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Perhaps in the most optimistic sense, this could mean Aston has some development potential ahead of them.One thing I did find interesting Mark when he had our little media session with Dan Fallows, the technical director, we both had a go at asking him versions of this question about the lessons of last year, he said they were confident they learned them... I tried to get a little bit of an idea from him about whether those lessons meant they had to change what they were doing with their 2024 aero development, 'cause sometimes you have to kinda take a step back and slightly change what you were doing with the direction, but he dodged that element of it.
So, obviously he's under no obligation to talk about that in detail but that for me is the really really interesting thing, has that had a little bit of a delaying factor in the development progress they've made, cause things have been a little bit of a rush at times, so I do wonder if in parallel to the kind of scrambling to make last year's car work, the way it was feeding into the 2024 development, it was already well advanced by that stage. Must've been a relevant factor.
15:42 (bit earlier if you want context)There was in some of his language a certain hint of slight frustration, not massively but you just feel that maybe they thought there was a bit more they could do.
It could also be that Mercedes went with this solution late in development, who knows
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https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/for ... os-bilder/The first rumors arose during the winter break that Stroll was said to have tried to poach James Allison from Mercedes as Krack's replacement. But in the end, Allison decided to sign a new contract with his old employer.
Fallows hopes that the AMR24 has become more aerodynamically efficient and now has all-rounder qualities. Last season, Alonso complained about a lack of downforce in fast corners and weak top speed. That has been eradicated. The AMR24 is intended to be competitive on all tracks. The predecessor was rarely able to keep up with the competition, especially on fast courses.
There was some negative comments from Hamilton at the end of last year with regards to the chances of Mercedes catching RBR in 2024. I think that's what Alonso is hinting at. That perhaps Hamilton thinks Ferrari have better chances of being competitive than Merc but didn't want to come right out and say that.rijtuig wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 10:50I don't need to read anything. It's simple math, it starts with a 2 and ends with a 7.zoroastar wrote: ↑12 Feb 2024, 19:29thats bs man. read the whole interview instead of picking one sentence that covers your narrative. are you one of those guys that is in every alonso articles comment section comparing him to lewis's 7 titles? i bet you are, because, where have you been in the aston threads until now? haha who is really the one obsessing here?
Like in Brazil?Alo_Fan wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 13:19I would much rather not be right at the front at Bahrain provided we have a better platform to develop throughout the season and end the season challenging for wins and then in 2025 at the start of the season start from where we left off. We didn't end 2023 very well at all.
Even though we got a podium, race pace wasn't that impressive, Alonso was way off the pace of McLaren and Max. He had to block Perez for a long time to hold onto the podium and Charles didn't even make the grid, there were a lot of extenuating circumstances that weekend, including Mercedes picking the wrong setup due to the sprint weekend format.OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 16:26Like in Brazil?Alo_Fan wrote: ↑13 Feb 2024, 13:19I would much rather not be right at the front at Bahrain provided we have a better platform to develop throughout the season and end the season challenging for wins and then in 2025 at the start of the season start from where we left off. We didn't end 2023 very well at all.
