Alonso scored six extra points for Aston Martin at Silverstone (Picture: AFP)

During a difficult weekend during the home race at silver stoneTHE Aston Martin performed reasonably well, according to his team leader, Mike Krak. The team gained six points in the British GP and increased their advantage over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship, which is to be celebrated given the conditions.

Krack also said the lack of performance to compete for higher positions was a hurdle to overcome over the weekend. However, he was happy that the race Fernando Alonso there were no major incidents, with the team managing to change the tires on the Spaniard’s car under the safety car regime.

“Leaving our home race at Silverstone with six points is a reasonable result of a weekend where we lacked the pace to compete at the front. Fernando’s race was quite smooth and we optimized the timing of the switch to soft tires. under the safety car,” he said.

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Krack stressed that the priority for the team was to reduce the damage. At the end of the race, Alonso fought with Alexander Albon, who came faster, in the dispute for the seventh position. On the other hand, Spear Stroll it was the lowest on the team, as he didn’t have the same pace as his teammate and was outside the points. In addition, the Canadian was still involved in a contact with Pierre Gasly.

“Today was all about damage limitation, and Fernando had to defend really hard in the final laps to secure seventh place. Lance raced hard today and fought his way into the top 10 in the last laps, but the contact with Pierre ended up leaving him in a lower final position.

Despite the difficulties encountered, the result of the race in England allowed Aston Martin to stay ahead Ferrari in the Constructors’ Championship, which was considered a positive. “Today’s result consolidated our third position in the championship and we increased our advantage over Ferrari. We will work hard as a team to get back to a more competitive weekend at Budapest in a few weeks,” Krack added.

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