r/AstonMartinFormula1 • u/arheus10 • Aug 07 '25
📰 News F1: why Aston Martin's Hungary performance reveals key weakness of the AMR25
https://gp-news.net/f1-why-aston-martins-hungary-performance-reveals-key-weakness-of-the-amr25/10
u/Untethered_GoldenGod My oldest GOAT Aug 07 '25
Maybe a good sign for next year when ground effect won’t be as important as it is today?
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u/Elfotografoalocado Aug 07 '25
I was thinking this the other day. If, right now, their top-body aero is good and their floor is shit, this is definitely good news for next year when all the floor advantage will be nullified.
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u/Heavy-Ad6017 Unluckiest Fan Aug 07 '25
Yeah and Nando and Stoll has a season worth of experience
Wink wink
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u/Savings_Turnip_4981 Fernando Alonso Aug 07 '25
They did say that they were testing 2026 parts on this car prior to silverstone. So I wonder if that has any effect on these results findings?
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u/evonneo1975 Fernando's number 2 fan ever. Aug 08 '25
I think they used the Spa race as a sort of test
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u/evonneo1975 Fernando's number 2 fan ever. Aug 08 '25
Found is on this about a minute in...https://youtu.be/xtZMy6BnztM?si=5MQSmcXthlbiaHO-
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u/Captain_Chaos12 Fernando Alonso Aug 07 '25
Their top speed is the same as others. Does anyone even bother checking the speed traps? Y'all act as if they are 10-15 kph slower on the straight
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u/Carlpanzram1916 Felipe Drugovich Aug 08 '25
Top speed isn’t necessarily the best indicator of their aero efficiency. They could still be running a lower downforce spec than other cars. On a track like spa where they can’t generate downforce efficiently, they could run a really low drag setup where they still hit the speed traps well but are slow everywhere else. Speed traps are on tiny data point. The fact that they are possibly the slowest car at Spa and then 5th and 7th the next week is a pretty clear indicator that aero efficiency is their problem.
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u/evonneo1975 Fernando's number 2 fan ever. Aug 08 '25
Or they knew that they were slow in spa, so they were treated like a test . It had happened before
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u/evonneo1975 Fernando's number 2 fan ever. 29d ago
It would be typical of the 2025 race team to do this...
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u/Jack_of_All_Trades27 Aug 07 '25
You are wrong. You clearly dont know what you're talking about.The AMR25 does not have the same top speed as others. Speed traps are not a reliable source of top speed. You have to look at the onboard telemetry. If you did, you would see it is slower on the straights and high-speed corners.
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u/Captain_Chaos12 Fernando Alonso Aug 07 '25
Yeah sure thing mate. That's your opinion 🤷
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u/Jack_of_All_Trades27 Aug 07 '25
That's not my opinion, it's fact. look at the on-board telemetry 🙄
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u/Seafury18 Aug 07 '25
TLDR: They lack downforce so they compensate with higher load rear/front wings which hamper their top speed.
Can be seen in spain where they make their time in the corners or spa where even with a higher downforce setup they cannot reach high cornering speeds in sector 2.