2024 Hungarian Grand Prix: Aston Martin leaves Hungary happy and excited at Spa

ORThe point may seem insignificant, but it is not. Aston Martin introduced a host of improvements at this Hungarian Grand Prix. and even though they only get one point, they leave happy that they got the message and keeping the furniture in a scheme they expected to go much worse of what they were.

Mike Crack appreciates this moment.because while it seemed like the leap was obvious in qualifying, the crashes of Russell and Checo somewhat obscured the reality that the British team I was not on a good track for the AMR24.“It was a very difficult result on a track where we did not expect to be competitive,” said Aston Martin team principal.

Except “These tracks, where there are high temperatures and a lot of very long corners, do not work in our favour.”Krak explained, confirming what he had seen at Silverstone, that they worked better in cold temperatures. Of course they had doneor mistakes in strategy and could have achieved more.

“We’re not happy because we don’t have both cars in the points, and a point is always good,” reflected the Luxembourger, who This reflects the situation they are in now. They are in the stage of understanding improvements and remain the fifth best team consistently.

They look at Spa with enthusiasm

But it’s not all bad news. Spa is coming, a completely different scheme, and they are very pleased to see that the updates have borne fruit. “With the new package we’re going to Spa, a completely different track, with a lot of straights, a lot of ups and downs, a lot of high-speed corners, and I think that plays much more into our favour and our strengths,” he admitted.

I think Spa plays much more in our favour and given our strengths.

Mike Crack, Aston Martin Team Principal

Not everything is bad about green cars, because as Mike concluded “We are positive: we earned a point on one of our worst tracks,” It will therefore be important to finish the last race before the summer break in good shape.