Aston Martin This year it has been especially vulnerable in permanent circuits long bends and high speed. And after that Fernando Alonso Having limited the damage at Suzuka with an eighth-place finish, British team bosses said it was also will have to suffer in Qatar.

Alonso made his defense Fourth place in the World Cup, When Checo Pérez’s second was mind-blowing in the first half of the season. After a surprising start to the season in which Aston Martin managed to position itself as an alternative to Red Bull’s dominance, the AMR23’s performance has declined and the team currently sits fourth overall, 49 points behind McLaren. Threatening to ‘sorpasso’ in the absence of the six grand prizes.

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Aston Martin’s performance director, Tom McCullough, is confident that “we can be more competitive than in Japan” but is realistic and knows that “cars that are quicker in fast corners will also be quicker in Qatar”. Face to face The striking result of the World CupHe assures that “we will still have some parts that will help us understand and improve this car,” but any improvements will serve as “learning” for the 2024 car.

It seems obvious that they threw in the towel: “There were definitely some teams that underperformed at the start of the season, they were a step behind, but we knew they would come out on top again, especially McLaren and Mercedes. We were a little surprised to be the second fastest team, but the gaps between the second, third and fourth teams were always very small, so we knew that We were always aware that it didn’t take much to stay behind the pack. Some teams did a stronger job and we have to accept that.” McCullough assumes so.

Silverstone team boss Mike Krack admits that “we need to be more competitive and do a better job for Lance and Fernando” if they are to finish the season with morale intact. in japan Lance had to park the car due to rear wing problemFernando added 4 points. To be honest, this is not the level we expect from ourselves. “We must keep our heads down and continue the fight,” he said.

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“Continuous evolution has been our philosophy throughout the year. There are still some updates in the works that will appear in the tool These developments will be incorporated into the new car by Abu Dhabi and through next year’s stable regulations. So we will never take our foot off the gas. We will keep pushing and want to finish the season strong,” explains Mike Krack.

His mostly positive reading doesn’t seem so for the weekend’s two races in Qatar: “This circuit has a variety of medium and high-speed corners that are similar to Suzuka in many ways, so we can expect similar chances.” “sincerely,” he assumes.We will learn from Singapore and Japan to take a step forward. “We all need to work hard if we want to change the course,” he concludes.