Aston Martin’s “fierce” plans for the rest of the campaign

The team Aston MartinsA good plan has been set between now and the end of the 2023 campaign. After the important step forward made in the winter and boosted by the signing of the two-time champion Fernando Alonso They won six podiums in the first eight races. It was only a few months before they were finished seventh in the 2022 constructors’ classification.

Against the odds until the Spanish GP they were the clear alternative to Red Bull after clearly edging out Ferrari and Mercedes for second position in the constructors’ standings. However, a drop in performance was added to the improvements of their rivals, so Mercedes was ahead for the second position in the Spanish GP, and in the last Italian GP Ferrari sent them to the fourth position in the championship.

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After passing the screen of events of old Europe, the next 8 Grand Prix will have them competing in Asia and America, starting this weekend in Singapore where they have the highest expectations. This is what Aston Martin Performance Director, Tom McCullough said.

“The aim in these last eight rounds is to try to get back into second position in the constructors’ championship. That is a brave aim, in the face of strong competition,” he admitted.

“Mercedes had some strong events. Ferrari had the strongest event of the year at Monza, its home race. We hope to be more competitive when we return to some of the more downforce tracks in the future.”

“The margins are great at this stage of the season and now it comes down to who can bring some more improvements to the track and who can have the best weekend, in operation and also from on the drivers’ side.”

Singapore’s Aston Martin is marked in red on the calendar. It is an urban circuit with multiple low and medium speed curves suitable for the AMR23. F himselfFernando Alonso He is clear that “it is undoubtedly better than Monza. We have Monza marked on the calendar with a negative cross and unfortunately it has been confirmed. Singapore we no longer have a positive mark but we have more hope to be well.”

They will continue to improve AMR23

Speaking of the news, McCullough clarified that Aston Martin will not give his rivals any respite: “We’ve been on the same development path for 18 months. That philosophy hasn’t really changed; we’re still bringing pieces to the track from now until the end of the year.”

“A lot of pieces were released earlier and when we hit the track, more are coming out. Although the European leg of the season is over, we’re still bringing parts to the car.”

“It’s not as easy to get those parts to the track for a quick race and we have to consider the delivery time, but we will have late loads coming to the track until Friday morning; Sometimes replacements for updated parts arrive even later. than that.

“It can be a real logistical challenge and it’s harder to deliver to some countries than others, but everything is well planned,” he acknowledged.

As it stands, Aston Martin is 11 points behind third-placed Ferrari and 45 points behind second-placed Mercedes, which recently finished on the podium thanks to Alonso’s second-place run at Zandvoort.

“In the remaining races, that extra risk, the gnashing of my teeth, I know myself and I know that I will give it more in Singapore than in other circuits,” the Asturian reiterated, knowing that the weekend will be. one of the best times to dream about ’33’