Sebastian Vettel has brought the new Aston Martin to points for the first time and has the ambition to move the Silverstone team from ninth position in the Constructors’ championship: the goal is to aim for the eighth place that is occupied by Haas, a team that is three races that does not collect world championship points.
The “verdona” scored 7 points against the 15 of Gunther Steiner’s team, that is to say less than half of the Haas, but the ambition of the staff headed by technical director Dan Fallows is to regularly deserve a position in the top 10, accumulating precious points race after race.
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR22
Photo by: Erik Junius
After all, the technical nouvelle vague (Dan Fallows and Luca Furbatto) must demonstrate with the facts that the evolution of the AMR22 that debuted in Barcelona is definitely better than Andy Green’s double bottom machine that had started the season.
Aston Martin has focused on a drastic change in aerodynamic philosophy, veering in the direction of Red Bull and choosing to equip itself with sloping bellies and more. Pending the first package of updates that is scheduled for Silverstone, the Gaydon-based brand’s team pushed Monte Carlo forward on the development of the car, after the first outing in Barcelona was nothing more than a lengthy shakedown.
It has been possible to observe, for example, the shaping on the upper part of the Halo that generates a sort of flow conveyor formed by two mini-profiles that have the shape of a Venturi. Details that identify the accuracy of research in the field of micro-aerodynamics.
Aston Martin AMR22: The tank was covered with an aluminum foil
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
As regards the tank and the need to keep the petrol temperature as constant as possible, in Aston Martin they paid attention to the point: if in Mercedes they created a sort of “second skin” in insulating material, in the box of Lawrence’s team Stroll limited themselves to affixing aluminum with a refractory function of heat.
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