2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[Sbrillo88]

Will they do a compare with the old car ?

[V10FURY]

It sounds like they will be short on parts and if they crash in FP or qualifying, it could be an issue. Perhaps they should have waited until after the summer break to make sure they had enough parts built. Let’s see if they can catch Cadillac this weekend, which is all I think is reasonable to expect, without another 50hp from the Honda motor as yet. After the summer break, with a revised engine and the chassis and aero actually working, they might be able to catch the Haas/Willams cars.

[marcel171281]

It sounds like they will be short on parts and if they crash in FP or qualifying, it could be an issue. Perhaps they should have waited until after the summer break to make sure they had enough parts built.

Why? It is not like they throw away potential point because they don't drive the old car. They need every minute of data they can on the new package. Running again with the old car is the most useless thing they could do at this time.

[avada]

Hm. They might end up like Williams not long ago, when only one car was able to race. Unless they bring the old spec car with all the parts as well, which seems unreasonable.

[mass_damper_enjoyer]

It sounds like they will be short on parts and if they crash in FP or qualifying, it could be an issue. Perhaps they should have waited until after the summer break to make sure they had enough parts built. Let’s see if they can catch Cadillac this weekend, which is all I think is reasonable to expect, without another 50hp from the Honda motor as yet. After the summer break, with a revised engine and the chassis and aero actually working, they might be able to catch the Haas/Willams cars.

Probably it makes no sense to wait any longer, it looks like they strategically chose this date:
- They have a decent gap until the next race to study all the data they can collect.
- They will stay two more days at the Hungaroring to conduct Pirelli tests, allowing for more data collection from the new package.
- It will be easier to understand the behavior of the new package by using the old PU before the new Honda upgrade arrives for the next race.
- Hungaroring is one of the least engine-dependent tracks, making it a good place to understand the chassis performance

I'm quite sure it's important for the team to have a clear picture of how the upgrades are working before the summer break. This ensures they don't have major correlation issues, everything works as expected, and they can plan what to do next.

[BassVirolla]

Just a thought but if Honda engine is same as earlier no ADUO changes applied and with the new gear box and chassis there are no vibrations then it can be concluded that Honda is underpowered but the gearbox or another component was responsible for vibrations?

There are things that you can tweak in the engine tuning (boost, ignition timing, fuel injection quantity & timing and I don't know if some more) that can do a great change in engine behaviour without touching a single hardware part.

[dr_cooke]

[Nikosar]

Finally we will se Aston Martin this weekend's Hungarian GP as effectively the beginning the season.

[SSJ4]

Auto racer reporting that the excess weight is around 30kg after dampening the vibrations

[Ashwinv16]

Auto racer reporting that the excess weight is around 30kg after dampening the vibrations

Yeah the Sidepods is non-existent now. The Honda engine is so tightly packed compared to the others, how are they gonna make it work still after all the issues. I was expcting bigger sidepod inlets and cooling like Red Bull, Mercedes or Audi.

[OnEcRiTiCaL]

[De Wet]

Auto racer reporting that the excess weight is around 30kg after dampening the vibrations

Yeah the Sidepods is non-existent now. The Honda engine is so tightly packed compared to the others, how are they gonna make it work still after all the issues. I was expcting bigger sidepod inlets and cooling like Red Bull, Mercedes or Audi.

Looks wide enough in this picture...

[dren]

Auto racer reporting that the excess weight is around 30kg after dampening the vibrations

Yeah the Sidepods is non-existent now. The Honda engine is so tightly packed compared to the others, how are they gonna make it work still after all the issues. I was expcting bigger sidepod inlets and cooling like Red Bull, Mercedes or Audi.

Looks wide enough in this picture...

https://scontent-jnb2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=6A67E3A2

I think they just have a little different profile on the inlet now. Not really any smaller.

[Holm86]

Why is car stuff being discussed in the team thread??

[diffuser]

That sounds like the re-imagining of the PU coming with MGU-K along side the ICE and Newey asking to have put in the front. That and asking for the batteries to be stacked. Same story different way of saying it.

Yeah, as there is ZERO way they brought an engine that "didn't fit" .

I'd take this with a grain of salt and with all due respect, I'd take most of what the Spanish media has been saying with a grain of salt. It is all extremely toxic, propped up by the idolisation of Alonso. It's usually just smack to dress down Honda because of this Alonso v Honda narrative.

If Alonso leaves, they should pick up Tsunoda. He will be cheap and can speak the native tongue of the Honda engineers. He can be #2 to Lance even. He's fit and in his prime now, and hungrier than ever. Just needs to keep that temper down and not get in the way of Lance.

I would have considered him. It's one of those things where one should be careful what you wish for. He got his wish to drive for RBR and it was a complete disaster. He might be the one driver in recent F1 history that is worse than Stroll.


I'm not sure why AMR don't have any solid backup plans to Alonso.