Krak: We will have to rethink the approach to working with new products

The Aston Martin team last earned points more than two months ago, in Singapore, where Fernando Alonso finished eighth. But for four stages in a row the riders have failed to reach the top ten.

Mike Krak, the team manager, complained in an interview with Spanish newspaper AS that the weekend in Las Vegas was not only unsuccessful because the pace of the AMR24 car left much to be desired.

Mike Krak: “We thought the car would be faster in qualifying and that we could go further than the first session. But Lance Stroll’s car had battery problems and he was only able to complete one lap. And Fernando finished ninth after the first attempt, but during the second Kevin Magnussen flew off the track right in front of him – this caused yellow flags to appear, preventing him from improving his result.

The car’s potential allowed both drivers to progress to the second part of qualifying, although we have to admit that during the race we looked a little better than we expected (in the final stages of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Alonso finished 10th, but finished 11th).

We face a clear task: we must increase the speed of the car, and we must achieve this. We brought several technical innovations to the races, but none worked the way we wanted. We cannot deny that we are not carrying out chassis modernization effectively enough.

We are not moving forward, but only backward, so we have to analyze everything in detail. After last season we wanted to reverse this trend, but that didn’t work. Now we will have to rethink our approach to working on new products, and perhaps also choose more carefully which components we will work on.

The question is the correct organization of all work processes. It is likely that at certain stages it will be necessary to act more coherently and disciplined rather than acting rashly. “Less is better, but better” – this truth is sometimes confirmed … “