2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[FNTC]

Probably to be able to design and maybe quickly redesign the gearbox to fit with the suspension and aero packages?

Click on the number 6 on the car here: https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/2026
Says amongst other things:

The gearbox has to work with the aerodynamic concept, the cooling concept, an idealised centre of gravity, and an idealised weight distribution.

[Rikrikrik]

They need time. I hate Honda but i think the engine is good like the others, but the car has a lot of limitations and they simple cant use engine normally. Its different comparing to 2015 when the engine simple didint work. We'll are suffer at begginning. The pieces needs to works well toghether and its not easy to make, but they will do. We need forget the first 5, 6 races already. Some improve should come after this. My feelings are the engine is good enough, but now they cant release everything because a mount of problems with others parts.

[diffuser]

Honda is 1 year behind the other PU manufacturers. This is not rocket science and there is no need to criticize anyone here. Check the dates on the press-release when Honda announced the return to F1. It is the summer of 2023 when they started rebuilding and working earnestly. https://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/new ... on-martin/

What is frustrating is all the bs artist and scammers in the spanish media who were delivering fake news and fake hype about the Aston Martin project. They made this project grow 3 heads and people start to believe Newey and Honda are not of this earth and would be able to build a winning project overnight.

Now is the time to make note of every one of these con artist on social media and to remove them from your subscriptions.

Honda Racing Corporation officially registered as a 2026 Formula 1 power unit manufacturer on 3 February 2023. The registration was confirmed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as part of the first batch of approved PU manufacturers for the 2026–2030 cycle.

The regulations were confirmed August 16, 2022 → formally ratified and effectively locked
From that point onward, only fine-tuning occurred — no fundamental concept changes.

Honda was in it before they had agreed to a deal with AMF1

HRC president Koji Watanabe stated that even though Honda scaled back after 2021, they continued studying and developing elements important to the new 2026 engine before their full return and didn’t abandon R&D completely.
By March 2022, Honda had been engaged in development right up until homologation of the existing era’s PU before the engine freeze — so PU engineers were already active at that point.
After the engine freeze and creation of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) in April 2022, HRC continued studies and development work towards the new regulations even while formal deployment plans were being decided.
https://www.grandprix.com/news/watanbe- ... pment.html

[Bill]

The gearbox and car pu are both new so they don't don't have past experience to glen from like other teams but ones they fix the gearbox the can unleash the pu ,i don't believe the engine is bad as it is the same concept that won championships. The media would report everything honda but would not touch audi who are having their own problems like honda in 2015.

[FNTC]

[auem123]

The gearbox and car pu are both new so they don't don't have past experience to glen from like other teams but ones they fix the gearbox the can unleash the pu ,i don't believe the engine is bad as it is the same concept that won championships. The media would report everything honda but would not touch audi who are having their own problems like honda in 2015.

Audi is new in the f1, unlike Honda. They are starting from the scratch. Even then they are performing better until now. I am sure Honda, given time, will catch up to it's peers. But this iteration of engine rule, in all likelihood, is going to be much shorter than the previous one. It is over for Alonso, that's for sure.

[SSJ4]

Watching strolls onboard. Car still handles horrendously. So snappy and cumbersome

[Leon Kennedy]

Probably to be able to design and maybe quickly redesign the gearbox to fit with the suspension and aero packages?

Click on the number 6 on the car here: https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/2026
Says amongst other things:

The gearbox has to work with the aerodynamic concept, the cooling concept, an idealised centre of gravity, and an idealised weight distribution.

But I imagine it's a close collaboration with Honda, because otherwise it wouldn't make sense. What's the reason for this non-Sync transmission with the engine? That's what they said on skysport, it seems strange to me that Honda didn't advise them how to do it and they started completely from 0. It's true that it has to be integrated with the aero and the chassis, but also and especially with the PU

[FNTC]

De la Rosa live on the F1 youtube wrap-up show now

[Michelangelo.14]

How many laps for the day?

[Bill]

The gearbox and car pu are both new so they don't don't have past experience to glen from like other teams but ones they fix the gearbox the can unleash the pu ,i don't believe the engine is bad as it is the same concept that won championships. The media would report everything honda but would not touch audi who are having their own problems like honda in 2015.

Audi is new in the f1, unlike Honda. They are starting from the scratch. Even then they are performing better until now. I am sure Honda, given time, will catch up to it's peers. But this iteration of engine rule, in all likelihood, is going to be much shorter than the previous one. It is over for Alonso, that's for sure.

I was comparing honda in 2015 and audi today.the hatred to see honda fail or alonso for that matter it's not normal

[Badger]

The gearbox and car pu are both new so they don't don't have past experience to glen from like other teams but ones they fix the gearbox the can unleash the pu ,i don't believe the engine is bad as it is the same concept that won championships. The media would report everything honda but would not touch audi who are having their own problems like honda in 2015.

Comparing Audi to Honda in 2015 is a bit of a self-own considering Audi looks much better than Honda in 2026.

[Nikosar]

But we have Lobato saying the following form other side :

Lobato told SoyMotor: “I've spoken with someone from Fernando's circle, and they told me: 'Another year in hell, another year of suffering'.”


So I don’t know, let try to stay positive we never know.

[Leon Kennedy]

Stroll 326km/h and 11233 rpm. They're gradually releasing power. Whoever said the engine would explode after 11,000 rpm, don't trust that source anymore.

[GoranF1]

Stroll 326km/h and 11233 rpm. They're gradually releasing power. Whoever said the engine would explode after 11,000 rpm, don't trust that source anymore.

And whit that setting 1.38.1....almost 5 sec off pace.....