In the Formula 1 vastly improving the performance of a car from one season to the next is very difficult. Without changes in the regulation, almost impossible. almost because Aston Martin It showed that it could be done, but it was so difficult that even they themselves doubted the great improvement that the simulator showed them from AMR23.
This has been stated by its test pilot Philip Drugovichwinner of Formula 2 last season, to ‘GiveMeSports’, giving a comic touch to the story of the season, the resurrection of a team that is second in the Constructors’ World Championship and that has allowed Fernando Alonso regularly stepping on the podium again.
The Brazilian driver, signed for this role in the middle of last season, told how it was to experience Aston Martin’s progress during the winter: “I have been in the team simulator since last September and I have seen all the improvements that have gone implementing in the car”.
“In the simulator, you never know how certain the outcome is. It’s a funny story. We saw the improvements what we were doing for this year with my lap times and I was like ‘mmm, you may have been wrong‘. It showed that he was two seconds faster in Bahrain than last year, which was impressive,” he explained.
Drugovich was confident in Aston Martin’s level rise, but his surprise came from the great improvement: “I saw the team’s effort and I wasn’t surprised that we improved, but I was surprised by how much we had. He knew we were on the right track because everything made us think about it, but it was both a surprise.”
After five races held in 2023, the difference is palpable. Four podiums in five Grands Prix, but his points situation is huge. Last year, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel scored a combined 55 points to finish seventh in the Constructors’ Championship. This season, only Alonso already has more points (75) than Aston Martin last year and together with Stroll they place the British as the second best team.
