Mike Crack: We will have a shortage of spare parts in Hungary.
Aston Martin F1 is preparing a radically upgraded car for the Hungarian stage of the season, and it is believed that this will be the "B-specification" of the AMR26 chassis. There are many changes, affecting the rear suspension, nose cone, and many aerodynamic surfaces, and the team hopes this will lead to a significant increase in speed.
However, racing director Mike Krack is already concerned about the difficulties associated with the shortage of spare parts for the updated version of the car. At today's press meeting in Spa, he stated that this is currently a top priority issue.
"Everyone is working at full capacity to prepare these cars (for the Hungarian Grand Prix)," he said. "This is a very large project if you decide to take such a comprehensive approach, and the timelines for its implementation are always something you want to push to the very last moment.
Overall, there are huge efforts being made at the team's base in Silverstone, and since I am an optimist, I believe we will be able to prepare both cars. But, to be honest, I don't think we will have enough spare parts."
At the same time, Krack made it clear that in such a case, the team is also developing some sort of backup action plan: "You always have to think through different scenarios in case some spare parts are missing. You cannot afford to depend on a situation where one specific part is lacking, so we try to anticipate action plans for various situations...
I repeat: there will not be a complete set of spare parts. But I believe everyone has worked well to try to prevent undesirable consequences, and we have prepared backup plans in case we do not manage to prepare a certain component."
The package of updates that Aston Martin will present in Hungary will be the first part of the chassis modernization project, and the second should be ready for the Dutch stage of the championship after the summer break, when Honda's engine manufacturers are also expected to present an upgraded power unit.
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