2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[diffuser]

Too many problems to be magically solved all at once with the B-spec car.

Not necessarily. Technically the Mercedces car for the first race was as good as it was on the first try. With the biggest defects fixed and the engine power closer to the rest much can happen...
Or they can mess up everything again and stay last.

They postponed the b spec to late in august or september, Alonso said "more 5 races", De la Rosa said " nothing in this car until after summer break"

honestly, the situation is more dramatic and terrible than aany people expected, i think, even the spec-b for car and engine i think they'll just improve for fight with Cadillac and nothing more. They are so much late.

They probably need to wait for the new Honda PU. If it's true that they need to re-design the whole mounting system it's no surprise, might be incompatible with the launch chassis. Which would mean either both new PU and chassis or nothing.

That's already been addressed in the Japanese translations we read a while back. I'm sure it's already incorporated into the AMR26B.

Right now, it seems we're waiting to find out when the ADUO upgrades will be permitted. Some have suggested that the upgrades are going to take time to develop, which I hope is the result of a bad translation.

I would have expected Honda to be working on combustion improvements ever since the ICE design was finalized in January. My hope is that they meant Honda is already working on the upgrades and that, once they get the go-ahead, they'll freeze the design and incorporate the performance upgrades into the new ICE.

I assume the FIA will provide enough lead time for manufacturers to build and test the updated components. If Honda hasn't been working on performance upgrades since at least January, and Ferrari releases an upgraded ICE as soon as the FIA allows it while Honda goes through another cycle of delay, delay, delay, the situation at AMR F1 could become even worse than it is now.

[mzso]

Do people really still think that with the best engine, AM can compete in the midfield?
Unfortunately, the reality is very different, and the Monaco debacle was the final nail in the coffin for this project.
As mentioned above, engine, chassis, suspension, energy recovery, and gearbox. How do you solve all of that?
Trying to blame everything on Honda is just hate. The whole team is guilty, and I mean EVERYONE.

In Monaco the drivers refused to shift to first gear for better recover because of engine drive-ability, and when Stroll relented he immediately crashed.
So it's not like in Monaco the engine wasn't a factor in the poor results.

If Honda hasn't been working on performance upgrades since atleast January and Ferrari releases a ICE as soon as the FIA allows it... while Honda goes into delay delay delay. That will be even worse than it is now.

That would be ridiculous. And quite frankly idiotic. There's nothing but the cost cap limiting them on developing. Granting the ADUO would just increase the cost cap and allow them to deploy.