Within the round-up: Aston Martin say they may keep away from bringing vital upgrades to dash race weekend after the issues they encountered ultimately yr’s United States Grand Prix.
Briefly
Aston Martin will keep away from improve “confusion”
Aston Martin hit hassle once they introduced an improve bundle to america Grand Prix on the Circuit of the Americas final yr. Because it was a dash race weekend they solely had one apply session to validate the modifications, however each drivers misplaced time because of technical issues, resulting in each being eradicated in Q1.
Technical director Dan Fallows stated they may keep away from making the identical mistake once more this yr. “We wish to give ourselves the most effective probability of bringing updates to the automotive that carry out straight away,” he advised their web site. “That includes not simply doing all of your homework earlier than an replace makes it to the monitor, but additionally ensuring you’ve bought correct comparisons on the monitor.
“After we up to date each automobiles for the Canadian Grand Prix final yr, we had been counting on our deltas at earlier races. Whereas in the event you go to a circuit with one automotive in a single spec and the opposite in a distinct spec, it provides you an opportunity to do a very good back-to-back comparability.
“We had been very aggressive with our replace programme final yr. For instance, we introduced new flooring to the dash weekend in Austin, however this yr we’re going to be a bit extra cautious about sending vital updates to dash weekends the place we are able to probably trigger ourselves confusion.”
Extra yellow, much less pink for third Ferrari
A putting yellow livery has been revealed for the third Ferrari 499P which is able to race within the World Endurance Championship this yr. Robert Kubica, Robert Shwartzman and Ye Yifei will drive the AF Corse-run automotive.
Extra pink, much less yellow for Palou’s new sponsor
Reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou has the backing of DHL, beforehand Romain Grosjean’s sponsor at Andretti, for the 2024 season. The long-running IndyCar livery has been reworked for this yr.
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Robb says amen to livery deal
Foyt driver Sting Ray Robb has confirmed an uncommon new sponsor for the upcoming season – a non secular app devoted to selling prayer.
Nobels takes F1 Academy seat
ART have confirmed their third F1 Academy driver for the upcoming season. Aurelia Nobels will drive a automotive sponsored by Puma.
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