F1: Alonso in the middle of a collision? Aston Martin rocks

Less powerful than at the start of last season, the Aston Martin team is disappointing. Like last year, Fernando Alonso managed to get the most out of his car while Lance Stroll did the opposite. Frustrated, the Canadian even lashed out at his team on the radio on Sunday in the middle of the Suzuka race. The director of the British team, Mike Krack, gave his version of the truth.

A pleasant surprise at the beginning of 2023, Aston Martin strives in 2024. Author of a good sixth position in Suzuka on Sunday, Fernando Alonso continues to do his best with the car at the time Walking the Lance he’s struggling again, scoring just nine points in four races, compared to his teammate’s 24. Not very talkative to the press, the Canadian gives the public a sense of unhappiness and this was confirmed during Sunday’s race as he lost control of himself. ” It’s amazing how bad our speed is. It’s like a different category », he cursed Take a walk talking to his team over the radio. A crack that reminds of that of Fernando Alonso in 2015, in Japan already, when the Spaniard had spoken of ” GP2 engine. » Mike Crack he tried to explain the problem.

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“There is very little difference in straight line performance”

« This is something I noticed in a live race. What you see in the peloton is that there is very little difference in terms of straight line performance. But what you find is that at different points in the race, there are different tire conditions, and the corner acceleration is different. “, said the team director Aston Martinbefore adding.

“Under the same conditions, Lance’s speed was equal to that of his opponents”

« I think most of these comments come from situations like this. If you look at the power data you can see that all the cars are very similar. But the condition of the tires at different times of the race, and 10-12-15 different laps in their new state, that changes everything. In the same situation, Lance’s speed was equal to that of his opponents », is specified Mike Crack.