This is Alonso’s Aston Martin news in the United States: a half-new car

Aston Martin he keeps trying. He doesn’t throw in the towel. The green team, which surprised everyone with the second best car on the grid at the start of the season, found itself overtaken from the middle of the evolution course by its direct rivals. McLaren It is now the second best car after red bullwith the Mercedes very close, and Ferrari there depending on what layout. Behind them, Aston Martin was left stagnant by the many great improvements of its rivals. The Silverstone team tried to respond with improvements that did not work as expected. And now, with 5 races left, faced with the almost impossible mission of defending fourth place in Constructors’ World Cup facing a McLaren launched, Aston Martin took the GP of the United States half new car.

“We have improvements in the car, but… Haas has a new car, Mercedes also has new things… When we talk about Aston Martin, it seems that others put the car on a trailer and go to the next race while we improve it. Nope. Everyone is improving it and always the gain or loss is related to what the others are doing, so we have to see,” commented Fernando Alonso before the United States GP in talks on ‘DAZN F1’.

Meanwhile, Dan Fallows, technical director of Aston Martin, is optimistic about the new parts: “We are eager to see how the improvements work. This is a track where we should be reasonably competitive if we can do everything right.” And this Friday, the FIA ​​confirmed the evolution of Aston Martin with the official document that it publishes every Friday with the improvements of all sets.

The evolutions of Aston Martin: floor, diffuser and more

There are many new features in the green car. Austin’s AMR23 debuted a new floor edge, new beam wing (a type of spoiler located below the rear spoiler and above the diffuser), new diffuser and will have redesigned top pontoons. With all these new features, Fernando Alonso will take to the track, as well as his teammate Lance Stroll.

Just one session to test the pieces

The Asturian will have the added difficulty of analyzing these pieces and finding the appropriate settings in a free practice session, as the weekend of the United States GP will once again be a sprint format (only one FP1 and will qualified this Friday ).

With 5 races left until the end of the season, when most teams focus their efforts on the 2024 car, Aston Martin presented these evolutions with the aim of correcting its course, showing the reaction and shorten the gap against its rivals. But above all, its purpose is to draw conclusions to find the right path to the creation of the car of 2024. and understand what they can apply from what they are doing now to the car for next year, a car that is being made where Alonso expects a step forward in the winter like last year, something that is very difficult to predict and achieve

Mercedes and Haas

While Aston Martin could improve, we’ll have to see what the green car’s new parts mean compared to Mercedes, as the ones from Brackley should also step up. The ‘silver arrow’ wants to chase McLaren and get closer to Red Bull with more wood: they have a new floor and new side diffuser fins. Hamilton already warned in the preview, making it clear that the factory has made a great effort and that they are one of the “biggest” updates of the year.

For his part, Alonso also emphasized the evolutions that Haas will make. And, as Fernando said, the American frame shows many changes, such as a new floor, different front suspension geometry, new pontoons and engine cover. An almost new car. It is necessary to see if the local team can make a step forward that allows it to be at the same level as Aston Martin not only in the classification.