Adrian Newey has admitted that Aston Martin ran out of time to color its AMR26 Method 1 automobile because it rushed to participate within the Barcelona shakedown final month.
Aston Martin took half in solely two of its permitted three days of observe working on the Barcelona shakedown because of delays in having its automobile prepared, as Lance Stroll accomplished simply 5 laps on its opening day after stopping with technical points.
Nonetheless, the Silverstone-based staff was capable of get pleasure from a greater last day as Fernando Alonso accomplished 61 laps of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya within the all-black AMR26 – the squad’s first automobile overseen by managing technical associate Newey since his transfer from Crimson Bull.
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At Aston Martin’s livery launch in Saudi Arabia, Newey conceded the staff had no time out there to color the automobile for the Barcelona shakedown, which is why it ran in black moderately than a particular testing livery.
“It is nice to see the automobile as we are going to race it. The automobile we ran briefly at Barcelona for a day-and-a-half, it was all black, partially in fact as a result of we did not have time to color it,” Newey stated. “And that was fabulous.
“Humorous sufficient, Lawrence [Stroll] and I, when it first pulled out of the storage with Lance driving, we have been standing subsequent to one another within the pitlane. I believe we have been each fairly near having a tear in our eyes, as a result of it has been an extended, emotional journey of ardour and quite a lot of arduous work to get it to Barcelona.”
Aston Martin AMR26
Photograph by: Aston Martin
With the brand new Aston Martin in its acquainted British Racing Inexperienced, the staff is ready to participate within the first Bahrain check on 11-13 February, the place will probably be joined by the opposite 10 F1 groups together with Williams, which missed your entire Barcelona shakedown.
Newey, who has additionally stepped into the staff principal position at Aston Martin following Andy Cowell’s job change on the squad, faces mounting expectation because the British staff begins its new period as a works outfit by its new engine partnership with Honda.
The AMR26 can be the primary F1 automobile to be totally developed within the Silverstone base’s new wind tunnel because the Lawrence Stroll-owned staff goals to change into a aggressive drive following a tough two years fading from common podium finishers to midfield fighters.
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Mixed with the main modifications to each the chassis and energy unit rules, Newey sees the brand new period in F1 as a golden alternative for Aston Martin to revenue.
“Every time there is a huge regulation change, there’s all the time large alternatives,” he stated. “It is who spots what and which one in the end proves to be the proper resolution, solely time will inform. We noticed that in 2022 when the final huge regulation change got here out.
“Then, [at the] begin of 2022, there’s a lot of totally different interpretations, options. Ultimately, one turned out to be the proper or probably the most acceptable one and that is what by the beginning of 2024, everyone began to converge on it.”
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