. Most of the AMR23 is new, it’s completely different from the AMR22. We’ve changed more than 90 percent of the parts, and more than 95 percent other’s airfoils”declared Blandin, who in turn made sure the team implemented “some clever innovations in the new car”, which he called “icing on the cake” of the car, although it was made clear that they were not “essential” solutions.

“It’s great when you find a small hole and you can use it to your advantage, but it’s not often that you can base a whole car around it. Instead, it’s important to get the basics and then you can add things.”he qualified, confirming what was previously said, that with his mistakes in 2022, Aston Martin got a clear conclusion on the main concepts of the new regulations to go on the right path.

“We’ve brought a lot of updates to the AMR22 and the progress we’ve made confirms that we’re on the right track with the AMR23.which is based on what was learned from last year’s car,” he said about it.

Alonso and his influence on the car

Despite not being able to work at Aston Martin until late last season, with little theoretical window to influence the creation of the 2023 car with his feedback, This is Eric BlandinIt ensured that the test carried out by Fernando with the 2022 car in Abu Dhabi to test the Pirelli tires two days after the end of the last season allowed Fernando not only to advance his adaptation to his new team, but as well as to see the points strengths and weaknesses of his car compared to the Alpine he drives all year to indicate where he needs to improve.

“Fernando’s feedback was very precise. He communicated clearly what he wanted from the car and immediately identified some things that we could incorporate into the design of the AMR23. Last season Fernando drove a car that was quite different to us and more competitive (the Alpine). After driving the AMR22, he quickly compared the two cars and said: ‘this is clearly better, this is clearly worse and this is what we need to focus on,'” he said.

With these values, always very specific on the part of the Spaniards, and which are pure gold for the engineers, Aston Martin managed to apply some changes that according to Blandin will be noticeable in the 2023 car, the new AMR23, which will be unveiled on February 13th at Silverstone. According to Blandin, on that day fans of the green team will see the real car. No models or ‘rendering’. This will be the new concept car, the real starting point from which to start working on the tests in Bahrain.

“We will present the real car, just as we did last year. The car that we will reveal at our new factory in Silverstone on February 13 will be the real AMR23. We will not disappoint the fans,” he concluded.