@Freakstyle Lol no sorry.
I dont know by what metric you say that all cars are miles clear of Aston Martin (or even that they need to be faster in the game, laptimes are fine as is) especially with how unrealistic the driver ratings are, but claiming Aston Martin in is generally 0.4s slower than McLaren and 0.7s slower than Alpine is a bold statement. Yes Aston Martin have for some reason struggled massively in the wet lately but their car is not bad at all anymore, McLaren at some tracks even slower due to their high downforce setup but then at tracks like Hungary they might be near 0.4s faster..
The performances should be made how they are IRL not just generically better or worse for anything regarding performance but Alpine for instance, low drag, low downforce, ok mechanical grip. McLaren ~3rd best downforce and mechanical grip but horrible top speed.
Another thing you need to consider is track evolution with every dry session in quali the times are generally improving by up to half a second so when it seems at times like Williams is 3s slower than pole, its not really that much, the driver plays a role and the track conditions make the car slower..