The development of Aston Martin delayed by the accidents of Stroll and Vettel
Aston Martin is not having a good time in the beginning of the 2022 season and is struggling to make progress. The four accidents involving Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll in Australia also didn't help the British team, which Mike Krack laments.
This season, the current budget cap limits the developments of the teams, who must now pay great attention to the smallest details of the cars. So naturally, the four accidents caused in Australia by the two drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll, greatly disadvantage the British team.
In just one race weekend, the two teammates damaged the car four times and gave the engineers a hard time. This was especially challenging as the team had to deal with a stock issue. The main team of the race stable, Mike Krack, has spoken out about this disastrous weekend.
« I’m sure you counted the number of wings and suspensions that were damaged during this race, he lamented. » « It’s easy to calculate how many we need for Imola. Now the question is how much capacity we will use to develop the car and how much to produce the different parts. We have been having these discussions internally since Saturday. ».
The only remaining usable parts would be the left front suspensions on the AMR22. Aston Martin will have to make choices as the parts that were supposed to be used for improvement and development of the race cars will be used for repairs.
