Aston Martin and Alonso, on the attack: ambitious developments that allow us to dream

Aston Martin premiere this Friday at Canadian F1 GP a package of major evolutions, a full declaration of intent from the green box in which he made it clear that he wants to continue facing Mercedes in the evolutionary race for cars in 2023 and that’s it, continue fighting to reduce some of the loss red bull. technical director Dan Fallowsnext to Luca Furbatto and the head of aerodynamics, Eric Blandinhave the goal of continuing to reduce tenths compared to the great dominator of the championship with a car that was born very well at the beginning of the course, as the second best car on the grid, and that now aims to make the most of its strong points and improve its weak points with some really noticeable changes.

Aston Martin has completely redesigned the new sidepods, bonnet and floor. A punch on the table to get close to Red Bull. Today should be the track that confirms the intentions of a very ambitious team, which once again showed the desire to win in pieces with a lot of character.

forced response

After Mercedes made a big move in Barcelona with a half new carhas abandoned its concept of ‘zero pontoons’, and is waiting Ferrari can make the most of the valuable pieces it brought to Spain, Aston Martin He had to respond to those attacks to continue defending his second place and he did so with relevant changes, which were visible to the eye.

“We have to try new parts and give them the go-ahead. You always try to improve a little. Our car is a new project, a new philosophy, a new concept for Aston Martin. We discovered things in every race this year and I think (this new package) is an optimization of the package that we tried to do. We keep bringing new parts to the races. This is another step forward and there will be more in the future”, said Alonso about these new pieces. Its meaning perfectly explains what these new parts are: a pure optimization of its single seat idea.

The package is a combination between evolution and revolution. This has the express purpose of increasing downforce while improving straight line efficiency. In other words, Aston Martin wants to continue maximizing the car’s strengths: its good performance in slow and fast corners, its excellent traction and braking stability, and above all its excellent handling of tires, with less degradation than Mercedes and Ferrari. But at the same time, the team is focused on improving one of its biggest weaknesses compared to Red Bull, straight line top speed. They wanted to do this in a package aimed at improving their aerodynamic efficiency and reduce your resistance tol air with some changes to be faster in the straight.

New sidepods with many changes

At first glance, the great work and ambition of Aston Martin with its improvements is clear. It’s a package that takes its own concepts to the extreme and adds something else.

Among them, the lower cutout presented by Aston Martin on its pontoons stands out, more in the Red Bull style. The difference with the previous sides of the green car is clear, especially with the completely renewed sidepodswork more aggressively and clearly.

The first major change can be seen in the lower tunnel, between the entrance of the sidepods and the ground, with a large cutout marked more like a Red Bull. In the back, on the upper last drop of pontoons, the line is straighter. And if that’s not enough, its own upper channel pontoons concept has also changed, with a narrower and more streamlined interior rampalthough deeper, and wider ‘shouldered’ than before.

New background

But if one thing should be highlighted, it is Aston Martin that presented a new fund in Canada. It should not be forgotten that most of the downforce of current F1 cars is achieved on the floor of the car, so its performance will be important. At first glance, many changes can be seen on the outside of the floor, narrower at the rear. however, the most relevant is hidden in the middle part of the floorsomething that has been kept secret since pasted on the asphalt you cannot see the type of its composition and the air channels that are inside it.

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engine cover changed

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In the green car there is also a new engine cover, with a very different upper fin in the shape of a triangular point pointing backwards, with less surface area than the previous one.

Here some new cooling grilles should be added to the engine cover.

The track will decide whether Aston Martin’s evolutions are successful. So far, Fernando Alonso has shown throughout the year how well the new parts are mounted at various Grand Prix. This package is nothing more than the result of a lot of data collected in previous appointments and part of the work done in more time in the wind tunnel that the green team has through regulation compared to its direct rivals.

The first great evolutionary package

Aston Martin is the first major evolution package they put on the track after running new parts from race to race. In Baku, for example, Aston Martin debuted a new low-load rear wing with a more powerful DRS. Subsequently, in Monaco, Aston Martin took part of the components it had planned for Imola (the race was cancelled), with important improvements, especially in its front and rear suspension. And now, Aston Martin plans to bring other big improvements to the next race at Silverstone.