P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Aston Martin is yet to scale the heights it achieved under the entry’s previous guise as Force India, according to
Szafnauer was hired in 2009 to help improve the competitiveness of Force India under Vijay Mallya’s ownership, but the team went into administration in 2018 and was later taken over by Lawrence Stroll. Szafnauer stayed on as team principal until early 2022 when he was replaced by Mike Krack. He noted that Stroll was more involved due to his son Lance being one of the team’s drivers. Stroll invested more money into the team, resulting in better performance, but Szafnauer believes that the team performed at a higher level under the previous ownership. Despite concerns about the impact of widespread changes behind the scenes, including a new headquarters and personnel recruitment, on-track performance has yet to be determined. The team achieved fourth-place finishes in 2016 and 2017, but has since struggled to maintain that level of success.
