How Aston Martin's "filter" defied Berger criticism to thrive in F1 leadership

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Oleg Karpov

Sep 10, 2023, 10:24 AM

Aston Martin's leap in competitiveness has been one of the biggest talking points in the 2023 Formula 1 season. And, while he takes very little of the credit for its success, Mike Krack has been a reassuring presence at the helm after joining the Silverstone team from BMW on the eve of 2022, proving wrong a very public doubter in the process...

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A year and a half ago, when Aston Martin's appointment of a new team principal left many in Formula 1 wondering "Mike who?", Gerhard Berger came to the rescue. The 10-time grand prix winner, who in his role as DTM boss had seen Mike Krack lead the BMW project, felt it necessary to offer his own insight.

"I just don't see the way forward for Aston Martin with him," said the Austrian during an impromptu media briefing organised by the DTM communications team during Berger's visit to the F1 test in Bahrain, just days after Krack took up his new job. "In all the years I've been there now, [BMW has] never been really consistently competitive.

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Oleg Karpov

After attempting to study engineering, Oleg was thrown out of his Moscow university for spending more time at the racetrack as a junior press officer for the national Lada racing series than attending lectures. His first job as a journalist was at the Soviet Sport newspaper, and in 2011 he moved to Berlin to pursue a freelance career in Formula 1. He joined Motorsport.com in 2015 and became a contributor to GP Racing magazine in 2021. When it's not race week, he plays squash every Wednesday and Sunday and likes to procrastinate by playing chess, with his Elo peaking at 2069 on one of the biggest online chess platforms.

How Aston Martin's "filter" defied Berger criticism to thrive in F1 leadership

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