2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[Bisonas]

Stroll in did hit 322 km/h briefly in his first lap with a new set of softs, but as i watch the telemetry, it seems that they can't replicate it in every lap.
He is doing 305+ km/h and 8th gear in one lap, 290 km/h on 7th gear the next lap. Maybe energy harvesting is not at its best atm.
I still haven't seen 2 sequential laps with 8th gear and 305+ km/h .
Or maybe they are testing engine maps and energy harvesting & deployment scenarios.

Yeah cause the engine is still at 11k down the straight so battery is doing all the work and has to make up next lap. Alonso yesterday did multiple 4th and 5th gear pulls where he went to 4th gear at 20kmph and then just stepped on the gas till he hit 240 kph. Same for fifth gear. It looks like the ers system is working as intended but the ICE is a nightmare at the moment.

Gearing and engine maps are also a lot different among teams. Even teams with same engine, their gearing and maps seems different through telemetry.
AMR puts 8th gear around the middle of the straight, (in the laps that actually use 8th gear)
VER in the other hand, is at 8th gear and 300+ km/h even before the finish line, and the finish line is way before the middle of the straight and can also replicate it in sequential laps.
Ferrari is reaching 8th gear and 300+ km/h almost exactly at the finish line.
Mercedes cars on the other hand differ among them.
Piastri is more like Verstappen and can put 8th gear before the finish line while Russel reaches 8th gear right after the finish line but before the middle of the straight.

AMR seems to reach 8th gear the latest of all in the straight. Now limitations in power, gearing or engine maps are responsible of that i don't know but AMR reaches 8th gear and 300km/h in the straight the latest of all other cars.

[Ashwinv16]

Stroll just ran 305 kmph on a constant 10500 rpm but importantly with zero clipping so he was at 305 kmph dropping to only 304 until the braking zone and Importantly at 75% throttle down the straight. The next two laps he switched to what he has been doing 8th gear 10.5kprm at 290 kmph and still running , now crossing the 36 laps mark. Doing 10 laps so far.

[collindsilva]

Stroll just ran 305 kmph on a constant 10500 rpm but importantly with zero clipping so he was at 305 kmph dropping to only 304 until the braking zone and Importantly at 75% throttle down the straight. The next two laps he switched to what he has been doing 8th gear 10.5kprm at 290 kmph and still running , now crossing the 36 laps mark. Doing 10 laps so far.

That Implies;
The car is running full hybrid deployment all the way down the straight.
The battery is healthy enough to sustain that output.
The aero/drag configuration is efficient enough to let the car stretch to 305 km/h even at only 75% throttle.

[Leon Kennedy]

Stroll just ran 305 kmph on a constant 10500 rpm but importantly with zero clipping so he was at 305 kmph dropping to only 304 until the braking zone and Importantly at 75% throttle down the straight. The next two laps he switched to what he has been doing 8th gear 10.5kprm at 290 kmph and still running , now crossing the 36 laps mark. Doing 10 laps so far.

That Implies;
The car is running full hybrid deployment all the way down the straight.
The battery is healthy enough to sustain that output.
The aero/drag configuration is efficient enough to let the car stretch to 305 km/h even at only 75% throttle.

Well, look, Honda knows how to do full hybrids, I have no doubts about that, I own an HR-V

[collindsilva]

Stroll just ran 305 kmph on a constant 10500 rpm but importantly with zero clipping so he was at 305 kmph dropping to only 304 until the braking zone and Importantly at 75% throttle down the straight. The next two laps he switched to what he has been doing 8th gear 10.5kprm at 290 kmph and still running , now crossing the 36 laps mark. Doing 10 laps so far.

That Implies;
The car is running full hybrid deployment all the way down the straight.
The battery is healthy enough to sustain that output.
The aero/drag configuration is efficient enough to let the car stretch to 305 km/h even at only 75% throttle.

Well, look, Honda knows how to do full hybrids, I have no doubts about that, I own an HR-V

Seems there is a issue with the Gearbox and ICE,
Gearbox - AMR are building their gearbox inhouse starting 26, they should be able to upgrade on reliability reason
ICE - running at 75% throttle, heat/vibration, Honda may be testing the ICE part or they may have different configuration on the test bench, next week test may give better picture.

What about the fuel, is any team running the sustainable fuels yet, there is no news on the fuel...

[auem123]

Stroll is hitting 12000 rpm time to time now.

[sn809]

What about the fuel, is any team running the sustainable fuels yet, there is no news on the fuel...

Why would they run anything else.
Fuel changes the engine dynamics, so why would they practice with one fuel and then run real race with someother fuel, that is a waste of practice sessions.

[Nikosar]

I will have the memes ready if they lose to Cadillac in Melbourne.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAOqTJZXYAAOZHh.jpg

Kind reminder, this is forum aim is to have a discussion on the technical aspects. You can save your memes for elsewhere.

[collindsilva]

Why would they run anything else.
Fuel changes the engine dynamics, so why would they practice with one fuel and then run real race with someother fuel, that is a waste of practice sessions.

The teams were given option to run normal fuel due to high fuel cost for the 3 tests, sustainable fuel will apply only from Australia practice.

[etusch]

Do you know that Alo will drive today, or just Stroll.

[Michelangelo.14]

Stroll full day afaik.

[etusch]

I just saw that some site says Nando will drive afternoon.

[FrukostScones]

HEADPHONE WARNING!

https://x.com/cytrusf1/status/2022258688837218447

[Jambier]

Regarding top speed drop:

- Batteries are too small to even do a full lap, if you look at Leclerc it is the same. Top speed on the start finish line is much slower the second lap.

- Regarding fuel: yes every team is using the new fuel, journalist said that you can literally smell the difference between fuel

[FNTC]

HEADPHONE WARNING!

https://x.com/cytrusf1/status/2022258688837218447

Honda running anti-lag like WRC? Or is it just misfiring?