Otmar Szafnauer says Aston Martin's BahrainGP performance “was exactly the same” as when the team raced under its Force India guise in 2014 Full story ⬇️
“They made the jump. I mean, to be fair to them, it's always been a good and efficient team,” said Szafnauer, who left Aston Martin for“Congratulations to them but I think Force India in 2014 were exactly the same: in about the same relative position, podium winning. I think [Perez] qualified fifth in 2014 and had really good race pace.
“Because what we need to do every year is catch up. Aston made huge improvements and we've got to catch them too.” qualified ninth, but his race unravelled through a trio of penalties, beginning with a five-second penalty for lining up incorrectly at the start, and he ultimately retired. saw him line up in last place, who admitted he had gone too aggressive on the set-up, but the Frenchman excelled in the race and climbed up to finish ninth, showing Alpine's potential.
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