“He Kept Fernando Alonso Happy”: Ted Kravitz Ranks Mike Krack Above Toto Wolff and Christian Horner in One Crucial Leadership Category

The Sky Sports F1 panel has been ranking the team principals of all 10 teams while reviewing the 2023 season. The panel involved David Croft and Ted Kravitz besides host Matt Baker in a two part feature on the . A peculiar observation was the praise Kravitz had for Aston Martin team boss Mike Krack.

The 49 year old ranked Krack 2nd out of the 10 bosses on one crucial category of human relations, above Toto Wolff and Christian Horner. Advertisement Kravitz had his reasoning on why he felt was great at managing human relations in 2023. He stated, Krack who became the Aston Martin boss last year had a breakout season to deal with in 2023.

With the Silverstone team suddenly hitting the form of getting consistent podiums, Krack had a lot on his plate. As the team dipped in form, the 51 year old had to keep things stable at the team to avoid panic. Advertisement When Lawrence Stroll demanded the team to deliver a win this season, Krack handled the situation well to manage the Aston Martin owner’s expectations.

Likewise when or Lance Stroll got frustrated at different races such as Japan and Qatar, Krack’s leadership behind the door helped to calm them down. The Luxembourger was also diplomatic enough to handle the criticism against Lance Stroll. Krack had an intricate balance to achieve as Stroll is the team owner’s son, so the criticism of his poor performances will always be a public relations nightmare.

However, and Croft were not able to rank Krack highly on other aspects such as media management and scheduling. Overall in their final consolidated ranking, the Aston Martin boss only finished 8th. How things got tough for Mike Krack as Aston Martin dropped off in 2023 The dream start to ‘s season slowly derailed as the season progressed.

After the Spanish GP, Fernando Alonso was only able to get two podiums, relative to the six before. The Canadian GP was the tipping point that steadily started the team’s decline in performance. Advertisement Once Alonso’s P2 finish in Montreal was behind, Aston Martin could not match its rivals.

Mercedes, Ferrari, and even McLaren developed better than them. Mike Krack and his team justified it as their mistake in choosing the development path for the AMR23. Krack had to deal with several questions about why the team declined so much. The 51 year old managed to media to his level best but was not able to explain and back his assurances with results.

Loading embed tweet https://twitter.com/wearetherace/status/1684496765376921601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Now for the 2024 season, the Aston Martin boss seems to be managing expectations. He stated that the last few races were positive for the team and could help them for next year. However, they are not going to be in a from 2023.

That means Aston is not expecting to be good or bad, rather it would be a clean slate. Advertisement.