2025 Aston Martin | Aramco F1 Team

[vas_04614]

Vibes of downgrades again unfortunately

[PinkFloydPulse]

No words… Not even Newey can help this team…

[TyreSlip]

What have they done to the car!

It is those classic signature Aston Martin upgrades.

[Rikrikrik]

" we need learn more about the upgrades" coming soon

[FNTC]

Now we understand why newey wants no part of his name associated with the AMR25 and walks away when Alonso talks about it...

[Nikosar]

It was kind of expected, guys. why do you all look so surprised? Sprints are still tough for Aston to get right, and during practice we didn’t manage to find the right setup for the car. We will improve.

But one interesting thing to note from yesterday was Alonso’s comment after qualifying: 'Our best lap is always in Q1.' Other teams seem to build pace through the session, but not Aston.

Of course, we’d need to double-check past qualifying data to confirm that trend, but if it's true, why do you think Aston struggles with this?

[diffuser]

They did improve in the S2 by about .4 over yesterday. So my guess is that they've added DF for a wet race tomorrow. They went with the setup they did yesterday knowing that adding DF would end up in a slower lap in a dry race.

My Guess anyways. I don't understand why they're so slow here though after how competitive they were at Silverstone.

[Rikrikrik]

FROM TWITTER

Aston's weekend:

They bring a rear wing that works, a front wing not designed for this circuit that they don’t think they’ll use, they test it for 3 laps and end up using it. And all this while going back to the Imola floor for ride height.

The sprint happens, and they fit the Miami rear wing (10th team there) and make a big setup change without testing it, starting with used tires to get a feel because THEY’RE FLYING BLIND.

Knowing ALL THESE HANDICAPS, they decide to do the lap almost 2 minutes before everyone else.

BUT DOES ANYONE THINK THERE?

[RedNEO]

No words… Not even Newey can help this team…

I’m starting to think Newey’s words about being understaffed in the aero department were being kind. The staff there currently are utterly incompetent.

[diffuser]

It was kind of expected, guys. why do you all look so surprised? Sprints are still tough for Aston to get right, and during practice we didn’t manage to find the right setup for the car. We will improve.

But one interesting thing to note from yesterday was Alonso’s comment after qualifying: 'Our best lap is always in Q1.' Other teams seem to build pace through the session, but not Aston.

Of course, we’d need to double-check past qualifying data to confirm that trend, but if it's true, why do you think Aston struggles with this?

He also said that they need to give 100% in Q1 while other are just building.

[diffuser]

FROM TWITTER

Aston's weekend:

They bring a rear wing that works, a front wing not designed for this circuit that they don’t think they’ll use, they test it for 3 laps and end up using it. And all this while going back to the Imola floor for ride height.

The sprint happens, and they fit the Miami rear wing (10th team there) and make a big setup change without testing it, starting with used tires to get a feel because THEY’RE FLYING BLIND.

Knowing ALL THESE HANDICAPS, they decide to do the lap almost 2 minutes before everyone else.

BUT DOES ANYONE THINK THERE?

Like I said, think they've setup for a wet race.

[SchuMassa]

FROM TWITTER

Aston's weekend:

They bring a rear wing that works, a front wing not designed for this circuit that they don’t think they’ll use, they test it for 3 laps and end up using it. And all this while going back to the Imola floor for ride height.

The sprint happens, and they fit the Miami rear wing (10th team there) and make a big setup change without testing it, starting with used tires to get a feel because THEY’RE FLYING BLIND.

Knowing ALL THESE HANDICAPS, they decide to do the lap almost 2 minutes before everyone else.

BUT DOES ANYONE THINK THERE?

Mike Krack is in charge of the track-side operations. He is the one responsible for this mess. Who is he blackmailing that he is still kept on the team?

[PinkFloydPulse]

FROM TWITTER

Aston's weekend:

They bring a rear wing that works, a front wing not designed for this circuit that they don’t think they’ll use, they test it for 3 laps and end up using it. And all this while going back to the Imola floor for ride height.

The sprint happens, and they fit the Miami rear wing (10th team there) and make a big setup change without testing it, starting with used tires to get a feel because THEY’RE FLYING BLIND.

Knowing ALL THESE HANDICAPS, they decide to do the lap almost 2 minutes before everyone else.

BUT DOES ANYONE THINK THERE?

Like I said, think they've setup for a wet race.

That might make no sense… Then the rest of the grid is not setup for wet at all…

[SSJ4]

Most teams have switched to higher downforce for tomorrow. We were 5-6 tenths away from the cut off to get into Q2. That is incredibly slow. Like worse than Miami earlier. They should have just used the Silverstone floor and ran it higher

[TyreSlip]

I've said it before the "upgrades" that Aston Martin was nowhere near being the 5th best car. Great qualifying and cunning race tactics put Alonso in a position to score points in Canada and Austria. The new parts only magnify how uncompetitive the car is.