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Aston Martin: Simulation data sent us down wrong path with F1 upgrades

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.

Speaking ahead of the United States Grand Prix, technical director Dan Fallows said the squad had got to the bottom of what happened.

“We can see where we went wrong in terms of upsetting the car balance,” he said.

“We’ve understood why that’s hurt our overall performance. Now, it’s a question of making sure that we don’t make the same mistakes again: it’s certainly been a year of learning.”

Hoping to address its errors, Aston Martin brought its latest batch of upgrades to the United States GP, but their potential was masked by its weekend being derailed by brake problems in FP1.

Source: Autosport

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