Although Aston Martin have taken small steps forward since the end of last season, it’s left them in an awkward position in the Constructors’ Championship. Aston Martin only finished 22 points behind McLaren last year, but since then the top four teams have opened up a gap over the rest of the field. Mercedes are already nearly 200 points clear of Mike Krack’s team but they currently have more than double RB’s point tally in the team standings. This leaves Aston Martin chasing performance with updates that they simply haven’t been able to find. Even when Fernando Alonso was regularly scoring p…