Aston Martin ‘look four seconds off top teams’published at 14:08 GMT
14:08 GMT
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Lance Stroll is strapped into the Aston Martin all today, which may not be a good thing, if his comments on Thursday are anything to go by.
The Adrian Newey-designed car, which the 67-year-old says is “one of the more extreme interpretations” of the new rules, and is complete with a new Honda engine, turned heads during the Barcelona shakedown in January. However, it’s ability to perform in Bahrain has so far been hit-and-miss. =
Stroll was five seconds off the pace on the first day of testing on Wednesday and while team-mate Fernando Alonso took his turn in the car yesterday, the Canadian told the media: “”Right now we look like we’re four seconds off the top teams, four and a half seconds.
“Impossible to know what fuel loads and everything people are running. But now we need to try and find four seconds of performance.”
Stroll said it was “just a difference in grip and performance”, and asked how the team would improve, he said: “I don’t think it falls from the sky. I think you have to improve and find performance in the car and the engine.”