The track competition may have ended in 2023, but the world of Formula 1 It is very far from standing. All the teams are starting a race outside the track to build the best car for the 2024 season, which although it seems far away, starts in just two months. This is the case of Aston Martinwho after dazzling last winter with his jump in quality, will be hoping to improve a bit on the grid and once again enjoy the podiums they achieved with Fernando Alonso.
The Asturian added eight podiums throughout the season and thanks to this he finished in fourth position in the drivers’ classification. However, the The final feelings were worse than those at the beginning of the season, where getting the box was even common. Other teams evolved their car further and Aston Martin went from being the second team to finish fifth in the constructors’ championship.
To avoid a drop in competitiveness, those from Silverstone have set a series of goals for this winter. As explained Tom McCullough, British performance directorthey sought to maintain a base car that excelled at all circuits and modified only in terms of aerodynamics.
“Right now we’re trying to build a car that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll can drive on all tracks and just change the rear wing or front wing so that it is strong. In 2023 we had to change parts a bit depending on whether the track is low speed, high speed, efficiency… That’s also why we change some parts from one race to another.”
In 2023, it is very clear that there are circuits where the AMR23 flies compared to other layouts. This happened even a few days apart. For example, after the failures of Mexico and Austin, in Brazil they became famous again. And the same thing happened to Monaco where he was close to achieving the famous 33rd victory and only two weeks before entering Barcelona His suffering was more than expected.
“The goal for 2024 is to have a car where you don’t have to do that as often because the base level is higher. So I think from the tests we’ve done with the components, we also learned a lot. From those testing the physics of some parts on the track, which helped us build the car we use today,” McCullough said in closing.
Source: La Verdad
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