Aston Martin has revealed that its upgrade stumbles in Formula 1 this year were caused by it being misled by its simulation tools.
The Silverstone-based outfit had begun the 2023 campaign as Red Bull’s main challenger, with Fernando Alonso rolling off a run of podium finishes early in the season. However, as rivals like McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari made big gains through upgrades, Aston Martin started to lose ground and fall down the order. The team bemoaned this slump as being triggered by “side-effects” of the development path it had taken, which appeared to have made the balance of the AMR23 worse.
” Aston Martin performance director Tom McCullough has explained that the team’s main challenge this year has been in chasing a performance window that suits both low and high-speed corners at the same time. “Ultimately, with this generation of cars, being strong in low and high-speed corners, from a rear ride height optimization, is a little bit of a challenge without having porpoising, and how close you get to that. That is still the issue now two years down the road for everyone.
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