2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[Otromundo]

Last week or maybe the week before I saw a video of a Japanese reporter interviewing a big boss from HRC. He had a life-size model of the engine behind him where you could see that the electrical part + battery were in staggered positions. They asked him the reason. He replied that AN had asked them for the MGU-K to be as low as possible and that they had to modify the engine. That the electrical part above the MGU-K housed "electrical components" (I suspected they could be capacitors, which is something I think is important to confirm, by the way) and that the lower part housed the battery. And that AN's reason was to move the center of gravity as low as possible, something logical and also typical of AN. At no point was AN or AMR criticized.

I've been looking for it for 2 days because I didn't save its address and I would like you to see it. But there is no way. Let's see if I can find it while I wait for P1 to start.

[CHT]

All F1 cars on the grid has similar ICE attachment to the chassis and there is no reason to believe the Honda ICE engine is vibrating so excessively that a battery pack sitting in the monocoque can be damage. If its ICE vibration issue, its also impossible for Honda not to notice this problem in the factory.

Having said that, its also important to note the MGU-K is also mounted to the ICE, which could also be the source of the excessive vibration as this is now mounted at a different location to other teams.

[SealTheRealDeal]

I don't know, but I don't think the MGU-K would cause the car to shake like that while the car is stopped.

[CHT]

https://twitter.com/agustinms67/status/ ... 1202697235
I don't know, but I don't think the MGU-K would cause the car to shake like that while the car is stopped.

2026 MGU-K are much bigger and heavier and its attached to ICE.
When MGU-K is closely attached on its side to the engine, there will be less rotational effect when ICE vibrate.
Under the current set up, the MGU-K is attached at the end, with is C.G further away from the ICE.
Which mean any movement from the ICE on the MGU-K will increase rotational effect due to perpendicular distance,

(Moment = Force x Perpendicular Distance).

[GhostF1]

I suppose a question that someone I know asked me that seems so obvious, it hasn't been asked is.. "if the vibrations for the driver are THAT bad they can't even drive the car, can they not introduce a damper on the steering and seat somewhere? Most motorcycles have dampers to mitigate severe vibrations for this exact reason. At this point, if it introduces a kilo or two, so be it, I think that's the least of their concerns for the moment, but if it gets them running, great".

I personally refuse to believe there is nothing they can do to make it possible for the drivers to actually drive it for [prolonged timeframes. This sounds archaic and a dodge or an exaggerated safety plea for development time.