Stevenson, 55, is a stalwart of the Silverstone squad. He joined the team in its first guise as Jordan in the early 1990s and climbed the ranks to become chief mechanic before moving into his current role in 2005. As sporting director, he leads Aston Martin’s dealings with the FIA.
This year, he compiled successful protests to overturn Fernando Alonso’s pitstop penalty in Saudi Arabia and change the Austrian Grand Prix race result amid the farcical 1200-plus cases of track-limits offences.
With Alonso gaining a place in each case (reclaiming third in Jeddah and rising to fifth in Austria), Stevenson has scored Aston Martin five points this season. Meanwhile, AlphaTauri - currently last in the constructors’ championship after 14 rounds - counts only three points.
Speaking to Autosport, Krack singled out Stevenson’s experience when presented with the AlphaTauri comparison.
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He said: “I saw that. The thing is, you have to have people like Andy.
“It shows again how important experience is because, first of all, he remembers a lot of incidents. And then also he remembers the penalties that came with various incidents.
“If you have someone like that, he can guide [his colleagues]. Have a look at Alpine or Ferrari there, he remembers a lot of them.
“We have the system at home, which is very structured. But the impulse comes from Andy.”
Source: Autosport