Retrospective 2022: Aston Martin takes milk from a stone and sets the stage for Alonso

The drivers did everything they could to get the most out of a poorly cared-for car, and Aston Martin resented the same seventh place finish in 2021, now setting the stage for the arrival of a new legend

The 2022 season will certainly not be unforgettable for the aston martin🇧🇷 Compared to 2021, the team added fewer points. They also had less relevant results, like almost all the teams in midfield after the arrival of the new regulation, which ended up widening the gap between the trio formed by Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull compared to the rest of the grid.

However, if there is something positive to be drawn from Aston Martin’s 2022, it is certainly the ability to recover after a project that started very badly and which already from the beginning of the year gave indications not to move towards a promising championship, and it is with this mentality that the Silverstone team prepares the ground for the arrival of Fernando Alonso in 2023.

In addition to a car that was already giving bad indications, the team missed the start of the season. infected with Covid-19, Sebastian Vettel did not participate in the first two races and was replaced by Nico Hulkenberg🇧🇷 Without the presence of the four-time world champion, the team fought very little and passed zero in the first three races of the year.

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The first splendor of the pilots was at the Emilia-Romagna GP. Vettel did very well on the wet track and took eighth place while Lance Stroll saved the tenth position. It would only be based on the drivers that the team would be able to get anything going through 2022. In Miami, the four-time champion had points forwarded, but ended up getting hit by Mick Schumacher and dropped out. It was Stroll who benefited from it, author of 1 goal after starting from the pit lane.

On the same stage as their only podium finish in Formula 1, Aston Martin saw their best result of 2022. Vettel put in a strong performance in Baku, finishing in sixth position, just after saving a point after a performance above the average in Munich. At his home race in Canada, Lance made another great comeback, moving from 17th to 10th place.

At Silverstone it was Vettel’s turn to make an incredible comeback, going from 18th to 9th place. The pair failed in Austria but saw Stroll save Paul Ricard. Here comes the most important sequence of events for Aston Martin in 2022.

On 28 July, on the eve of the Hungarian GP, ​​Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the 2022 season. The first post-announcement race of the four-time world champion was positive, scoring another point with tenth place. The surprise came shortly after: on the Monday following what happened at the Hungaroring, the team announced the arrival of double world champion Fernando Alonso for 2023.

Sebastian continued to perform well after the announcement, managing to score points in five of the last nine races of the year. The four-time champion’s highlights were sixth place in the rain at Suzuka, as well as a heroic eighth place in Austin after a battle with Kevin Magnussen on the final lap.

Stroll, who was less consistent and fought little by little for crumbs, had the weekend of dreams with sixth place in Singapore. At the time, he got along well with the team’s strategy and still saw a chaotic test ahead of him. It was also the race in which the team accumulated the most points during the year, as Vettel was eighth. There were 10 in total.

Despite the great efforts of the drivers, Aston Martin’s recovery was insufficient to remain sixth in the Constructors’ Championship. There were 55 points, tied with Alfa Romeo, but lost in a tie-break for the best result, as the Hinwil-based team took fifth place with Valtteri Bottas at Imola.

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