Otmar Szafnauer thinks Aston Martin's impressive F1 BahrainGP performance “was exactly the same” as when it raced there as Force India in 2014. ⬇️
“Well, 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. And yeah, 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 5-second penalty for lining up incorrectly at the start, and he ultimately retired., who admitted he had gone too aggressive on the set-up, saw him qualify last after exceeding track limits on his fastest lap.
“I think so, we still have to do that,” he said. “I can't remember where we were last year for the first race, but probably in a similar position.
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