Why Aston Martin can't use its 'best' floor every week

Aston Martin did not have an easy season in 2024, because although they started the journey close to the podium positions, they still gradually fell back into positions to the point that in recent weeks (with the exception of Qatar ), they were one of the two or three slowest teams.

The Silverstone team's step forward in which allowed Fernando Alonso getting back into the points zone with a seventh place after four absolutely dry races, was largely due to the fact that They changed the floor of the AMR24 and fitted the Hungarian spec.

There is, however, a fairly simple explanation for Why can't they use the same floor every weekend?even if it seems to be the most effective compared to the rest of the solutions.

This is how he explained it the team director: “We used another one here than the one due to the characteristics of the track. And the ideal is to combine several different options. “You have to combine them to have a solid car overall, because there are too many different compromises.”

“At some circuits you can choose between bad and worst. I mean… It's something that has to be done, we know we have to do it,” he added.

The type of curves and asphalt makes the difference between the use of one fund or another, especially with the current generation of since most of the downforce is generated in the cars undercarriage.

“If you look at Las Vegas, it's a track that has one high-speed corner and everything else is low-speed corners. Here it's the opposite. And these floors have quite a different character. one of them is more suitable for this type of track and the other is more suitable for this type of track.

But the fact that the features of its two floors are so different isn't really something Aston Martin was going for, Krack admitted: “It wasn't intentional, to be honest, but it turned out that way .”

“One works better than the other, yes, but it works better than the other on certain tracks. It's something you learn over the course of the year. And then when you have two or three options available, you say: “That's it.” well, let's see which is the best option for this track » Just to get the most out of it”, concluded the Luxembourger, who is at the head of the structure? led by .

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