2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[FNTC]

Alonso's onboard from Q1. Floor board and halo wing vibrates a lot.

[diffuser]

I seriously doubt mercedes customer teams are getting the same spec pu as merc.its always better to be a works team if you want to win champions

agree. Unless you draw the engines,the supplier can always provide inferior products to their customers

Mercedes supply several teams the same engine as per regulations, but their customers don't have the same software.

But seems they also didn't receive the newest Mercedes engine in testing, only getting access to it in Australia.

This makes it hard for Mercedes customers to catch up and properly optimise their engine.

With time deficits will reduce

Stop making shiit up.
If you buy you engines from any manufacturer you get everything hardware and software maps. The rules REQUIRE they are the same as Mercedes. If they're not, they are disqualified. The only things that are not the same is what each team has to supply themselves. That is the exhaust, radiators and air intake airbox. There might be other ancillary parts that get replaced between races that the team also has to supply (per the Manufacturers spec).

[Alonso Fan]

Alonso's onboard from Q1. Floor board and halo wing vibrates a lot.

The onboards in practice were a lot worse, you could hear the engine physically vibrate

[Alonso Fan]

This thread seems awfully quiet after quali... Do people seriously only come here when things are going wrong?

[API]

2Diffuser : This is not always the case. If there is a new engine specification or a different one, it may not be the same. And everyone uses engines as they need.

If the customer agrees, it is not the same.

You'll just find exceptions. It doesn't apply universally.

The engines can also be muted, HPP will not allow full power,

[LemonLife33]

Alonso's onboard from Q1. Floor board and halo wing vibrates a lot.

Well at least the engine sounds better than the rest! Thats a start

[venkyhere]

Alonso's onboard from Q1. Floor board and halo wing vibrates a lot.

I hope they highlight 'safety' concern and put some rubber gasket/washer between the tub and the mirror stay(s), atleast as a temporary measure. The driver will need mirrors in the race and an already 'difficult to see' situation will be made 'impossible to see' if the mirrors (alongwith the driver himself) vibrate from the extra vibrations.

[HPD]

Where did the figure of 80 or 100 hp come from? Alonso confirmed after qualifying that they are running with less power to avoid further problems. But the exact figure remains a mystery.

[AR3-GP]

Not sure what this is about

Ted Kravitz:

"Aston Martin will request some kind of exemption under the cost cap. I don't think they'll grant it to them because they wouldn't grant it to any other team"

"Everything is really bad. If you think things are bad at Aston Martin, they're actually worse"

Sky Sports F1

[FNTC]

I think that's what the whole permanent nerve damage/feels like electrocution thing is about. Trying to get some exemptions to fix the engine package on driver's safety grounds.

[auem123]

Pretty sure exemption won't be given. They have to work within the budget.

[Mansell89]

The chassis will of course have potential but we’ll never know until we get requisite power. We can’t really do anything more than the rough maths.

I am truly staggered if Aston Martin were unaware that Honda had disbanded the previous F1 workforce- when you make the decision to become a works team you should be absolutely all over it.

But Honda, having gone through the turmoil of 2015, I mean goodness me how can we be back here again? I expected better of both organisations to be honest.

[BassVirolla]

This thread seems awfully quiet after quali... Do people seriously only come here when things are going wrong?

Really? Do you think things are now going right? Or just not wrong?

A lot of posters usually post less in weekends, you can bet on it.

[diffuser]

2Diffuser : This is not always the case. If there is a new engine specification or a different one, it may not be the same. And everyone uses engines as they need.

If the customer agrees, it is not the same.

You'll just find exceptions. It doesn't apply universally.

The engines can also be muted, HPP will not allow full power,

A lot of this doesn't apply to these regs cause there are no "in season" upgrades. From a performance perspective, the only manufactures that likely will be allowed "in season" upgrades are manufactures that supply only 1 team. I actually don't think anybody's ICE, except Honda, has a chance at being greater than 2% behind. Reliability upgrades are allowed and everyone is gonna want a reliability upgrade. If a manufacturer wants to change something in the PU for reliability reasons, that "change" has to be made available to everyone of the teams that the manufacturer supplies. All the supplied teams don't have to use it, but it has to be available for anyone to use it.

As for the software and the Maps, etc. The cksum of the software loaded is checked for all the teams that the manufacturer is supplying. It can't be different.

[diffuser]

Not sure what this is about

Ted Kravitz:

"Aston Martin will request some kind of exemption under the cost cap. I don't think they'll grant it to them because they wouldn't grant it to any other team"

"Everything is really bad. If you think things are bad at Aston Martin, they're actually worse"

Sky Sports F1

If Aston say to the FIA ,we're not racing at the next 5 races cause we're out of batteries or what have you. If Honda supply more batteries, Honda are gonna go be over the CAP. What is the FIA gonna do ? say no ?