Aston Martin boss Mike Krack explains what was ‘not good’ about recent F1 team principals meeting

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The role of a Formula 1 team principal is wide-ranging and all-encompassing and typically requires the person to balance what’s best for the sport with what’s best for their team.

Aston Martin boss Mike Krack arguably has one of the toughest jobs out of any of the principals in the paddock.

The British team were briefly on the grid in 1959 and 1960 before returning in 2021 when they took over from Racing Point.

That purchase was made by Lawrence Stroll and he continues as the team’s chairman to this day, and Krack is well aware of the expectations the Canadian billionaire has for Aston Martin.

So far, those expectations haven’t been met, with Aston Martin stranded in fifth place in the Constructors’ Championship this year.

Fernando Alonso is already worried about the 2025 season, but there are high hopes for when the regulations change the following year.

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Honda will arrive as the team’s exclusive power unit supplier and Adrian Newey and the incredible team of backroom staff Stroll has assembled will be fully integrated into Aston Martin’s state-of-the-art factory with a brand new wind tunnel online.

Krack was speaking on the Nailing The Apex Podcast and discussed a recent meeting among the ten team principals held at RB’s factory.

There were several aspects of gathering that Krack wasn’t happy with, but he wouldn’t name which of his colleagues upset him on this occasion.

Why Mike Krack thought F1 team principal’s most recent meeting was ‘not good’

Talking about the recent F1 team principals meeting, Krack said: “The meeting started badly because two [team principals] were late. That’s not good.

“I’m not calling out anyone, I will tell you face-to-face next time and we started late and the meeting ran two hours too long, so this is not good.

“I think you should be professional and structured but this aside, I think there’s always two aspects.

“The first one is we have a responsibility for this sport, for our product.

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“This unites all of us, F1, the FIA and the teams have a product that should be protected at any cost.

“We should make it attractive, we should develop it, we should keep it alive to make it better and better and better and better with new ideas and trying things. I think that is very important.

“But then comes the phase also where you have to represent the interest of your team, but I think you have to keep a bit of balance between these two and if everybody just focuses around their team at all times, then compromise is difficult.”

Aston Martin predicted to be involved in unlikely 2025 driver move

All eyes are going to be on Aston Martin in 2026 when they’ll be hoping to be among the front-running teams in their first Newey-designed car.

However, Jeroen Bleekemolen has suggested that Aston Martin’s driver line-up might have changed by then.

Alonso is entering the twilight of his career and while he’s contracted until the end of the 2026 season.

Plans for 2027 and beyond are already being considered by Alonso, and his immediate future may be decided by whether or not he has faith that the team can close the gap to the likes of McLaren and Aston Martin.

That’s going to be easier said than done, but Krack believes they must take inspiration from McLaren to make it happen.