Fernando Alonso He hopes that he can continue to progress in the development of his car, the AMR24at the next race on the calendar F1the home date, at Barcelona. This was said after the race Canada before the ‘DAZN’ microphone, announcing the possibility that new pieces will arrive at the Catalan track from the factory. Silverstone.
“It’s been a bit of a circuit. We’ve marked it on the calendar”said about the better performance of his green car at the Canadian track compared to the two tracks where his car suffered, as Imola and Monaco.
“We know that Canada will be a more favorable circuit than what we see our car offering this year. And I think from the first session we saw that we are more competitive. But hey, better and worse circuits to come. The next one, the one at home(he Spanish GP, at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya) “Not marked on the calendar… it’s one of the regulars, so let’s see if we can find something,” he pointed out with a laugh, making it clear that the characteristics of his car are not the best for what the Catalan track requires, with high wear in the race, an important point that Aston Martin must continue to improve.
“The team is also trying to bring new pieces to Barcelona and see if we can give a good surprise”he finished.
Need to improve
Aston Martin started the year with the fastest car in qualifying but that faltered on Sunday at racing speed with very high wear and tear. They tried to add downforce to the car by taking parts from various races, mainly a great aerodynamic package at Imola that didn’t work right away and didn’t represent the immediate step forward that other teams made in their evolutions on the Italian track.
With that new package, the car is harder to drive at the limit and its drivers feel less confident. Fernando had to run with very experimental settings at Imola to give the engineers basic data with different heights and configurations that were not ideal to draw conclusions that would help develop the car. and press the key to find the right path to the settings and the new parts that will come.
In Canada, Aston Martin made a small change to the rear wing and changes to the settings, which are betteralthough Fernando Alonso had to make an important change to the settings before qualifying to continue testing and experimenting for the good of the team and its short-term future.
And now, It is expected that in Barcelona the green team can add more pieces in its continued attempt to evolvewhich has so far had a smaller impact than the improvements demonstrated by teams such as McLaren, Ferrari, RB and others.
Alonso hopes to turn the situation around
Despite what happened at the beginning of the year, Fernando Alonso is confident that Aston Martin will find the right direction in the development of the car. He assured them that they still had to figure out how to squeeze the tenth part they were sure was hidden in this car and squeeze all the aerodynamic loads they added to the car. He believes that, as McLaren has done since last year, Silverstone can do it and it’s too early in the season to draw conclusions.
However, it is clear that it will not be easy. Aston Martin is still waiting for the completion of works on its wind tunnel (ready at the end of this year) and its simulator (in 2025), key tools to make the evolutions more productive. However, Fernando remains optimistic.
“We know the situation a little better, we know the needs of the car a little more, a little more what’s right in the development and what’s wrong,” he said at the Canadian preview.also assures that “some answers are black or white and last year they were a bit grey.” “We are only in race 9 out of 24 of this course and I think this year we will finish in a very strong position. That’s what I want to believe now”, he added on Thursday. Aston Martin will continue working, starting in Barcelona, where it wants to bring more news.
Barcelona, perfect circuit for testing
Barcelona is a circuit where all the teams have historically taken the opportunity to bring their first major evolution packages, although this year, due to their new location on the calendar, the teams have to put their first major evolutions on previous tracks.
Barcelona is a key clue to draw conclusions and is perfect for Aston Martin to continue searching for accurate answers.. This is due to the characteristics of the track. With different settings, very relevant and representative data can be obtained from the performance of the car with different loads.: for example, with a small load in a straight line and in a fast curve in the first sector. And back on track to get the all-important maximum load data too ‘Stadium’ areaalthough less than in previous seasons due to the removal of the new final chicane.
Therefore, it would not be strange to see many teams bringing important new parts to prepare the middle part of the course and improve their cars.
Source: La Verdad
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