'When you take this decision to do it, nevertheless, you know what the risk is, and then you cannot complain when it happens.'
Mike Krack admits it was always a risk for Aston Martin to bring upgrades to a Sprint weekend, but while it was a “lesson learned” that doesn’t mean they won’t do it again.
But losing Lance Stroll due to a brake issue after just five laps, it was left to Fernando Alonso to do all the set-up work.With their “homework” minimal, both drivers failed to make it out of Q1 a few hours later with Alonso qualifying 17th and Stroll P19.While Alonso’s AMR23 reverted to the Qatar spec to allow Aston Martin to run a comparative test, Stroll continued with the new floor but with major set-up changes to his car.
“You need to be aware of the risk. And we lost the Friday due to preparation, we were not well enough prepared, we overheated the front corners, and we lost the session.
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