Aston Martin’s Bahrain F1 performance like Force India’s in 2014 – Szafnauer

After the AMR23’s promising testing pace raised eyebrows in the F1 paddock, Aston Martin confirmed its leap forward by taking third and sixth in the Bahrain GP with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
As Aston grabbed headlines by helping Alonso claim his first podium in two years, the Silverstone team’s former chief Szafnauer was keen to point out the Bahrain result reminded him of the 2014 …Keep reading
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Red Bull: “Flattering” to see Aston Martin’s resemblance to our F1 car

With former Red Bull head of aerodynamics chief Dan Fallows as its technical director, Aston Martin rolled out a 2023 challenger that looked conceptually similar to last year’s Red Bull.
Pre-season testing confirmed that Aston had hit its ambitious aero targets with the AMR23, and in the Bahrain race Fernando Alonso passed Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari to take third on …Keep reading
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Alonso still getting used to Aston Martin F1 car’s steering quirks

The two-time champion ran early in Q3 last weekend to qualify in fifth place before losing out to former McLaren team-mate Hamilton on the run into Turn 4 on the opening lap of the grand prix.
But, after Charles Leclerc had retired, Alonso came alive on his hard compound Pirellis to overhaul Hamilton and the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz to score a popular podium on his Aston debut.
The …Keep reading
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Mercedes must commit to one F1 car concept, says Wolff

The German manufacturer endured a difficult F1 season-opener in Bahrain last weekend, with its W14 proving much slower compared to rivals than it had anticipated.
The gap to pacesetter Red Bull is immense and, having been leap-frogged by customer team Aston Martin, Wolff has already conceded the current Mercedes concept is not going to be good enough to be developed into a title …Keep reading
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