Krack Tempers Aston Martin's Expectations: 'Would Be Wrong To Say We Understood Everything'

Aston Martin's team principal, Mike Krack, tried to avoid setting high expectations for 2023 as he said his team still doesn't understand AMR23 (2023 car) completely.

Aston Martin had a very strong beginning of the season when Fernando Alonso scored podium after podium, but the British team fell a bit behind after the summer break.

Other F1 teams like Ferrari, Mercedes, and McLaren introduced new upgrades, and Aston Martin could not keep pace with them as the team seemed to struggle with understanding their own car.

Aston managed to recover by the end of the season as Alonso managed to score another podium during the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, but Mike Krack warned they still don't understand completely everything. As reported by lastwordonsports.com, he said:

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The Spanish matador recently named changes he would like to see made to the Aston Maritin's 2024 car, and Krack says the team knows the direction in which they want to go:

The team principal tried to explain knowing the direction does not equal competing for podiums in 2024, and his team still has a lot of work.

Red Bull went into the winter break with quite a headstart, Mercedes suggested they are already seeing some "good gains" in simulations, and Ferrari will be changing their car significantly as well.

Aston Martin proved during the 2022-2023 winter break they can make big steps forward. Do you believe Aston Martin could compete for race wins during the upcoming season?