Lots of work in front there will be Adrien Newey in front when I land at Silverstone in March. The great F1 guru will have a lot, a lot to do with the Aston Martin. With an Aston Martin who, once again, is in crisis. He is suffering. This is where no one would have thought he would look how was the car last year and how it was, even at the beginning of this World Cup. But in Baku…
In Baku, not much. In the Azerbaijan GP, very little. Very little on the track, more for the time by Lance Stroll that for the by Fernando Alonso. Very little also in performance, because oh how who moved along the Azeri road. And unfortunately a lot on the radio.
In that of Lance Stroll, for example. The son of the brand’s bosswho suffers less against Alonso in 2024 given the worst moment that the green team is going through, was more than comfortable in his communication with Aston Martin during free practice 1 in Azerbaijan.
“This, now…”
Because the car is moving backwards. Because the AMR24 not only does not evolve, but it does the opposite. Those at the top are moving away; those below are approaching. They are not even in the middle anymore. They are where they are and the car will not be there. They do not react. Hopes are less and less.
Complaints, quite the opposite. Because Stroll could not have been clearer. Because the “GP2 engine” Alonso’s Honda engine in Japan to McLaren remains as it is. Because at least it was a car. Because for Lance, the AMR24, no.
“It’s not a car. At the moment, it’s not a car,” he said. How clear the Canadian is towards his team.
There is a commotion in the garage. Noise and work, well who knows what they have planned, if they have anything planned, to solve the problem once the “hostilities” start in Baku. For the moment, nothing on track… and a lot on the radio.
