2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[diffuser]

stroll didnt make his final run because of vibrations. i couldnt understand whether it was caused by his off or it was ongoing through the run. it seems like its intermitent

Stroll was unable to complete his final lap because he braked so hard that he damaged his tire. He could have let it go into the run-off area and started another lap. He also impeded Alonso.
The vibrations are due to that.

You mean he flat spotted the tire?

[HondaPOD]

You mean he flat spotted the tire?

If you want, yes

[FNTC]

Astons on soft tires cant even pass a cadillac on hards so far...

[SchuMassa]

Fernando being outpaced by Stroll. What is going on?
EDIT: nevermind, he was probably saving tyres

[selvam_e2002]

this is even worsen than Mclaren + Honda. AMR took a wrong decision to use Honda engine. We need to wait for next rule change in 2030 by the time even Newey also retired. No hope for this team....

[search]

Fernando being outpaced by Stroll. What is going on?
EDIT: nevermind, he was probably saving tyres

both drivers were more or less constantly told to drop back and cool the car. Most of the time they ignored it

[FNTC]

Alonso got perez on the final lap. Progress, I guess.

[Sedaxel]

Alonso having the most fun he could with this car. Master mind, overtaking in the last laps both Stroll and Checo. Well, at least the car didn't break, and he could fight with someone. Now it's time to develop the concept, since it seems that reliability is more or less fixed.

[diffuser]

Alonso got perez on the final lap. Progress, I guess.

Yep, it was fun to watch. It's still racing at the back. Engineer kept osay " Ok this is the final attempt, then you're gonna cool."

Also funny is Alonso telling the engineer what mode he should be in. The Engineer said "Alonso go into mode 4". Alonso to Engineer "Stroll is in Mode 4, right? What advantage that give me?". Engineer to Alonso " Yes, you're right". They never mentioned what Mode he was in. Just that he wasn't in Mode 4.

[Ashwinv16]

imma be honest, its very clear the chassis was what held them back today. Car has pace on par with the Haas despite the worn softs. Just couldnt turn into corners at all so had to be latter on throttle on corner exit. meaning got stuck behind. Also cooling issues meant lot off lift and coast.

[OnEcRiTiCaL]

imma be honest, its very clear the chassis was what held them back today. Car has pace on par with the Haas despite the worn softs. Just couldnt turn into corners at all so had to be latter on throttle on corner exit. meaning got stuck behind. Also cooling issues meant lot off lift and coast.

Since it the same package as in February not much play with setup. Probably they also don't want to change much till the vibration,resonance and the reliability issues are not solved .

[Ashwinv16]

imma be honest, its very clear the chassis was what held them back today. Car has pace on par with the Haas despite the worn softs. Just couldnt turn into corners at all so had to be latter on throttle on corner exit. meaning got stuck behind. Also cooling issues meant lot off lift and coast.

Also the horrible cornering speeds meant soft tyres lasted way longer than it should have. Maybe they could change the set up to let the car use the tyres more and see if they can bring the pace up.

[TyreSlip]

Alonso got perez on the final lap. Progress, I guess.

The Cadillac drivers were on the hard tyres. Perez complained he had no grip on them. He was holding up Stroll and Alonso the last 5 laps and it took a double boost to get by him at the end. The race engineers said the engine was critically overheating the last 10 laps and told the drivers to back off and get out of the slipstream.

[bigblue]

I know the drivers will have wanted to enjoy themselves a bit, but if you're Honda, you wouldn't be happy if they did not comply and they went over what was prudent, due to the possibility of reliability consequences later on down the line.

Anyway, I hope it was OK in the end, they won't want additional work right now (I wonder how many engines to the original spec they've made, and how extensive any ADUO changes would be).

[Snorked]

Ted just said on his notebook show on Sky F1 that Honda and Aston had the car in Japan on the rolling road dyno for two weeks, identified the cause of the vibrations, and fixed it.