If you say, ‘The team has to push, but I am on the beach’ it is much more difficult to get the team to push than if the driver is there as well. Alonso, who has said he did not expect this level of performance from Aston Martin until next year, threw himself into work with his new team. Krack says: “We said: ‘What are the weaknesses and how do we address them, step by step?’. Krack says: “What is really remarkable about people like Dan or Eric is they managed to get more out of the people we had. Krack says: “At the end of last year in Abu Dhabi, we said: ‘We will need to learn not to be the underdogs any more. That’s a remarkable achievement in itself, but the team – and especially owner Stroll – want more.

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