Aston Martin F1 faces mounting pressure as Mike Krack emphasizes the need for significant progress heading into the 2025 season.
Aston Martin F1 finished fifth in the World Championship in 2024 and scored points in the last two races. However, its director, Mike Krack, does not see this as a sign of sufficient progress and expects more from his team this year.
“We must not be blinded by the final result. Fifth place, from the outside, looks solid. It’s not extraordinary, but it’s not terrible either. It’s not the worst season ever, but compared to our ambitions, we did not achieve what we wanted,” Krack stated.
“This must not blind us… in fact, we’ve not been the fifth-strongest team for quite some time. There’s always a risk. You look at the standings, see you finished fifth, scored in the last two races, and think everything is fine. That’s something we must not stray from.”
“When you start analyzing the season, you realize we didn’t meet all the objectives we set. We wanted to close the gap to our competitors, and if we had done so, being honest, we probably wouldn’t have finished far from fifth place. But the perception of the season would have been completely different.”
Krack acknowledges that Aston Martin’s development process hasn’t been strong enough since 2023: “This is something we’ve discussed a lot internally. The way we proceeded, we did things. I think there’s nothing to hide.”
“For 18 months, we’ve not been able to deliver full upgrades that brought substantial performance improvements, and that’s why we must question how we operate. This is a topic we’re discussing very intensely.”
“This is a period of reflection. Perhaps it has already been an 18-month period, as we have faced similar issues since mid-2023. We cannot consider this an isolated situation.”
“We have repeatedly seen that we haven’t been good enough in performance development. We need to closely examine the situation. That’s what we’re doing—looking closely because the team has grown quickly. You have a historical structure. How are we structured? How do we do things?”
“Who talks to whom when we work on performance development, and we must recognize that the way we operate isn’t leading to success. So, we have to question it all. That’s what we’re doing right now, and we must ask whether changes are needed or if we need to adapt certain processes.”
The Luxembourger issues an ultimatum to his team, refusing to sacrifice the coming season to focus solely on 2026: “We cannot afford to let 2025 slip away. But I think we’ve just had two consecutive years that fell short of our expectations.”
“So, regarding 2025, we need to show humility. We must take a humble approach and try to address the issues we encountered this year, one by one.”
“Indeed, cars today are quite mature. There are still significant differences between them, but everyone has reached a level of maturity that we haven’t. I think that’s something we really need to catch up on.”
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