OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑18 Oct 2023, 20:06
issey wrote: ↑18 Oct 2023, 19:29
So again nothing in America?lol
F1 | Aston Martin: a new floor to climb back up in Austin.
The Silverstone team in the U.S GP introduces a new aerodynamic package recognizable by some changes to the (floor edge?) and the introduction of a newly designed bargeboard alongside the Venturi channels. The intention is to make a qualitative leap that will bring the "verdona" back to the glories of the beginning of the season when it seemed that Alonso was the challenger of the Red Bulls, while the AMR23 seems to have lost the polish of the first GPs.
Aston Martin is in a vertical fall: until the beginning of the summer it was the second force in the world championship, deserving the role of surprise in the championship, but the Silverstone team then failed to show the solidity that had allowed Fernando Alonso to string together a series of podium performances (five third places in a row, followed by the Monaco runner-up spot, then confirmed in Canada) that had propelled him to third place in the drivers' world championship standings. The scepter of revelation team, then, was cleverly "snatched" by McLaren, which was able to rival Max Verstappen's Red Bull in Qatar.
In Lawrence's team they are certainly paying for the lack of consistency of Lance who is now a shadow of his former self. The Canadian is probably still suffering the aftermath of the very hard crash in Singapore GP qualifying, although Stroll jr had emerged from the carambole at the last corner without any particular physical consequences, while the psychological effects have lingered longer.
Aston Martin collects points with regularity only with the Asturian, so McLaren's resounding comeback with a two-pronged attack, formed by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, brought the Woking team to just 11 points when there are still five GPs to go and two will also have the Sprint race format.
In Austin, the "verdona" wants to try to reverse a trend: on the AMR23 there will be a package of aerodynamic innovations that will concern the floor, with changes in the (floor edge?) and novelties in the front: the most visible aspect will be the introduction of a new "bargeboard", that is, the outermost flow diverter that should be oriented towards the solutions seen on the single-seaters that are giving it the best (Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren).
The intention is to manage front wheel turbulence better, finding better aerodynamic efficiency: the new floor edge wing, combined with small innovations on the floor should bring the Aston Martin back to a threshold of competitiveness in line with expectations. There is a lot of expectation at Silverstone, because the development strand being introduced at the U.S. GP should be a guideline going in the direction of next year's single-seater.
The Texas result, therefore, could also have some reflections going forward. Dan Fallows, Aston Martin's technical director, and Luca Furbatto, engineering director, have set their sights on Austin even though the American track is not ideal for debuting technical innovations with the Sprint race format: on Friday morning there will be only one free practice session to fine-tune the AMR21 before going into qualifying. The engineers preferred to take the risk without waiting for Mexico in the knowledge that the new features should fit right away, allowing for a performance boost. We will find out as early as Friday...
https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-as ... /10534184/
In the 6th paragraph of the article Nugnes says "floor edge wing" literally in English without translation, so that's likely what he means with sidewalk, if that answers AR3-GP's doubts. Some have suggested previously that area of the car was basic and had potential for development, apart from a very minor change it was not updated previously.
