Aston Martin thinking big in Formula 1. Adrien Newey will complete a “dream team” that will lead Fernando Alonso on the track. And now the goal is to reduce the advantage against the big four, McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and the Mercedes team.
In ‘Motorsport’ they asked Luca Furbatto, Aston Martin’s engineering director on whether they will focus on 2025 or finish the season higher: “We will continue to progress until the end of the season with the intention of reduce the distance with the top four teams, at least in terms of performance.
“We cannot say that the car of 2025 will be identical to that of 2024.”but I expect many teams to maintain common mechanical components that do not encourage laps: I mean the chassis, the powertrain and the gearbox, while the changes will surely affect the aerodynamic aspect. So maybe the teams that switch from pushrod suspension to pullrod suspension will disown me. They are free to do so…”, he explains.
Recognize that “evolutionary problems” left them behind: “We are fifth in the championship. We have missed the boat a little bit with the top four teams for some races now. We have had problems with the evolution of the car this season.”
“If we then consider that the entire grid fits in one second, it is easy to understand that we are talking about values of a few tenths. monza“With a small difference we could have been seventh instead of eleventh,” explains Furbatto.
The last part of the season will be essential to start next year. Moving from less to more by 2025 Don’t be another blank year behind the top four.
