Aston Martin reject FIA intervention after 'housekeeping' F1 review

Aston Martin has explained that it does not believe FIA intervention is required over the vibration issues which affected its early-season running. 

In the Chinese GP, Fernando Alonso was seen to take his hands off the steering wheel as the AMR26 machine suffered from vibrations, with the FIA understood to have looked into the problem, as Alonso subsequently retired. 

Last time out in the Japanese GP, countermeasures in place allowed Alonso to finish the race, Aston Martin's first of the season, with the team working with Honda during the April shutdown to find long-term solutions to the unreliability concerns. 

However, chief trackside officer Mike Krack has delivered a firm response that the team did not require FIA intervention over the vibrations, which team principal Adrian Newey claimed in Australia could cause "permanent nerve damage" to Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll. 

"No, there is nothing more to add, to be honest," Krack told media, including RacingNews365, when questioned about the FIA monitoring the vibration situation.

"We want to fix these issues in the first place, and we don't have to have anyone asking us to do it.

"After China, there was a review, but we also had one for where Lance stopped, so you have to review from a technical point of view, but also operationally, 'how did we handle this situation?'

"I think this is good governance in each team, that you have to do your housekeeping work, and we did that, and I hope the countermeasures really work."