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Many team's upgrades went backwards, at times last year, they weren't alone.Rikrikrik wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 13:17The ground effect era ends in the next year and they still not understading how need to work on that hahaha.-wkst- wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 13:04AMuS visited the media-round of AMR guys:
Cowell said that "the plan is that Newey concentrates on the 2026 car". Also said that "some of the aerodynmics and mechanic work good, some need to be better. Some weak points are solved, some need more work".
From the words of ALO (he looks forward to meet Newey when he is back in Europe and what he thinks of the current situation) it is clear that Newey isn't in Australia and won't be in China or Japan.
ALO once again said that the car is more stable, but not all problems are solved, didn't comment regarding a pecking order. Furthermore said that Bahrain was difficult, because of the conditions, all 3 days felt different in the car.
Due to the characteristics of the AMR24 (car got more unstable with each upgrade) the team used the Bahrain test for set-up work, to test a lot of different and extreme stuff, as there is no time on a normal race weekend, to find answers for that characteristics (unstable AMR24) and what to do against it for the new car. They believe they understand the car much better now (how often we heard this...). The "toolbox" to fix things through adjustments is better now.
More downforce makes a more unstable car in the groundeffect era, says ALO, and Krack added "and then it is good to know to understand why bouncing is the result and what to do to supress it".
Great great news !
Excellent. I was downplaying expectations for next year because of the wind tunnel not being ready until summer. 2026 is still in play.
The new state-of-the-art wind tunnel is the latest piece of the puzzle for Aston Martin Aramco, which transitions to a full works team in 2026. As the team's FIA nominated wind tunnel, it will be used to support the development of this year's AMR25, alongside a big focus for the team’s 2026 challenger.
The wind tunnel is housed in a 60,580m3 building that also includes the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing machines and model build area for the new highly sophisticated 60 per cent scale car models enabling rapid development and better operational efficiencies.
The use of its own wind tunnel marks a significant step in Aston Martin Aramco's journey towards challenging for championships in the future, harnessing the power of its people, technology and methods to continue its progress towards the front of the grid.
Andy Cowell, CEO and Team Principal, Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team, said:
"Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the creation of our own wind tunnel facility at the AMRTC. The task of bringing together external partners and new in-house technology working hand in glove to such tight deadlines is impressive.
"The facility provides new technology that enables the aerodynamicists to observe in greater detail the complex flow physics of an F1 car. To have everything here under one roof is extremely beneficial for us as we work towards being a fully operational works team from 2026."
The 22.4 from Alonso after 12 laps is a good signs, at least. But looking Alonso's onboard, the car is so much stable and driveable than last year. Williams is a rocket or they are playing for media.vas_04614 wrote: ↑14 Mar 2025, 09:04As per this, Williams and racing bulls are ahead and Alpine at par with Aston. So effectively 7-8th team
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