Lawrence Stroll gives snap verdict on Aston Martin F1 upgrades
Aston Martin's Hungarian GP upgrade package helped Alonso and Stroll's team improve, with Alonso praising the car's performance.
- Aston Martin avoided Q1 for the first time this season after Hungary upgrade.
- Fernando Alonso says the upgraded AMR26 delivers 'what we expected'.
- Adrian Newey states the goal is to reach respectability with the upgrade.
Has it been working?
Aston Martin have scored 4 points across the last 3 rounds, up from 0 in the 3 before.
Their car ranks 9th of 11 on qualifying pace, 2.624s off the pace leader in recent qualifying.
Best finish in that run: 8th.
Who’s who
- Lawrence Stroll is the executive chairman at Aston Martin.
- Adrian Newey is the managing technical partner at Aston Martin.
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| Source | Trust | Posted |
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| Official | Jul 24, 03:11 PM | |
| Top-tier | Jul 24, 05:22 PM(+2h 11m) | |
| Top-tier | Jul 24, 05:25 PM(+2h 14m) | |
| Top-tier | Jul 27, 08:41 AM(+2d 17h) |
