2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[ispano6]

How much gearbox per car are they supposed to use ?
Anyway, AMR 26B should arrive after SPA, or at SPA.

I think they need to put all the dev, the new gearbox and all the ADUO upgrade for this big B version.

Then, it will give them a ton of information to work on for 2027

If they drag it out that long, why not wait for the summer break? It's only two races but more then a month later. (Though not sure how much they are forced to shut down)

Was there even info on ADOU grants released? Who know when the FIA will grant them and allow the introduction of an upgrade.

How much gearbox per car are they supposed to use ?

I don't think it really matters, they start from the back anyway. And won't be going for the championship this year. A few grid penalties won't make a difference.

They're still on the original gearbox, I don't think they've replaced it. The bad behaviour on downshifts that Alonso pointed out isn't resulting in the gearboxes being damaged or replaced. To my knowledge anyways.

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

[diffuser]

If they drag it out that long, why not wait for the summer break? It's only two races but more then a month later. (Though not sure how much they are forced to shut down)

Was there even info on ADOU grants released? Who know when the FIA will grant them and allow the introduction of an upgrade.



I don't think it really matters, they start from the back anyway. And won't be going for the championship this year. A few grid penalties won't make a difference.

They're still on the original gearbox, I don't think they've replaced it. The bad behaviour on downshifts that Alonso pointed out isn't resulting in the gearboxes being damaged or replaced. To my knowledge anyways.

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

They talk about all this testing with the gearbox going on in Japan, just makes it blatinly evident how far behind AMR were. Honda should NOT have had to wait till the 3ird race of the year to get a AMR gearbox to test with.

[ispano6]

They're still on the original gearbox, I don't think they've replaced it. The bad behaviour on downshifts that Alonso pointed out isn't resulting in the gearboxes being damaged or replaced. To my knowledge anyways.

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

They talk about all this testing with the gearbox going on in Japan, just makes it blatinly evident how far behind AMR were. Honda should NOT have had to wait till the 3ird race of the year to get a AMR gearbox to test with.

There are still issues. As evident in Alonso's weird shift into neutral at turn 2 just now. This is not a polished gearbox operation whatsoever. Why wouldn't you think the gearbox needs work?

[Bill]

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

They talk about all this testing with the gearbox going on in Japan, just makes it blatinly evident how far behind AMR were. Honda should NOT have had to wait till the 3ird race of the year to get a AMR gearbox to test with.

There are still issues. As evident in Alonso's weird shift into neutral at turn 2 just now. This is not a polished gearbox operation whatsoever. Why wouldn't you think the gearbox needs work?

"I think the whole gearbox issue is difficult and will continue to be difficult for some time".Mike Krack

[NAPI10]

Has AM finish P10 in any practice session this year...thata progress

[FNTC]

I haven't been able to watch Fp1. How in the world is alonso p10?

[etusch]

They decepted fia

[vas_04614]

This session is hard to decipher, because we don't know which laps are 6 MJ and which are 8 MJ

[FNTC]

Lots of drivers on hard tires behind alonso as well I see.

[GoranF1]

Alonso's gap to Perez,Bottas and Stroll is huge.

[ispano6]

It's important to gain the confidence to be able to run at the pace the front runners do, so it was a good session for Alonso. Stroll seemed to have some damage underneath that needed to be patched up. Alonso could have had a better time on his medium tire run than his soft if he had combined the best sectors, it seemed, around 0.7.

[Bill]

https://x.com/F1BigData/status/2057889835428270454

[Jambier]

They're still on the original gearbox, I don't think they've replaced it. The bad behaviour on downshifts that Alonso pointed out isn't resulting in the gearboxes being damaged or replaced. To my knowledge anyways.

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

They talk about all this testing with the gearbox going on in Japan, just makes it blatinly evident how far behind AMR were. Honda should NOT have had to wait till the 3ird race of the year to get a AMR gearbox to test with.

Indeed, AMR was way behind schedule.
In a way, they also told us so last year, that they started 4 months late.

If you remove 4 months, we are before the season.
But Honda also failed and was late, because they also start late.

The question mark is: Can they outdevelop everyone else and catch up, at least for 2027

[Ashwinv16]

Asaki-san has stated the gearbox is crucial for energy recovery as it needs to be able to convert and absorb the forces and synchronize the drivetrain. All while not over heating and causing a failure.

They talk about all this testing with the gearbox going on in Japan, just makes it blatinly evident how far behind AMR were. Honda should NOT have had to wait till the 3ird race of the year to get a AMR gearbox to test with.

Indeed, AMR was way behind schedule.
In a way, they also told us so last year, that they started 4 months late.

If you remove 4 months, we are before the season.
But Honda also failed and was late, because they also start late.

The question mark is: Can they outdevelop everyone else and catch up, at least for 2027

Tbey have done it before so why not

[SchuMassa]

Fernando in the wall