First glimpse of Aston Martin F1 upgrades appear as new front wing idea spotted
While the full extent of the changes will not be revealed until Friday morning, its AMR24 has already been spotted with a new and interesting front wing design. As the above exclusive photograph shows, the team has created segmentation of the inboard and outboard portion of the front wing’s two upper flaps, with a V-shaped […]
Aston Martin prepared to run two Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercars in WEC 2025
The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary. Aston Martin and partner team Heart of Racing announced one-car programmes with the Valkyrie for both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship last October, […]
Honda 2026 F1 project going «according to plan» with electrical power initial focus
The Japanese marque has spent the past six seasons as Red Bull’s powertrain partner and has achieved success through Max Verstappen’s trio of drivers’ titles, but has renewed its efforts for 2026 as Aston Martin becomes its works team. With its knowledge of developing V6 internal combustion engines for the current rules, Honda has instead […]
Aston Martin requests right of review for Alonso’s China F1 penalty
Alonso had been given a 10-second time penalty in the sprint and three penalty points on his licence after he collided with Carlos Sainz in the Saturday race. The Spaniards were fighting over third position when they clashed at Turn 9, which gave the two-time world champion a puncture and led to his retirement from […]
Stroll penalty «very harsh» after F1 China «chain reaction»
Stroll hit Ricciardo under the safety car as the field bunched up in the penultimate corner for a lap 27 restart. The stewards wholly blamed Stroll for not taking more care to avoid the contact and handed him a 10-second penalty and two penalty points, which Stroll felt was «a joke». His team boss Krack […]
Stroll explains why F1 China penalty for Ricciardo contact felt like «a joke»
With the field bunching up before the hairpin as the race was restarted on Lap 27, Stroll went into the back of Ricciardo, lifting the RB car up in the air and causing terminal damage to the Australian’s car. Ricciardo was pushed into McLaren driver Oscar Piastri, who also sustained damage that compromised the rest […]
Aston Martin F1 should not apologise for being “too fast” in qualifying
The Spaniard has proved the progress that his squad is making as he emerged from qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix in third position as Red Bull’s closest rival. And although the characteristics of his AMR24 car, which appears better in single-lap pace than long runs, means he is not expecting to hold on to […]
What Aston Martin’s curfew burn told us about its F1 upgrade trajectory
Although there is no downside to using them up if needed, teams also know that if they are not in their back pocket for the end of the season, then that carries big risks. For if the points battle is tight, the last thing a team would want would be some unexpected late-night work triggering […]
Honda targets F1 title bid with Aston Martin from 2026
From 2026 Honda will move its works engine deal to Aston Martin, ending its successful association with Red Bull. Following Honda’s initial decision to withdraw from F1, which led to Red Bull deciding to take its engines in-house and link up with Ford for 2026, the Japanese brand was forced to seek a new works […]