In Singapore, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel finished sixth and eighth, moving the team from ninth to seventh place in the constructors’ championship, ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri.
Then, in the rain-interrupted Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel rode a blistering race to sixth place after winning a final-lap fight with Fernando Alonso, bringing the Alfa Romeo team closer in the battle of the races. builders.
The gap with the sixth Swiss team fell from 27 points to seven points in just two races.
Krack acknowledged the recent results had boosted the confidence of the whole team, but he insisted they needed to keep up their game in all areas.
“Confidence is not everything, you also have to have a fast car,” he told Autosport when asked about the impact of the last two events. “Because with trust alone, you don’t do much.
“We know where we are with our car, we’ve made a few steps over the year. But still, in a regular race, we’ll struggle to finish sixth.
“You have to be realistic. There are four left. If we manage to score, or continue to score, there is a chance that we can still take a position.
“But the situation can also turn quickly. If one of the rival teams scores significantly, we might lose a position as well.
“It’s four races, it’s still a long time, and we really have to maintain our level of play. But certainly, I think in the last 12 races, we have scored 10 times. I think you can see that we are on a good progression.
Mike Krack, Team Principal, Aston Martin F1
At Suzuka, Vettel found himself at the back of the pack after first-lap contact with Alonso, and a decision to pit for the intermediates when the green flag flew as the race resumed was key to his jump in order.
The only other driver to make that call was Nicholas Latifi, and especially Vettel came out of the pits ahead of the Williams, which finished the race in ninth place.
“We had talked about it, we had time to discuss it, how are we going to approach it,” Krack said of the strategy.
“And then we decided that together. In the end, the driver had to make the last choice, because we don’t see all the track conditions.
“From that point of view, he had his last call. We were ready. And I think that was key, but also that we could pass Latifi at the pitstop, because without that we wouldn’t have finished ahead of Fernando. Basically, these two decisions were essential.
As for the run-in for the season, Krack says that while the four remaining venues of the year are very different from where the team has scored well this year, he remains hopeful.
“The next races are all very similar, in terms of characteristics. It’s not the kind of track of Baku, Singapore and Monaco. So it will be more difficult for us than for the ones I mentioned.
“We might have rain in Sao Paulo, we also have a sprint in Sao Paulo. So there are still opportunities.
“There’s no track coming up where we think it would be really bad for us. So let’s see.
In Singapore, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel finished sixth and eighth, moving the team from ninth to seventh place in the constructors’ championship, ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri.
Then, in the rain-interrupted Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel rode a blistering race to sixth place after winning a final-lap fight with Fernando Alonso, bringing the Alfa Romeo team closer in the battle of the races. builders.
The gap with the sixth Swiss team fell from 27 points to seven points in just two races.
Krack acknowledged the recent results had boosted the confidence of the whole team, but he insisted they needed to keep up their game in all areas.
“Confidence is not everything, you also have to have a fast car,” he told Autosport when asked about the impact of the last two events. “Because with trust alone, you don’t do much.
“We know where we are with our car, we’ve made a few steps over the year. But still, in a regular race, we’ll struggle to finish sixth.
“You have to be realistic. There are four left. If we manage to score, or continue to score, there is a chance that we can still take a position.
“But the situation can also turn quickly. If one of the rival teams scores significantly, we might lose a position as well.
“It’s four races, it’s still a long time, and we really have to maintain our level of play. But certainly, I think in the last 12 races, we have scored 10 times. I think you can see that we are on a good progression.
Mike Krack, Team Principal, Aston Martin F1
At Suzuka, Vettel found himself at the back of the pack after first-lap contact with Alonso, and a decision to pit for the intermediates when the green flag flew as the race resumed was key to his jump in order.
The only other driver to make that call was Nicholas Latifi, and especially Vettel came out of the pits ahead of the Williams, which finished the race in ninth place.
“We had talked about it, we had time to discuss it, how are we going to approach it,” Krack said of the strategy.
“And then we decided that together. In the end, the driver had to make the last choice, because we don’t see all the track conditions.
“From that point of view, he had his last call. We were ready. And I think that was key, but also that we could pass Latifi at the pitstop, because without that we wouldn’t have finished ahead of Fernando. Basically, these two decisions were essential.
As for the run-in for the season, Krack says that while the four remaining venues of the year are very different from where the team has scored well this year, he remains hopeful.
“The next races are all very similar, in terms of characteristics. It’s not the kind of track of Baku, Singapore and Monaco. So it will be more difficult for us than for the ones I mentioned.
“We might have rain in Sao Paulo, we also have a sprint in Sao Paulo. So there are still opportunities.
“There’s no track coming up where we think it would be really bad for us. So let’s see.