2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[Jambier]

I hope they can at least run without clipping in Melbourne no matter how bad gearbox or/and engine is.
First few races indeed going to be nightmares.

Based on ADUO rules, Hungary will be the first race to introduce engine upgrades. July feels like forever.

Yep, and it will be useful to have this engine upgrade.
But even with a correct engine, I think there are tons of other issues. Gearbox and so on... So yeah, they will need half a year to make the car just work as normal and as it should be running now.

[TyreSlip]

Car broke down on a 25 lap race run.

[Badger]

Wow, that rev limit has really been dropped hasn't it?

[F1doc]

Sounded driveshaft or gearbox related from the onboard.

[Badger]

Sounds healthy.

[Alonso_fin]

Sounds healthy.

I wonder how long Fernando has the patience listening to this onboard..

[auem123]

I now wonder if Honda actually has decent engine and it is AM's in house design who screwed the gearbox.

[Badger]

Engine hit 13 200 rpm during the rev spike.

[dren]

Yeah, sounds like something let loose on that last downshift.

[Alonso_fin]

Engine sounds fine and revs freely, definitely something going on within the transmission.

[Rikrikrik]

Will be another terrible year to watch. If we expect after a horribles 24 and 25 anything better this year, so, here we go. We will be the last team, probably worse than Cadillac. Its incredible how unlucky Alonso is.

[sn809]

Engine hit 13 200 rpm during the rev spike.

Yeah I thinknits the gear box

[gnocchiF1]

Looking at race stint times, Aston Martin looks about 1.5+ seconds behind Racing Bulls and Alpine.

[Leon Kennedy]

Will be another terrible year to watch. If we expect after a horribles 24 and 25 anything better this year, so, here we go. We will be the last team, probably worse than Cadillac. Its incredible how unlucky Alonso is.

Let's not exaggerate, worse than Cadillac no, anyway after the end of the straight he already had problems and in fact he had to turn the steering wheel with both hands. I don't think I've ever I don't think I've ever felt such a high rev spike that it made the camera shake. Basically, they have gearbox issues, and the engine isn't great in terms of performance.

[OnEcRiTiCaL]

Is hydraulic system issue again, not gearbox failure it self ,which of course works with hydraulic just like steering wheel and literally everything.