While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 22-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
Team ambassador Pedro de la Rosa opened up about how a severe understeer problem had taken Aston Martin by surprise during the Monaco GP race weekend and whether they expect to encounter such balance issues in the coming rounds following their first points finish of the 2026 F1 season on Sunday. After Fernando Alonso and…
Mike Krack and Shintaro Orihara opened up about the improvements Aston Martin and Honda can bring about prior to official upgrades, what they seek to achieve with the ADUO allowance, and whether the upgraded power unit will arrive post-summer break following their point-less finish at the 2026 F1 Canadian GP last month. Unlike several other…
Honda’s trackside general manager and chief engineer, Shintaro Orihara, has opened up about the improvements the Aston Martin F1 team made in Miami, the challenges they expect to encounter at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and the targets they have set for the 2026 Canadian GP Sprint weekend. Despite not bringing any official upgrades to the…
Aston Martin F1 Chief Trackside Officer Mike Krack shared that the team is looking to extract the “maximum” from its current package until upgrades arrive later this season. Since the start of the 2026 season, Aston Martin has been dealing with significant issues that have seen them struggle to complete a full race distance. As…
Following the 2026 F1 Miami GP, Fernando Alonso explained why Aston Martin is not bringing upgrades to the AMR26 any time soon. Out of all the F1 teams, Aston Martin most likely experienced the most difficult start to the 2026 F1 season. The Silverstone-based outfit struggled to get mileage on track in pre-season testing as…
Heading into the race weekend in Miami, Mike Krack and Shintaro Orihara have opened up about Aston Martin and their power unit supplier Honda working together since the Japanese GP to resolve the many issues that the AMR26 faced in the first three rounds of the 2026 F1 season. The new works partnership has been…
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll saw his F1 2026 Japanese GP end in the garage after a suspected water pressure issue. The Canadian driver was forced to retire after a direct instruction from the F1 Aston Martin pit wall. This concluded an afternoon defined by a thirty-lap intra-team squabble and a lack of pace. The suspected…
Chief trackside officer Mike Krack opened up about the severe vibrations the AMR26 was generating in Shanghai, their debilitating impact on Fernando Alonso’s race, and the possibility of finding solutions with F1 power unit supplier Honda following the double DNF Aston Martin encountered at the 2026 Chinese GP. Qualifying in P19 and P21, respectively, Alonso…
Fernando Alonso’s F1 Chinese GP weekend ended in a physical crisis that forced a premature retirement. While the Aston Martin showed early promise, a violent vibration transformed the cockpit into a hostile environment. This issue eventually bypassed technical telemetry to become a direct safety hazard for the driver. The final result for Alonso’s race had…
