UK-based team boss Dan Fallows has confirmed who the team’s drivers will be next year.
The Aston Martin team has confirmed who will be its drivers for the 2024 season, in which it aspires to achieve its first victories in Formula 1.
“During the last two races, we tried new parts in the car and were able to compete in Brazil and Las Vegas, even though they were two very different tracks,” he said. Dan Fallowshead of the UK-based team.
As the Spanish leader confirmed Fernando Alonso Canadian Lance Stroll will remain the team’s main driver during the 2024 season.
“It’s very important for us,” Fallows said in an interview with Motorsport.com. “Lance and Fernando are getting the best out of the car at the moment and that’s what we want to continue doing.”
The technician added that the pilots “They were instrumental in helping us understand where we made some mistakes mid-season and how we reversed them. Their feedback helped us identify the car’s strengths, weaknesses and how it could be improved.”.
Regarding the car they will compete in next season, Fallows confirmed that they have been working on it for months to be able to achieve the championship. “We have been working a lot on next year’s car. We have already released some key components for production and are finalizing the aerodynamic package for launch. The work will continue after that. “We will have a winter shutdown soon and we have to take that into account, but once we get the initial launch car up and running, everything will move forward with next season’s developments,” he noted.
In this season, Aston Martin is fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, nine points behind McLaren, and aims to end the year in third place.. This is because the higher the team finishes, the more financial compensation it will receive from the FIA, which will be vital to the team’s progress next year.
Stroll’s good performance in the last two races, both at Interlagos and Las Vegas, helped challenge Aston Martin for fourth place, with the Canadian finishing fifth on both occasions.
In addition, Alonso reached ninth place in Las Vegas and third place in Interlagos.
He has already won the Constructors’ Cup Red Bull, with 822 points; Followed by Mercedeswith 392, and Ferrariwith 388.
As for Drivers’ ChampionshipWhich was won by Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), and Alonso ranks fifth with 200 points and is fourth. Carlos Sainz, FerrariWhile Stroll comes in tenth place with 73 units.
The next and final race will be held next Saturday at Yas Marina, corresponding to Abu Dhabi Grand Prixin the United Arab Emirates.
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