Finest second
Actually there is just one place to show to for Aston Martin’s greatest second of the yr – the signing of design guru Adrian Newey.
With Crimson Bull asserting again in Could that Newey can be leaving the Milton Keynes outfit, after nearly 20 years, the race to signal the Briton stepped into overdrive. After being linked with a number of groups throughout the grid it was Aston Martin that gained out, with Newey changing into their Managing Technical Associate on a long-term deal.
There was loads of fanfare round that September announcement – and rightly so – but it surely was additionally a big indicator within the energy of the mission with Newey agreeing to signal on. Aston Martin have lengthy been constructing the services to problem on the prime and, in Newey’s arrival, they’ve bagged arguably the final word prize in designer phrases at the moment working in F1.
Worst second
Whereas we may sit on the fence right here and take a look at Aston Martin’s efficiency dip within the second half of the season, we’re going to focus the magnifying glass on Brazil.
Whereas that race in Sao Paulo was a chaotic affair for a lot of groups, for Aston it was certainly one of pure ache – fairly actually in Alonso’s case. On his approach to P14 the Spaniard would report over the radio that his again was hurting as end result, whereas he appeared to have tears in his eyes throughout a chat with Sky Sports activities F1 afterwards.
In the meantime Stroll’s race additionally by no means received going – once more, actually – with the Canadian spinning out on the formation lap earlier than beaching himself on the gravel.
