Lance Strollingpilot Aston Martin in F1 and son of the owner of the green team, is optimistic about the performance it can have Aston Martin at the Mexican F1 GP and in the final races of the year because of the step forward that he says represents the introduction of a new package of aerodynamic evolutions at the last GP of the United States.
The Canadian clarified that the improvements in qualifying and on sprint day had no effect as the team could not find the appropriate setting due to the lack of time they had to ride in Free Practice 1 due to overheating brake problems in both. Cars. Because of this, Alonso and Stroll blindly entered the ‘qual’ and the result was not what was desired.
“Unfortunately, an overheating issue in FP1 meant I was only able to do five laps, so we went into qualifying with very little data to help optimize the car. Parc ferme regulations meant we couldn’t make any changes from Friday night, so while we knew there were more performances to unlock, we couldn’t change anything until Sunday when we decided to make changes to the settings and get started in the pitlane,” he commented.
In anticipation of Sunday’s race, the team decided to break the parc ferme regime to apply changes to Stroll’s car settings with that new aerodynamic package. Meanwhile, Alonso also broke parc ferme to put the Qatar package. They want to make a comparison with the right settings. They started in the pit lane and both cars did very well. Alonso still fought to be 8th, but a ground problem forced him to retire. For his part, Stroll crossed the finish line 9th and finally 7th after the disqualification of Leclerc and Hamiltonwho also show good rhythm in their new pieces.
Stroll’s optimism: “We’re going in the right direction”
The Canadian’s speed in the new package is encouraging, especially considering how much the car performs when driven by Fernando Alonso.
“When we make those changes, The car feels better and I think our race on Sunday really showed that the improvements have worked. “It had a lot more grip, especially in the corners, and that meant we were able to overtake cars that we struggled to overtake in recent events.”he declared.
“There’s definitely still optimization work to do, and having more free time to train in Mexico will help with that, but I’m confident that are we heading in the right direction”Stroll argued.
Source: La Verdad
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