Aston Martin find “clever innovations” in F1 rule loopholes - Good news for Fernando Alonso?
Loopholes within the F1 rules have enabled Aston Martin to find “clever innovations” on their 2023 car.
20 Jan 2023
Lewis Larkam
Crash.Net

Hopes for 2023 are high at the Silverstone-based outfit after they were boosted by the arrival of Fernando Alonso, with the two-time world champion replacing fellow multiple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who has retired. Aston Martin are aiming for a marked improvement following two underwhelming seasons and a disappointing seventh-place finish in the 2022 F1 constructors’ championship.

Although there are no major rule changes for the upcoming campaign - unlike the regulation overhaul in 2022 - Aston Martin’s deputy technical director Eric Blandin has suggested there are loopholes teams can take advantage of.

“We've implemented a few clever innovations on the new car – they're the icing on the cake,” Blandin said in an interview on the official Aston Martin website. “They’re a nice-to-have, but not a must-have.”

“Clever innovations”;

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/101926...o-s-big-chance


Aston Martin says its 2023 F1 car is more than 90 per cent new
20th Jan 2023, 09:47
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

Speaking in an Aston Martin pre-season interview, deputy technical director Eric Blandin outlined how fresh the AMR23 will be compared to its predecessor. “We took all our learnings from last year’s car and applied them to this year’s car,” he said.

“So much of the AMR23 is new, it’s completely different from the AMR22. We’ve changed more than 90 per cent of the parts and more than 95 per cent of the aerodynamic surfaces are different.”

‘90 per cent new’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/...-per-cent-new/


ASTON MARTIN VOWS “NO EXCUSES” FOR 2023
This year's car is set to be "completely different" to Aston Martin's 2022 contender.
20th Jan 2023, 15:39
Jasmine Hughes
FormulaNerds

The Silverstone-based team has a “few little things” up its sleeve as Aston Martin finds “loopholes” it can use to its advantage.

A positive outlook for 2023. In Blandin’s view, Aston Martin’s F1 project is now “coming together”. With new state-of-the-art facilities on the horizon, the team’s future in F1 is looking bright.

“You can feel the energy. Even if we don’t get it right this year or next year, or don’t make the step forward we’re aiming for, we will eventually,” he said. “There’s a strong feeling, a belief, that we’re on the right path. It’s going to take a few years to become championship contenders, but soon we will have everything we need to be successful.”

“NO EXCUSES”;

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/as.../?nowprocket=1


Fallows: Aston Martin won’t ‘replicate’ F1’s big teams to beat them
11:09 Tue, 17 Jan 2023.
Hamilton Lyndon-Griffiths
Read Motorsport

Aston Martin cannot just “replicate” Formula 1’s big three teams if it aspires to be fighting at the front of the grid, says technical director Dan Fallows. “The important thing for us is to make sure that we don’t just replicate what our competitors are doing,” said Fallows, as quoted by The Race.

“We don’t believe that’s going to help us overtake the likes of Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari.
“We have to develop our own way of doing things. That does take time, but we’ve got a hugely ambitious group of people.”

“One of the things about seeing the new factory come together is it demonstrates this momentum, this vision, this wish to accelerate the process of moving up the grid and get into a winning situation.”

‘Cannot just “replicate” ‘;

https://readmotorsport.com/2023/01/1...-to-beat-them/


F1: Fernando Alonso shows off incredible reactions with light speed test
Published: 20 Jan 2023, 08:58
By George Dagless
Give Me Sport

Fernando Alonso embarks on his 21st Formula 1 season this year with Aston Martin and it looks as though his reactions are as sharp as ever.

Many want to see Fernando out in front battling with the likes of Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and old rival Lewis Hamilton because there’s a genuine belief he’s still absolutely got what it takes to win races providing the car he is in is good enough.

It remains to be seen what the AMR23 that Aston produce is like, then, with it due to launch on February 13th, but it’s clear Fernando has kept himself in top shape both physically and mentally over the off-season ahead of another busy year on the grid.

‘Incredible reactions’;

https://www.givemesport.com/88106989...ght-speed-test