2023 Aston Martin | Aramco | Cognizant F1 Team

[Vaexa]

Red Bull bent a suspension element (trackrod?) on Verstappen's car during the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix by dropping it off the jacks wrong.

[diffuser]

I am starting to think that it was just to show they were bringing something more to the track than "track specific" parts. I don't think it as serious.

They keep talking about parts coming to help the battle for 3ird and 4th. Krack keeps talking about parts coming but no parts arrive at the track. It isn't with smaller brake ducts that you're going to stay ahead of McLaren. There must be some sort of bottleneck at the plant, that is causing a slow down in manufacturing.

[organic]

I am guessing COTA package like Merc, Haas. Cota feels like the right place to bring some to me for some reason

[-wkst-]

Krack keeps talking about parts coming but no parts arrive at the track.

Yep, his statements in this direction are sounding more and more ridiculous. Either they have serious problems with the car and updates make no sense anymore or they lack something (ideas, production capacity after STR crash or budget...).

And I know it's a sprint weekend, but come one, just try something...

[organic]

Aston chooses medium-high rear wing not maximum for fp1

Duchessa:

Red Bull starts with different load on front wing, Max Verstappen always more unloaded than Checo Perez. Aston Martin at start is choosing medium-high (not maximum) load wing.
Very dirty track, temperatures slightly lower than yesterday

Pic 3 has the wing visible

[-wkst-]

Hoping for another sand storm before qualifying. That could mask the real car perfomances and ALO could shine...

[AR3-GP]

It doesn't look awful here.

[diffuser]

Krack keeps talking about parts coming but no parts arrive at the track.

Yep, his statements in this direction are sounding more and more ridiculous. Either they have serious problems with the car and updates make no sense anymore or they lack something (ideas, production capacity after STR crash or budget...).

And I know it's a sprint weekend, but come one, just try something...

Or the move is impacting them. They are supposed to have 4 CF cookers at some point. Don't know how long it takes to refurbish the 2 old ones from the old factory.

[AR3-GP]

Interesting...

[noshbloke]

Stroll is no hope

[draghixa]

Stroll is no hope

He's being Strolled, we have a new term.

[Sevach]

How can Stroll fail like this in a weekend where the car is looking so good.

[AR3-GP]

How can Stroll fail like this in a weekend where the car is looking so good.

Alonso got P3 here in an Alpine in '21. Stroll is awful certainly, but Alonso does seem to drive exceptionally well here.

[organic]

Stroll shoving his personal trainer after Q1 knockout

[mvfad]

They could come up with any excuse for Stroll to leave before the season ends.
Something like: "he goes out to take care of your fists and come back 100% stronger next year".

Stroll would stop embarrassing himself this year and would have the opportunity to start over from scratch next year with a more relaxed mind.

They should give Drugovich an opportunity in Brazil
It would be good marketing at least.