Aston Martin morale ‘surprisingly strong’ says Krack as he admits team need to bring car back into a ‘better window’

Aston Martin morale ‘surprisingly strong’ says Krack as he admits team need to bring car back into a ‘better window’

Team Principal Mike Krack has insisted that morale at Aston Martin is still “surprisingly strong” despite their recent dip in results, as he also responded to Lando Norris’s claims that McLaren could beat them to fourth in the constructors’ standings.

Aston Martin had a strong start to the season, sealing six podium finishes in the first eight races – scoring 154 points in that period to put them third in the constructors’ championship, behind Red Bull and Mercedes – but the results have slowed down since then.

They have finished on the podium once in the last eight races – Fernando Alonso’s second place in Zandvoort – scoring just 67 points during that time, and have since slipped down to fourth in the championship, with Ferrari moving up to third.

Speaking to Tom Clarkson on the F1 Nation podcast following the Japanese Grand Prix – where Alonso finished eighth and Lance Stroll retired – Krack was asked about the morale within his group. He replied: “[It’s] surprisingly strong [with] all of them, especially in the garage.

“You can see everybody wants to get back to the podium, everybody liked this experience from the beginning of the year, so the morale is strong, and it is something that we need to keep up also.