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…
Four races into the season, Fernando Alonso and his teammate Lance Stroll finally both finished a race together at the 2026 F1 Miami GP. The Spaniard was P15, with the Canadian 17th. The 2026 Formula 1 season has seen a disastrous start for the newly formed Aston Martin-Honda partnership. The team has been spending time…
Aston Martin has had an uphill battle this season, and at the 2026 F1 Miami GP, Chief Trackside Officer Mike Krack admitted that the team is behind others. Still, Honda’s Shintaro Orihara believes Miami helped the team gather more necessary data to move forward. The team currently sits last in the Constructors’ Championship. With four…
Honda sees ‘good progress’ on reliability side after Aston Martin was able to complete the full distance with both cars in 2026 F1 Miami GP. Following on from the full distance covered by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in Japanese GP, the Silverstone-based team managed to complete full distance with both the Spaniard and Lance Stroll…
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…
Scott Dixon, six-time IndyCar Champion, set a new record at the 2026 Long Beach Grand Prix after he finished the race in P3. Securing his 156th podium in the series means that he continues to have the most podiums of any driver in the history of IndyCar. Despite that impressive accolade, the Kiwi driver seemed…
The 2026 F1 Japanese GP gave Aston Martin and Honda their first completed race distance of the season. While it is not something to call out celebrations, it is still a small and necessary step forward. Both Honda and Aston Martin have acknowledged the progress made and shared their ambitions for the season. Honda could…
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 sees things with different perspective and maturity when comparing his time with Honda back in 2015 to 2026, when asked at the F1 Chinese GP. It was a bitter end between Alonso and Honda F1 back in 2017 when McLaren decided to end terms with the Japanese manufacturer after a three-year stint. The…
Adrian Newey admitted Aston Martin’s new Honda-powered package remains in serious trouble ahead of the 2026 Australian GP, with battery problems and persistent vibration issues forcing the team to focus on survival rather than performance in F1’s first weekend of the new regulation era. The much-hyped partnership is already facing major issues ahead of the…
