2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

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diffuser wrote:
01 Jul 2026, 23:26
CHT wrote:
01 Jul 2026, 05:58
With Newey facing health issue, and Aston Martin making loses, its all possible that Horner may be hoping to acquire a stack in the team. Last moment fall out could be due to disagreement in company valuation.
Loses? Horner isn't a engineer. He's a manager.
He meant "losses" and "stake". It's possible Horner backed away since he felt that he wasn't offered a large enough amount of equity in the team. (Or any at all.) If Stroll is now coming back to the table that may have changed.

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New motor for Zandvoort.
"Big jump"
Honda ya sabe cuándo estrenará su nuevo motor: "Nuestro objetivo es dar un salto adelante bastante grande" | SoyMotor.com https://soymotor.com/f1/noticias/honda- ... o-adelante

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What's this about Horner? I thought Wheatley was on the way? Horner is very good, but so is Wheatley, and he does so with a far better approach.

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I think Wheatley has gardening leave most likely well into 2027, but Horner could probably work for Aston tomorrow, if they agreed a deal, since his is up already.

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Waz wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 15:14
What's this about Horner? I thought Wheatley was on the way? Horner is very good, but so is Wheatley, and he does so with a far better approach.
The Horner source came from The Daily Mail. That tells you everything about its credibility.

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TyreSlip wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 15:49
Waz wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 15:14
What's this about Horner? I thought Wheatley was on the way? Horner is very good, but so is Wheatley, and he does so with a far better approach.
The Horner source came from The Daily Mail. That tells you everything about its credibility.
In his interview on F1technical, Newey said that Mike Krack is excellent at representing the team. Which I read as, him saying that he's not in any rush to find a replacement. He also noted—I'm paraphrasing—that while the FIA requires every team to have someone designated as "team principal," the role itself isn't formally defined. Regardless of how you interpret the title, the buck stops with me. So AMR F1 are looking for a face that wouldn't have any power. So why in the world would you go spend all that money on Horner just to tie his hands and why would Horner accept such a job?

Wheatley has worked with Newey for more than 2 decades. It sounds to me as they know each other well and know what each otherare looking for.
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Brahmal wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 03:51
diffuser wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 03:21
In any case, the wheel hub is on the opposite side of the ICE. It's located almost directly behind the driver's head, only a couple of centimeters farther rearward.
I think he's referring to the part that the brakes and wheels are attached to. The ones in front are called steering knuckles, not sure what the rear ones are called as I've heard it referred to as the knuckle, spindle, or hub carrier.
yes thats correct. i was talking about the opposite end of that top wishbone that everyone was saying was a radical design during preseason. one end connects to the rear crash structure, the other connects by the wheel hub assembly. just thought that regardless of whether the inboard mount was at the crash structure or the gearbox casing, theyre both solid compaired with the rear wheel mounting side. if that makes sense.. regardless, the current mounting has been done before in prior newey cars, with no vibration issues that we know of. and sure, "vibrations are complicated". but people seeing that "radical" suspension arm, and deciding that its the cause of their vibration issues, is pretty amateur to begin with, with no evidence to speak of. i know its just speculation. speculate is all we can do without anybody from the team giving up information.

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Petebass wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 12:45
New motor for Zandvoort.
"Big jump"
Honda ya sabe cuándo estrenará su nuevo motor: "Nuestro objetivo es dar un salto adelante bastante grande" | SoyMotor.com https://soymotor.com/f1/noticias/honda- ... o-adelante
Great news. Knowing both about the performance increase and when it will arrive... If they figure out how to operate with this fuel, I think it won't take them long to close the gap and then becoming best or one of them.

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etusch wrote:
03 Jul 2026, 09:08
Petebass wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 12:45
New motor for Zandvoort.
"Big jump"
Honda ya sabe cuándo estrenará su nuevo motor: "Nuestro objetivo es dar un salto adelante bastante grande" | SoyMotor.com https://soymotor.com/f1/noticias/honda- ... o-adelante
Great news. Knowing both about the performance increase and when it will arrive... If they figure out how to operate with this fuel, I think it won't take them long to close the gap and then becoming best or one of them.
No more assumption or predictions, believe when you see it.

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That's really a no-new-news article, apart from the target being Zandvoort. Honda have long said they hope to make a decent step. I have also read somewhere that they do not expect to be on Red-Bull or Mercedes PU level, but hope to be a good chunk closer.

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Lance Stroll also said upgraded car at Hungary and engine at Zandvoort in the press conference yesterday, same as the news reports.

Edit: Transcript here: https://www.fia.com/news/f1-2026-britis ... transcript
Q: OK, now let’s talk about the upgrade. Adrian Newey spoke earlier this week about what’s coming in Hungary. Does it feel for you that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel? What are you expecting in terms of performance when it arrives?
LS: We’ll find out. We’ll find out in Hungary. We have the aero in Hungary and then engine in Zandvoort. So, we’ll know more then. Hopefully we get more in the mix.

Q: Have you put any of it through the simulator yet?
LS: Yeah, it’s supposed to go a lot faster. How much faster is always difficult to estimate before it hits the track. I just hope we take a good step forward and it gives us some opportunity to fight every weekend and score some points, if it’s good, or if it’s great, better than that.

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FNTC wrote:
03 Jul 2026, 15:21
Lance Stroll also said upgraded car at Hungary and engine at Zandvoort in the press conference yesterday, same as the news reports.

Edit: Transcript here: https://www.fia.com/news/f1-2026-britis ... transcript
Q: OK, now let’s talk about the upgrade. Adrian Newey spoke earlier this week about what’s coming in Hungary. Does it feel for you that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel? What are you expecting in terms of performance when it arrives?
LS: We’ll find out. We’ll find out in Hungary. We have the aero in Hungary and then engine in Zandvoort. So, we’ll know more then. Hopefully we get more in the mix.

Q: Have you put any of it through the simulator yet?
LS: Yeah, it’s supposed to go a lot faster. How much faster is always difficult to estimate before it hits the track. I just hope we take a good step forward and it gives us some opportunity to fight every weekend and score some points, if it’s good, or if it’s great, better than that.
Lance sounds positive after long time.Hope it's a good step forward. [-o< [-o<

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etusch wrote:
03 Jul 2026, 09:08
Petebass wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 12:45
New motor for Zandvoort.
"Big jump"
Honda ya sabe cuándo estrenará su nuevo motor: "Nuestro objetivo es dar un salto adelante bastante grande" | SoyMotor.com https://soymotor.com/f1/noticias/honda- ... o-adelante
Great news. Knowing both about the performance increase and when it will arrive... If they figure out how to operate with this fuel, I think it won't take them long to close the gap and then becoming best or one of them.
No worries. The Fuel pump is connected to the Fuel line, the fuel line is connected to the fuel cell and AMR F1 put the fuel in the fuel Cell. Nothing for Honda to figure out there. As long as they can get power to the fuel pump we're good.

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Re: 2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

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etusch wrote:
03 Jul 2026, 09:08
Petebass wrote:
02 Jul 2026, 12:45
New motor for Zandvoort.
"Big jump"
Honda ya sabe cuándo estrenará su nuevo motor: "Nuestro objetivo es dar un salto adelante bastante grande" | SoyMotor.com https://soymotor.com/f1/noticias/honda- ... o-adelante
Great news. Knowing both about the performance increase and when it will arrive... If they figure out how to operate with this fuel, I think it won't take them long to close the gap and then becoming best or one of them.
"becoming best or one of them." others probably will do nothing... #-o #-o #-o

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bigblue wrote:
03 Jul 2026, 15:00
That's really a no-new-news article, apart from the target being Zandvoort. Honda have long said they hope to make a decent step. I have also read somewhere that they do not expect to be on Red-Bull or Mercedes PU level, but hope to be a good chunk closer.
IMHO they seemed to be more tentative when describing their upgrades in the past. You don't find huge gains in lubrication. Their wording has switches to bolder terms. "Big Jump" sounds more sure of themselves. While before it was more of "well I don't know, we have a lot of testing to do, you know the reliability has to be there" sounded like they were preparing to make excuses. It might have just gotten lost in translation though ....