TOston martin He has special interest in competing in the next two events. The reason is none other than the arrival of the improvements in both the chassis and the aerodynamics that are going to take place in Hungary. Afterwards, in Zandvoort (Netherlands) They will use the new Honda engine. With this update package they hope to make a huge leap in performance.
Steiner’s prognosis
It is not yet known how many seconds they will gain, but as the green racing team has emphasized, it cannot be expected that they will suddenly fight with the leading teams on the F1 grid. Even experts in the field such as Guenther Steinerformer Haas boss, has emphasized that expectations should be modest. “I think the most they can do is catch Williamsbut it is already a big step. That means going halfway to the leading teams. Anything above that would be nothing short of a miracle.“, he recently stated on the podcast Red Flags.
Be that as it may, any change generates excitement, since the present of the Silverstone-based team is extremely depressing. After nine rounds of the best motorsports event in the world, Aston Martin has only one point (harvested by Fernando Alonso in Monaco). It may be a (sad) consolation that they are not last in the Constructors’ Championship. The red lantern is Cadillac, eleventh with zero points in their locker, but with a good alibi: this is their debut year and they are paying to be the rookies of the championship.
Shintaro Orihara, Honda’s chief engineer and track general manager in F1.
Free Practice 1 at the Hungaroring will be essential
But returning to the (immediate) future, the team of Alonso and Lance Stroll can be expected to progress in Hungaroring. The question is what to expect to do Sling before the new propeller specification that they are going to include in the AMR26 bursts onto the scene on the tulip track. “The main topic of conversation ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix is that the Aston Martin team will introduce an improvement to its chassis. We are working closely with them to support the integration aspects of the power unit, making Free Practice 1 a fundamental session to verify the operation of the systems”, he stressed Shintaro OriharaHonda’s chief engineer and track general manager in F1.
good omens
On the other hand, the Japanese executive hopes that they will suffer less here due to the intrinsic characteristics of the Magyar route. “It is a less sensitive circuit to the power unit, so it is possible that we can expect better performance, despite not having our B engine specification here.. Also, it is usually a race with high temperatures, so we will also have to check the cooling elements at the beginning of the weekend,” said Orihara.
