Aston Martin F1 explains why they didn’t use their new wing in Miami
The Aston Martin team arrived in Formula 1 Grand Prix Miami 2024 with the intention of scoring some valuable points, but they soon realized that it would be a difficult weekend, despite introducing several specific updates to the complex American layout. As one of the engineers said, specialists from Silverstone managed to prepare a new rear wing: Eric Blandinbut they decided not to use it in the race.
It ended with ninth position and two points for Fernando Alonso after he came back from the bottom of the table after a poor classification, and Lance Stroll was second to last, so the team directors were asked: Mike Crack the reason for this decision. The moment he was placed on the table was the modeling faulty or was this element simply not working?said: “No, it was more of a decision that was made based on the behavior of the tires.”
“So if you have a lot of slip, you match downforce with maximum speed, and that’s a constant conversation in the office,” he said. “The drivers have their own opinion because they have to try to overtake and we made that choice. If we started again, perhaps the choice would have been different, but I think the choice of wing was not the deciding factor in the end. “
The Luxembourger was pressed on a specific question: is the downforce too high because Fernando Alonso, who sometimes had to pass To Esteban Ocon on the straight and he replied: “No, when you come here, from the past we knew that there are these DRS trains, and also if you have DRS from the car in front, it’s not easy either. “
“We had one of the cars, Alpine, which, along with Williams, is the most difficult on the straight. Fernando (Alonso) already said this before qualifying, after the sprint race, because I think he drove the whole sprint behind the car. Alpine,” he said. “He said, ‘There are two cars that are hard to overtake, the Williams and the Alpine,’ so okay (we knew) it wouldn’t be good.”
“It was really difficult to pass, and that’s where the DRS detection points are, you have to be really close and then use all your energy to pass,” said Mike Krak after seeing how His team added two points, which puts them fifth.22 units behind Mercedes in fourth position, but 23 ahead of Visa CashApp RB.
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