Aston Martin brought a new package to the Canadian Grand Prix earlier this month, featuring a heavily revised sidepod and floor.
The update enabled Fernando Alonso to take second after a more difficult Spanish Grand Prix, albeit on a low-downforce Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that was more suited to the AMR23.
Its update was mainly focused on efficiency, with the team admitting that Red Bull's key DRS advantage was something that the Silverstone outfit is trying to close down.
When asked if its Montreal update was partly aimed at having a more efficient DRS device, Aston Martin's Performance Director Tom McCullough said: "That has been an area of focus for us, so we're sort of working at that every upgrade we bring to the car.
"It's all tied to helping the efficiency under the DRS switch so we're making further steps on that all the time and this is a little step on that.
"Any update on the car is just focused on having more efficient downforce, especially in the areas where maybe we weren't quite as strong as we were before.
"Maybe some of the updates we've got on the car will suit some other tracks even more than they suit [Canada]."
As F1 heads to traditional European circuits including Austria's Red Bull Ring, Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, Aston's high-downforce prowess will be rigorously tested again after it struggled to replicate its street circuit form in Barcelona.
Source: Autosport