The Silverstone-based squad introduced a brand new lower-drag rear wing to Miami within the hope that a greater straightline pace would assist it within the combat towards its rivals.
Nonetheless, regardless of operating it in observe, Aston Martin went again to its extra typical configuration – which inevitably made issues more durable for its drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll when it got here to racing.
Talking about why the workforce had deserted a design that had been particularly created for the observe, workforce principal Mike Krack defined that the selection was prompted by the decrease downforce degree triggering extra sliding from the tyres.
And, on a weekend when conserving tyre temperatures beneath management was completely vital, each drivers most popular having a automotive set-up that was higher for tyres even when it compromised prime pace.
Krack mentioned: “It was extra a call that you simply make based mostly on tyre behaviour. When you have lots of sliding, you actually weigh up downforce towards prime pace.
“This can be a everlasting dialogue within the workplace about whether or not to go up, or to go down. The drivers have their opinions as a result of they must try to cross – so we made that selection.
“If we began once more, perhaps the selection can be totally different. However the wing selection ultimately was not the decisive issue.”
Aston Martin’s Miami upgrades intimately
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24
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The centrepiece for Aston Martin’s Miami upgrades was its rear wing, with the workforce making a shift again in the direction of a extra conventional endplate and tip part design. This meant the elements shaped one floor, relatively than making a disassociation.
This design is extra akin to what was meant when the 2022 rules have been initially framed and earlier than groups began to pursue the semi-detached variants.
These different concepts have turn out to be commonplace up and down the grid and fight the inefficiencies posed on the endplate and flap juncture.
To take additional benefit of the adjustments made with the rear wing, Aston Martin additionally had a brand new beam wing configuration, with only a single aspect employed and the outer sections backed off to assist cut back load and drag.
Additionally listed amongst the adjustments within the automotive presentation doc was a change in specification for the entrance wing, with the flap design altered to stability the automotive front-to-rear to match the aforementioned decrease downforce rear wing and beam wing choices.
There have been additionally a few further cooling options at Aston Martin’s disposal, each of which have been based mostly on whether or not the workforce wanted slightly extra cooling than was initially anticipated. The primary of those was a driver cooling scoop that could possibly be fitted to the highest of the chassis.
Secondly, the workforce additionally had a bigger capability rear cooling outlet at its disposal as a way to assist with larger ambient temperatures, which might assist with movement by means of the bodywork, rejecting the warmth on the rear of the automotive.
Extra reporting by Charles Bradley