Resta on Mercedes planning bigger post-break upgrade step
Mercedes deputy technical director Simone Resta said the team is aiming to bring “something more sizeable” after the Formula 1 summer break as Ferrari increases the pressure in the title fight. Resta said: "We always try to keep bringing little steps here and there every race. Of course, we have seen teams bringing more stuff than us, which is great for them, and we are still trying to bring every race some items. Probably we try to focus after the shutdown something more sizeable onto the track. We are clearly focused on trying to develop the car at every event, but also trying to think bigger with bringing another step on the car."
Mercedes target 'sizeable' upgrade after summer break
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Aston Martin flies in Stroll spares
Aston Martin is flying spare parts to the Hungarian Grand Prix so Lance Stroll can run its heavily upgraded AMR26 in Saturday qualifying after a left-rear suspension failure in FP1 left the team without enough spares to fix his car for FP2. Team representative Pedro de la Rosa said the issue was a suspension failure and that “because of the lack of spares, we couldn't repair the car on time with Lance”. Fernando Alonso said the upgrade “felt good”, with Adrian Newey also calling the initial results “promising”.
Aston Martin flying in spares for 'promising' upgraded car
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Our Reaction to Hungarian GP Practice
Alonso on encouraging Aston Martin upgrade correlation in Hungary
Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s upgraded AMR26 produced the performance figures the team expected in practice in Hungary, which he called an encouraging sign for future development. Alonso said: "Yeah, it felt good. I think in general we had what we expected in terms of numbers and correlation, which is obviously very encouraging for the future as well, for next year's car and the future upgrades this year. So yeah, still a long way to go for us, obviously starting so far behind, but this is the first step, hopefully, of good ones coming."
Fernando Alonso delivers first verdict on Aston Martin F1 car upgrades
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Resta on software fault affecting Russell more than Antonelli
Mercedes deputy technical director Simone Resta said the software fault Mercedes blamed for George Russell’s power deployment problems at Spa was present on both cars but affected Russell more than team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Resta said: "The software is the same for all the cars, it was there in every car, but it affected George more than Kimi. We also need to bear in mind that, when comparing their performance in the last few races, Kimi was on a fresher power unit, which is, of course, always a bit better than quite a used power unit."
Russell's Spa software fault was also present on Antonelli’s car – Mercedes
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Lord on Mercedes' Friday single-lap grip and balance issues
Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord said the team has “lots of work to do overnight” and some “head-scratching” after struggling for single-lap grip and balance during Friday practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lord said: "Lack of grip, lack of balance on a single lap... we've just got to get things right on the single lap. Lots of work to do overnight, bit of head-scratching, and hopefully we find a good chunk of performance going into FP3."
What's going on with Mercedes? 'Head scratching’ amid pace struggles
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Newey on Aston Martin management amid Horner rumours
Adrian Newey says Aston Martin are “very happy” with their current senior management and personnel, as rumours link former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner with a move to the team. Newey said: "Yes, I keep hearing about these rumours with Christian. I can't comment further. I don't really know anything about that. All I can say is that we're very happy with our senior management team. And we may do some minor tweaks, but the personnel we have at Aston Martin, we are very happy with."
Aston Martin shut down Christian Horner ties: 'Very happy with our team'
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