Aston Martin F1 does not want to repeat his 2024 errors in terms of development. Also, the team has other processes to avoid having to change the specifications of the car in poor conditions. Andy Cowell, the director of the team, explains how the processes are evolving to achieve this result.
“There is work in progress to bring changes to the circuits” said Cowell. “We make sure that we have good confidence in these rooms before bringing them to the circuit. We also carefully examine how we quantify the parts brought to the circuit, to make sure they are better.”
“last year, from one event to another and even during the weekend, we changed the specifications of the floor. We do not want such chaos on the circuit. We want a carefully studied introductory plan, with excellent instruments on the car and an engineer responsible for examining it and giving us the green light.”
“We must ensure that the tool we use is precise enough to give us the green light. Otherwise, we are only guessing and it is not a good way to do engineering.”
Despite a very disappointing start to the season, Aston Martin continues to progress, and Cowell is satisfied with what came out of the weekend in Saudi Arabia, despite a 13th place qualification for Fernando Alonso as a convincing result: “Djeddah highlighted interesting characteristics.”
“I think that Fernando’s performance in qualification in Djeddah was impressive. He pushed exceptionally strong. The two pilots are exceptionally strong. I think it may have shown that the stability of the car is a bit better than the previous year.”
“But in the end, it is the performances that matter. In Djeddah, we have made an interesting analysis of the turns that we have dug in the last ten days and the aerodynamic and dynamic characteristics of the vehicle, which will help us to progress.”
Aston Martin will try to advance his AMR25 without interfering in the technical development program on which Adrian Newey is dedicated, namely the new regulations for 2026. On the other hand, the freshly arrived engineer should “Attend a few races this year and there is no doubt that he will give advice”confirmed Cowell.
