"We don’t need Lawrence Stroll to tell us that" - Aston Martin boss Mike Krack on the unhappiness in his F1 team

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack recently spoke about how the team is not at all happy with its recent slump in performance.

The British outfit started the 2023 F1 season brilliantly, bagging multiple podiums and seemingly boasting the second-fastest car on the grid. But their performance has sunk like a stone over the course of the season.

According to Motorsport-Total, Mike Krack claimed that Aston Martin's owner Lawrence Stroll is not happy, but added that the team realizes the gravity of the situation. He explained that his boss does not need to tell him and the team about how bad the situation is since they are well aware of it.

"Lawrence is not happy, but we’re not happy either," he said. "Nobody is happy. If you have such a great start to the season and then lose competitiveness, nobody is happy. But we don't need [Lawrence] to tell us that."

Despite a horrendous second half of the season, Mike Krack is determined to pull his team back up and work together to get out of the slump.

"We are a strong team and we have to work cooperatively and openly to get out of it," he said.

As of now, Aston Martin are fifth in the constructors' championship with 236 points. They were recently overtaken by McLaren, who have been performing extremely well since their major upgrade at the 2023 F1 Austrian GP.

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Fernando Alonso on Aston Martin's poor performance in the second half of the 2023 F1 season

Fernando Alonso had a horrendous race weekend at the 2023 F1 Mexican GP last week. Both he and his teammate Lance Stroll DNFed the race and scored zero points.

As reported by AS.com, Alonso was disappointed with the race result. He addressed the situation his team is in and how they are working hard to bounce back:

"It's hard. It is not the funeral that I see when I come to talk to the Press, we work as much as we can and we are not happy with the situation, it is not the position we want but we work very hard to reverse this situation."

Fernando Alonso was the talk of the town at the beginning of the 2023 F1 season. He bagged several podiums and had the second-quickest car on the grid. However, the British team was unable to develop the car adequately, which affected the Spaniard's performance as well.