Fearing that his workforce is focussed on subsequent season, as Aston Martin continues to slide down the order Fernando Alonso warns that the Silverstone-based outfit should react to the decline.
Presently seventh on ten factors, nearly all of which got here amidst the chaos of Melbourne, Aston Martin is wanting prone to slip even additional down the order.
Two-time world champion, Fernando Alonso, who has but to open his factors account, admits shock on the workforce’s dreadful begin to the season.
“We’re not as aggressive as we need to be,” he says, in a masterpiece of understatement, “we thought we would be, however I feel there may be not just one theme.
“There are a few components that make the automobile just a little bit troublesome in the intervening time, by way of tempo, and perhaps not as quick as a few of the midfield groups which have raised their degree and are nearer to the highest 4… we did not make that step.
“We have to react,” he warns, “we have to do issues higher and hopefully within the subsequent few races now we have a step ahead, however yeah, it has been harder than anticipated.
“Miami has not been actually a superb observe for us, even in ’23 with a podium right here, we solely got here alive in qualifying, all of the free practices had been just a little bit uncompetitive for our requirements in ’23 at first of the yr.
“And final yr additionally, even when we began the season robust, particularly in qualifying, Miami was troublesome. So, let’s have a look at if we alter issues this yr, nevertheless it might be a troublesome weekend, for positive.”
Group boss Andy Cowell has dominated out any assist from design guru Adrian Newey who’s focussed on subsequent yr’s automobile.
“I am not too fearful about subsequent yr’s automobile,” he says. “I feel this yr is only a continuation of a few of the issues that we discovered within the final two seasons, and we weren’t capable of overcome a few of the obstacles that we discovered.
“For subsequent yr, with the brand new laws and Adrian on board, I feel nothing of this yr’s automobile goes to be into subsequent yr’s challenge, so it is a full reset, so I am not too involved for subsequent yr. And for this yr, I feel the repair shouldn’t be as easy, and there is nothing we will do from night time to day.”
