Those are the sort of fever dreams the Aston technical team will be having after this race...
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its kind of gross how happy Lance seems during the red flag, being ahead of fernando, but still unable to score any points. im probably reading into it too much
It might just be that they're taking turns taking the new config through the race to capture data on it.
I don't think so, but honestly not much you can do if they ban your half car and middle of the season coming new tyres and new TD,regulations. They really need the own wind tunnel, the new facility, factory. They are kind a mess now because of moving in the new place,but better do it now than at winter time .
Q: "Well Fernando, it's a pity, you had to retire the car, tell us about it".
A: "Yes, actually a very difficult race, we had little pace already all weekend and I think we picked up some debris, some piece of Checo's car I guess or someone's else's in the first corner and it affected our aerodynamics. We were already running a little bit rough this weekend and we just ran over a piece of a car and we were even slower. So it was a difficult race and the retirement in Austin and the retirement here obviously weighs a lot in the championship and hurts a bit more".
Q: "We have to keep working and looking for the way, there is no other way."
A: "Yes, there is no other way, I think this year is more than over in the sense of taking it for granted, we would never have thought of having this amount of points or fighting with Ferraris or Mercedes and we are even still ahead of them in the drivers' championship, which is really crazy against a car that has done six or seven pole positions already, that's the positive part of this year."
"And then the negative part is probably the drop in performance we have had these last few races, which we are logically working on to improve the level."
Think your misunderstanding. The first corner doesn't mean the first lap. Think he picked it up after the restart, when he was chasing Zhou. He came down the main straight and was braking for turn one when he, all of a sudden, lost the back end. He immediately radiod to check the rear.KimiRai wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 01:04Fernando's full statements, looks like he had damage from Lap 1 so its difficult to draw comparisons.
Q: "Well Fernando, it's a pity, you had to retire the car, tell us about it".
A: "Yes, actually a very difficult race, we had little pace already all weekend and I think we picked up some debris, some piece of Checo's car I guess or someone's else's in the first corner and it affected our aerodynamics. We were already running a little bit rough this weekend and we just ran over a piece of a car and we were even slower. So it was a difficult race and the retirement in Austin and the retirement here obviously weighs a lot in the championship and hurts a bit more".
Q: "We have to keep working and looking for the way, there is no other way."
A: "Yes, there is no other way, I think this year is more than over in the sense of taking it for granted, we would never have thought of having this amount of points or fighting with Ferraris or Mercedes and we are even still ahead of them in the drivers' championship, which is really crazy against a car that has done six or seven pole positions already, that's the positive part of this year."
"And then the negative part is probably the drop in performance we have had these last few races, which we are logically working on to improve the level."
Maybe, although he mentions Checo so that couldve only been in lap 1 I think.diffuser wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 02:15Think your misunderstanding. The first corner doesn't mean the first lap. Think he picked it up after the restart, when he was chasing Zhou. He came down the main straight and was braking for turn one when he, all of a sudden, lost the back end. He immediately radiod to check the rear.
From the onboard conversation, it sounded like the expectations from the beginning of the race was that he was going to be slow.
I doudt he knows whose damage it was from.KimiRai wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 02:20Maybe, although he mentions Checo so that couldve only been in lap 1 I think.diffuser wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 02:15Think your misunderstanding. The first corner doesn't mean the first lap. Think he picked it up after the restart, when he was chasing Zhou. He came down the main straight and was braking for turn one when he, all of a sudden, lost the back end. He immediately radiod to check the rear.
From the onboard conversation, it sounded like the expectations from the beginning of the race was that he was going to be slow.
Based on Alonso's comments, AMR are happy with how the year has gone, for the most part. In his words, even if he DNFs the rest of the races, it would still have been a good year.
