Fernando Alonso He didn't want to waste the time after Austrian Grand Prix And as soon as he finished the race and making an incredible seventh place took a plane to United Kingdomwhere this weekend the twelfth appointment of the Formula 1 2025 World. Before jumping back on the track, the Spanish pilot went to the factory of Silverstone to test the improvements that Aston Martin It will present in a circuit that can be reached on foot from its facilities.
He has done it in the simulator and with the forecast that his team can prioritize again to Lance Stroll Above Alonso as already happened in Imolawith the first and only update package so far. The Asturian has spent several hours testing the new adjustments and, although it is impossible to confirm if they work, it will arrive in Silverstone on Friday knowing if Aston Martin has been able to solve the speed problem in straight.
Aston Martin already set up the improvements of Isola in the Stroll's car in the first two training and Alonso tried them for the first time on Saturday, the day he signed his best result in classification to date: fifth. The novelties were a total success and promoted both pilots in a championship that began being very gray at the car's performance level.
Now that the second installment arrives, Alonso foresees another displacement of his team, but the circumstances are radically different by the weather forecast. The high probability of rain in the classification (60%) makes the time of the Asturian to test the dry improvements very small, or practically null. If at 12:30 (Spanish time) on Saturday it rained, the two -time champion of the world will run off with the changes of the car in dry conditions until Sunday's race.
The rain disrupts Alonso's plans
On the other hand, if one of the two sessions on Saturday are not in Mojo Alonso will be able to experience the touch -ups on the asphalt without the need to get 'virgin' to the race. Anticipating any scenario, the Asturian has traveled expressly to the Silverstone factory to roll in the simulator and not wait until he meets his team's decision in full Great Britain GP.
The logical option by accepting the precedents is that it is Stroll who has the opportunity and at the same time the mission of shooting with the improvements and reporting to Aston Martin if the effects are positive or negative. The team entrusts the son of its owner the difficult task of giving a real report on how the car reacts on the Silverstone track with the new additions, which will basically focus on fixing that loss of rhythm in lines that makes them weak with respect to the pilots of the Middle Zone.
The team itself has explained that they have “a new floor and a higher body.” Andy CowellChief of Aston Martin, said that “it focuses more on the ground with a small modification of the upper body, aimed at improving the quality of the air flow around the rear tires,” he advanced.
A package that was direct order of Adrian Newy After his stay in the Monaco GP When considering the engineer who designs the next car to incorporate these improvements will not financially affect the development of the AMR26but quite the opposite, they will be adjustments that are applied in it next year. Alonso has already talked to the British and everything indicates, looking at what happened in Icola, that Aston Martin will give again in the Diana in the British appointment, the most special for the team for the proximity to his factory.
