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Mike Krack says he took on the challenge of lifting Aston Martin’s fortunes when “it would have been easy to run away from it”.

Aston Martin needed a new team principal during the off-season when Otmar Szafnauer decided the grass – if not the car’s livery – was greener at Alpine.

While former Toro Rosso team manager Graham Watson has claimed he turned down the job with the Silverstone-based squad, it was Krack who said ‘yes’ when approached and he was confirmed in the position in mid-January.

But it has turned out to be the worst possible start for a team who, upon their rebrand from Racing Point, dropped from fourth in 2020 to seventh in the Constructors’ Championship last season – and the decline has continued at a similar rate.

In the first three races of the 2022 campaign, Aston Martin are the only team not to have scored a point as they struggle to make the AMR22, their car for the much-changed F1 regulations, competitive.

Plus, they had to bring in reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg for the opening two grands prix after Sebastian Vettel tested positive for Covid.

It means a test of character for all involved with the team – and Krack said he had a good idea of what he would be facing when the opportunity came his way.

“I had a lot of questions when I was approached for this position and when I got the answers for those questions, I knew this would be a big challenge,” said the 50-year-old from Luxembourg,