ASTON BOSS URGES MORE WORK ON TEAM’S QUALIFYING WOE
Aston Martin bosses have said that the squad needs to cure its qualifying malaise if it is to make progress up the constructors’ championship table.
Team principal Mike
Krack said that the poor performances on Saturday have hindered the squad.
Sebastian Vettel has only started in the top 10 twice this term, while team-mate Lance Stroll has achieved that only once
Krack said: “We seem to accumulate quite a good amount of positive races. But we need to also start from the front. [There have] been a couple of times already that we had very strong pace in the race, and made good calls. But we start too far to the back. That’s a problem.”
Krack said that the team has no idea why the car is lacking pace on the Saturdays of a grand prix weekend, although he highlighted the tight midfield pack was exacerbating the issue.
“We’re trying to understand it, honestly. Because if we knew why, then we will also try to change it. So it’s something that we really need to understand, what makes this [happen],” he said.