AMR finished where their pace warranted. Safety car might have allowed them to finish higher than where they deserved is all. Damage limitation.OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑02 Mar 2024, 19:22It's doesn't really matter,even if come safety car,still couldn't finish on podium. I didn't know last year lap times,but they just was very very slow on hards.
If you had a choice between Alonso for 1 or 2 years max or Sainz in his prime, who would you choose? Right now Sainz is looking pretty good.
We did wish for something more, but with a cool head we didn't expect anything else because the numbers were not deceiving. In the strategy meeting before the race Fernando's expected position without any accidents or problems was P9 and in the end he was P9. You always expect to be a little bit better, but in the end that's where we are.
We have seen a car that was more competitive in qualifying, it is surprisingly fast, then in the race we suffered a lot, especially with full tanks. The team tried to go against the tide, that is to say, to try to extend the stops to see if a safety car or a virtual one would come out and it could benefit them.
We are where the pre-season tests showed us to be, yesterday we were a little bit on top but we have to keep understanding the car, maximising it and above all evolving it. We have to work especially on tyre degradation, yesterday Fernando was there on a lap in the top three, but in race pace it was clear today, we have to understand why, but it was clear that we have worse degradation than other teams. It's about working on the car, working on the different heights that are intimately linked to different fuel levels, understanding it and evolving it.
[Question about the coming upgrades]
They are in the oven. Work is in progress.
What we do have is a very clear development plan, we already have several leaps planned throughout the season, I can't give you more details because it would be really irresponsible on my part. We are working very hard and we will see how the next few weeks go in the wind tunnel, the production.
You were waiting for three months to say this
every time there is some issue to Aston/Alonso you don't miss the opportunity. I admit for now you've earned it so, to Caesar what is Caesar's.
I am an Alonso fan so I’m not objective but:
I think the new rear suspension is a very big change.
I think they just shouldn't go 2 stop and try to save tyres and basically loose 20 sec. The car look good on qualification then should be good on long run also. In the car have potential for sure. They really just should push on maximum with an extra pitstop.
Don't think so this the case,because when Aston was slow ,they was slow at qualifying and race also. Yesterday Aston was only from 0.3s from Max and only 0.1-0.2 sec from Ferrari and Russell. I hardly can believe that at Qualification Aston fast as Ferrari but at race they are literally out of top 10. I hate to say it again, but for me looks like F1 race is all about Pirelli and not about teams or cars. But is also very possible, that they had the same issue as Mercedes and Williams, just we don't know yet.xReVo wrote: ↑02 Mar 2024, 21:54The thing that I find most absurd is that it is not clear that McLaren, who last year was 1 second a lap behind us, has improved so much that even now they are ahead. That is, it is unacceptable stuff. Mercedes and Ferrari have brought a new concept and are ahead, McLaren has practically brought last year's car and what about us? We evolve a concept that we know very well, we sacrifice the entire second half of last season to do tests etc. for the 2024 car and then we make such a fool of ourselves?
OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑02 Mar 2024, 22:46Don't think so this the case,because when Aston was slow ,then was slow at qualifying and race Also. Yesterday Aston was only from 0.3s from Max and only 0.1-0.2 sec from Ferrari and Russell. I hardly can believe that at Qualification Aston fast as Ferrari but at race they are literally out of top 10. I hate to say it again, but for me looks like F1 race is all about Pirelli and not about teams or cars. But is also very possible, that they had the same issue as Mercedes and Williams, just we don't know yet.xReVo wrote: ↑02 Mar 2024, 21:54The thing that I find most absurd is that it is not clear that McLaren, who last year was 1 second a lap behind us, has improved so much that even now they are ahead. That is, it is unacceptable stuff. Mercedes and Ferrari have brought a new concept and are ahead, McLaren has practically brought last year's car and what about us? We evolve a concept that we know very well, we sacrifice the entire second half of last season to do tests etc. for the 2024 car and then we make such a fool of ourselves?
