Listen to this article This season was supposed to see a resurgence from the team as it benefited from the expansion of the last couple of years, and the new regulations opened up an opportunity for those in the midfield to make a step. However on a weekend when the likes of Haas and Alfa Romeo showed signs of significant progress and logged dream results, Aston stumbled. Matters were not helped by the loss of Sebastian Vettel to COVID, and the necessity to call on reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg to step in at the last minute. The lack of continuity in one car was an unnecessary distraction, but performance was missing all weekend even with Lance Stroll, who had done a lot of running in the AMR22. In the end Hulkenberg and Stroll qualified 17th and 19th respectively, and on Sunday evening they finished 12th and 17th, this time with the Canadian ahead. As with the likes of fellow strugglers McLaren and Williams there could …