Mike Krak: The problem is we don’t have enough time

In the Spanish phase of the season, Aston Martin failed to repeat what happened in Canada, where both team drivers earned points. Even Fernando Alonso lost more than a lap to the race winner at his home circuit in Barcelona, ​​losing not only to rivals from Red Bull Racing, McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari, but also to Alpine drivers.

Of course, it is not only he who is dissatisfied with this turn of events, but first of all Lawrence Stroll, the owner of the team and chairman of the board of directors of Aston Martin.

“We came to this track knowing that this would be one of the toughest weekends for us,” admitted Mike Krak, head of Aston Martin F1. – In Barcelona all the car’s shortcomings will certainly appear, and this circuit will ruthlessly determine your real capabilities. We definitely didn’t have enough speed to fight for the points. What we feared was confirmed.

Lawrence Stroll knows Formula 1 very well and even though he shows a certain impatience, he also understands that the development and production of new components takes time. He gets the most complete information about what is happening, and our task is to improve the level of results.

But the process of modernizing a car is not always linear. When developing a chassis you follow a certain direction, and when you start working on the track, new problems appear. Because the calendar is very busy and you race almost every weekend, working on technical innovations sometimes takes longer than planned.

The biggest problem is that we don’t have enough time. But if we analyze what is happening in more detail, we will see that our team is still in its infancy, and although we are working on a new, modern foundation, we still have a lot to do. In particular, it is necessary to understand how to increase the efficiency of the modernization process. In any case, you should remain calm and concentrate on solving problems.

With every race we understand the characteristics of our car better, which allows us to look to the future with confidence. We will continue to work on new products and as soon as they are ready we will take them to the races, but first and foremost we are aiming for the Hungarian stage of the championship. However, we must continually strive to show the highest possible results.

If we talk about what to expect from this Sunday’s stage in Austria, there are more straights on the Red Bull Ring, where DRS can be used more effectively. There are some short corners, but there are also some long ones, so I don’t think we will have the same problems there as in Barcelona.”