Lance Stroll and not Sebastian Vettel is likely to receive the major Aston Martin upgrades at the Spanish Grand Prix, according to a report.
Aston Martin hope to make considerable improvements to the AMR22, which has scored only six points in the season’s first five races.
Reports have suggested the upgrades could even amount to “half a new car” and will be “very visible” in round six at Barcelona, taking up a fair chunk of budget.
But F1-Insider claim Stroll, son of team owner Lawrence, “would probably get the new parts – and not Vettel”, with the four-time former World Champion having to run the previous spec in order to provide the comparative data by which the upgrades can be evaluated.
Only one set is said to be available due to issues in the supply chain which are affecting the automotive industry globally.
PlanetF1 have asked Aston Martin to comment on the matter and are awaiting a response.
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Team principal Mike Krack gave an indication at the last race in Miami about the areas where Aston Martin need to focus.
“We have three points we have to work on,” said Krack. “The biggest and most important point is aero, the second is the weight of the car and the third is how can we give better feedback to the drivers in terms of steering and chassis?”
“That’s why there were so many incidents in the last races. Our drivers crashed a lot, that’s not normal. We need to give the drivers a better feeling in the car to get more out of it.”
Regarding how Aston Martin want to keep developing their car, Krack added: “We want to bring an update to every race. Sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger. For us, it’s important to make continuous progress.
“I think in a few races we will be in better shape. But it would be silly to say ‘this will happen at race X or race Y’. Even if you…
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