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Taking on Silverstone with its fast corners, Aston Martin team boss Mike Krack admits they “need upgrades” if they want to score any points.

Aston Martin is arguably the team with the most talked about updates to this year’s all-new cars, the Silverstone-based team introducing a “green Red Bull”, as it was dubbed”, at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Although the team didn’t score that Sunday they have every race since, stringing together a run of three top-ten results.

But team boss Krack is not satisfied.

The German concedes that the last three circuits, Baku, Monaco, Montreal, suited the AMR22 but he’s worried about the car’s performance at the next, Silverstone.

“The last three courses have helped us,” he told Auto Motor und Sport. “If we had raced in Barcelona three times, it would certainly have looked very different.

“For the tracks that are now come, we need upgrades. And that’s why we decided to bring new parts now.”

Aston Martin failed to score at Barcelona with its high-speed corners, Formula 1’s next venue also including high-speed turns, most notably Copse.

He reckons finding a tenth or two could make all the difference in this year’s midfield.

“Because everything is so close, it doesn’t take much to make up several positions,” Krack added. “If you can sit at the top of this group behind Mercedes, then the points score can be