Alonso’s former boss denounces Aston Martin: “They are drifting”

Otmar Szafnauerformer director of Aston Martin and former boss of Alonso in Alpinespoke about the English team’s performance and assured that ““I should fight in the top three or four.”.

“I expect Aston Martin will fight to belong to three either four first, at least I saw clearly. But for some reason they are out of those positions. My hope is that his performance on the track is a little better than today. I think they are probably the ones sixth either seventh fastest team in “Silverstone”he explained.

Szafnauer wondering what the problem of Aston Martin: “Is it really a great place to work? Are you really collaborating? Is everyone pulling in the same direction?”They have a manager who understands the whole car and makes good decisions? The aerodynamics, the mechanics, the drivability of the car, the drivers, all that kind of stuff. There’s something wrong there or adrift”he asked himself.

The former Romanian director also believes Lawrence Take a Walkco-owner and CEO of Aston Martindid everything he had to do, although he believes the team did not have the right people in charge: “Lawrence Stroll set the standards bases so that the group belongs to top three. They hire a lot of people from first level and I was part of that process, and there were two great drivers in the team like Lance Strolling and Fernando Alonso. I have worked with both. But for some reason they perform below my expectations. I’m not very close to the team, so I also do not know why.”he concluded.

In this first round of F1, Aston Martin with him on vacation 73 points. In 2023, added the English team 196 pointswhich means, 126 points less than last year. Mike Crack promised improvements for the second half of the season, so we’ll see if Aston Martin can improve its results in the last 10 races of 2024.