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.

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