To the Red Bull Ringeleventh round from the F1 registered 2024. At the home track of the reigning world champion team, Aston Martin he wants to regain significant top speeds. Achieve the values of Ferrari And McLaren, at least. To do this, the aerodynamic configuration of the English single-seater will have medium downforce, probably choosing the specification adopted for the race Canada. During the last few races, we have noticed how increasing the level of downforce generated by AMR24the top speeds have suffered a lot.
Precisely for this reason, keeping in mind the characteristics of the Austrian track, in a fast circuit like that of Spielbergthe car surrounded by british racing green it wants to produce better performances in this aspect, a factor that could bring it closer to fighting with the top teams. The compromise that the techniciansAston Martin want to find mainly concerns the limitation of lateral slip of the tires. In Austria curves at high speed have a lesser impact, but the more relaxed aerodynamic set-up worsens the stability of the rear axle.
To manage this headache, the Silverstone team could decide to give up a small amount of the mechanical grip in traction, with the clear objective of stabilizing the aerodynamic platform of the single-seater in the fastest sections of the splendid route that unrolls between the mountains of Styria. To succeed in this aim, Aston Martin it will increase the rigidity of the rear axle. It will have to do so only partially so as not to limit the traction capacity when exiting slow corners such as 1, 3 and 4. A difficult but essential compromise to access maximum performance.
In this way the stable of F1 all green would stabilize the car in an attempt to limit the energy put into the tires to reduce slipping. Through this operation, the AMR24 it will bring greater speed in the curves of the second part of the track, being able to use the heights from the ground established in the design phase. Aston Martin can make this choice on the basis of the good results in the slow curves (central part of the graph above) gleaned from Barcelona.
F1, Austrian GP: Aston Martin stabilizes the front end of the AMR24
The ground lost in traction will be recovered at the end of the straights by optimizing the EOSS thanks to better efficiency. This is the plan. Making the rear of the car and the aerodynamic platform stable by increasing rear rigidity should also allow the aerodynamics to work better. The aim is to recover part of the potential still unexpressed by the updates. This configuration can consequently advance the mechanical balance, making the rear of the car lighter. The greatest difficulties could be in the first part of the track, particularly between turns 1 and 4.
In these two curves the banking of the track and traction with a lot of steering wheel angle can facilitate oversteer. To avoid this problem, precise strategies will be studied regarding the warm-up of the rubber, useful for maximizing grip and consequently performance in the first part of the track. Furthermore, a study of the trajectory will be carried out, to sacrifice entry into the curve and facilitate exit. The work of the front suspension is also fundamental which, by exploiting minimally invasive curbs at the entrance, must allow the riders to anticipate the apex point.
The technicians of Aston Martin they will try to make the front end of their car solid, making it easier for the drivers to bring a good portion of the car onto the curbs, which however are quite high. Optimizing the front end is closely linked to the performance of the AMR24 in fast corners, a front capable of following the inputs on the driver’s steering wheel must be necessary. While you treat it instead guide a front end solid allows the car to be stabilized during entry. This is an important aspect if you consider that braking that takes you into slower bends is tackled without a steering wheel angle and therefore with straight wheels.
An aspect that strongly limits the generation of oversteer when entering corners. Keeping in mind the various technical examinations that we have addressed, we can argue that moving the center of pressure of theAston Martin towards the rear could make it easier the handling. In the final bends of the circuit, care must be taken to keep the tires in the ideal window of use to avoid harmful slipping due to the lack of grip. The trajectory at 9 and 10 is also fundamental.
Once again, also in Austriait will be more than essential to stabilize the rear axle of the single-seater. To do this, the aerodynamic thrust of the British single-seater will have to be optimized to compensate for the grip that could be lacking due to the load shift and the configuration with less downforce. As mentioned, they will try to make the fund’s work effective. Aston Martin that keeping in mind how short a return to the Red is Bull Ringhopes to be able to get close to the top of the class to trigger interesting duels.
Authors: Leonardo Pasqual – @PasqualLeonardo – Alessandro Arcari – @berrageiz
Images: Aston Martin – F1Tv
