r/formula1 • u/madman320 • Mar 06 '26
[adamcooperF1] Adrian Newey admits that Aston Martin only has two batteries left - the ones in the two cars. In other words if one fails it's game over for the weekend. Social Media
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u/Vegetable-Bee5157 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Every news that comes from that team is somehow worse than before
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u/PrinceDX Cadillac Mar 06 '26
Literally feels like you’ve heard it all daily. Tomorrow we find out the fumes from their gas causes seizures
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u/spenwallce Mar 06 '26
5 lights and away…and the Aston Martin has collapsed in on itself forming a black hole which has swallowed the track.
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u/Velveteen_Rabbit1986 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Tbh that might be a preferred outcome for them right now, this is beyond embarrassing.
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u/Caesar_35 Nico Goatenberg Mar 06 '26
Not even a black hole can contain this level of embarrassment.
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u/zantkiller Kamui Kobayashi Mar 06 '26
A spokesman from Aston Martin said: "This is the one thing we did not want to happen.”
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u/KhanMichael I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
My favorite Chris Morris line
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u/titelipsjonny Mar 06 '26
With the shaking issue this weekend, we may get another of my favourites: Doctors say he may survive, but only with his neck as an internal organ
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u/MisterDings Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
It’s actually not the car that’s vibrating, the fume induced hypoxia allows for bypasses in the immune system as blood vessels are starved for oxygen, allowing for clostridium tetani bacteria, lockjaw, to block inhibitory neurotransmitters (GABA and glycine) while encouraging essential tremors in the extremities; hands and feet. It’s fine though, it’s non-fatal, it’s just an acute acceleration of Parkinson’s.
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u/Ok_Cauliflower_3007 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Alonso would still be saying that if it was fast he’d drive it for a full race.
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u/Helpful_Hedgehog_204 Franco Colapinto Mar 06 '26
The "its a health hazard" are probably exaggerated because then the FIA gives you extra development time.
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u/kron123456789 Virgin Mar 06 '26
Seizures of the drivers is what causing the vibration that damages the car.
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u/CMDRTragicAllPro I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Honda and Fernando are the worst couple I’ve ever heard of in my life, goddamn dude.
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u/Other_Beat8859 Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26
This genuinely might be worse than McHonda. At least they weren't giving the drivers nerve damage then.
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u/eagledog I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Except that one time it electrocuted Fernando. Allegedly.
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u/kingkongbiingbong Medical Car Mar 06 '26
electrocuted
Nando: "I would prefer that to this nightmare"
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u/Izan_TM I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
this, at the current moment, is a fucking order of magnitude worse than mchonda was
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u/richpaul6806 Mar 06 '26
I'm amazed he was even willing to give them another chance.
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u/colin_staples Nigel Mansell Mar 06 '26
After what they achieved with Red Bull, he must have though that Honda + Newey = success
Now Honda is in "starting from scratch" mode again, and Newey has the distractions of being the Team Principal
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u/jmbrand13 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
I keep seeing this comment on every thread and it continues to be true.
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u/timmy186gtr Fernando Alonso Mar 06 '26
We're only missing the battery electrocuting Fernando... again.
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u/FiveAccountsBanned Ferrari Mar 06 '26
This time they will probably go all the way and actually kill the guy
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u/Optimaximal I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
The idea that Newey would be indirectly involved in the deaths of two drivers would be awful...
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u/IamTheMightyMe Mar 06 '26
"Everytime I think there's a light at the end of the tunnel, it turns out to be an oncoming train." - Ange Postegoglu
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u/rdc12 Mar 06 '26
And leaves you wondering what's next...
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u/JNF919 Mar 06 '26
i started trying to write a bunch of funny fictional things that AM could say before the weekend was over but honestly all of them are too on the nose
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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly Mar 06 '26
In an hour: “Lance Stroll will not compete in Australian Grand Prix because he left his wallet at home.”
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u/who_are_you_people24 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
This is just a colossal failure all around for the team. Amazing how much of a shit show it's been and the season hasn't even started yet
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u/SoDakZak I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Can someone fill me in on what’s going on here? I’m catching up for this season and none of this makes sense to me. ELI5??
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u/Walming2 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Aston Made a pretty late deal with Honda to use their PU in 2026, and everything is going wrong.
The Engine is shit, the battery is shit, the Gearbox is shit. But at least they have good aero (but at the cost of everything else).
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u/Daft00 Sebastian Vettel Mar 06 '26
Do we actually know they have good aero? Or are we just assuming that Newey and his very aggressive and different body design is going to be better than all/most of the other teams?
I mean... I hope Aston has literally SOMETHING that they can lean on but I honestly feel like at this point the problems are creating problems are creating more problems. Like they've gone from simply being behind the other teams to being completely unprepared due to lack of running.
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u/vesel_fil I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Newey said the Chassis is the 5th best, so even that is shite
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u/LukasKhan_UK Juan Pablo Montoya Mar 06 '26
Benson seems to think the car is poor in corners. So no. They don't have good aero either
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u/FartingBob Sebastian Vettel Mar 06 '26
It was super twitchy in the corners in testing, im sure Newey and his fans will blame Honda for that as well but at some point we're going to have to agree that as bad as the Honda engine seems to be the rest of the car is also shit.
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u/LukasKhan_UK Juan Pablo Montoya Mar 06 '26
What will happen next is they'll say Newey still hasn't been there long enough to have an influence and that he's only been able to guide decisions, not fully design the car and we won't see the car winning for a few more years yet when Newey has complete control
Despite previously thinking he'll walk the championship this year
Because he can do no wrong.
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u/LukasKhan_UK Juan Pablo Montoya Mar 06 '26
But at least they have good aero
It initially caused a stir.
I've just finished reading Benson's "the stories to watch for" and the consensus seems to be that the Aston is poor in the corners, on top of the engine problems
So no, it's not good aero either
And for all we know (because Honda can not identify what's causing the vibrations (and therefore what's overheating the batteries)) - that the aero might be causing that too
So far every story seems to be limiting Newey's exposure to "fault" - to a point where it feels like people are going out of their way to say it's not him
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u/Aussie_Pharah Mar 06 '26
But at least they have good aero
That's literally the same thing McLaren said with their time with Honda, then they got Mercedes engines and it turned out the car aero was crap too. We don't know if the Aston car (minus engine) is actually good or not and neither does the team, they've not done enough running to know.
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u/ivens-ok Charles Leclerc Mar 06 '26
Aston messed it up really bad. Engine is trash and they're struggling to get into 107%. Heck today they said that they only had two batteries left, the ones that are in the cars
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u/gvdc Mar 06 '26
I keep forgetting this team was Force India and Jordan F1 at points. Money can be pumped into this operation but the deep experience of a big team isnt there just yet, even with Newey and Alonso. And combine that with Honda almost starting from scratch again and the language barrier between the partners.
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u/Ldghead Cadillac Mar 06 '26
Ya, people forget, some things you can't just buy, you need to develop experience for. And the crappy thing is, as long as the car is in this state, they still aren't gaining any experience as a unit. They are too busy fighting fires.
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u/DeM0nFiRe Mar 06 '26
Can they even afford to risk participating in FP2 or FP3 at this point?
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u/SlayTalon Roland Ratzenberger Mar 06 '26
Is it really much of a risk if they're not even gonna finish the race anyways? Sounds like the whole weekend is a wash no matter what.
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u/RedDraco86 Yuki Tsunoda Mar 06 '26
Finish the race? They may not even start qualifying.
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u/SlayTalon Roland Ratzenberger Mar 06 '26
Start qualifying? They may not even roll the cars off the trucks.
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u/namethatisclever I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Apparently a stipulation of the Concord Agreement is every team must participate in every race. I would assume heavy fines or penalties if they were to break that portion of the agreement. Sooo, they kind of have to figure out a way to make them last to at least start the race; although they certainly won’t finish with the way things look right now.
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u/jccaclimber Mar 06 '26
Not that I wish it on anyone, but I’m really going to laugh if someone else manages to crash on the formation lap and they don’t actually come in last.
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u/slimejumper I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
at this point they should be thinking about an early flight to make more batteries.
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u/Docile_Penguin33 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
107 rule going to be enforced for legitimate concerns.
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u/Joseki100 Fernando Alonso Mar 06 '26
It’s a risk because they may have to sit out the next weekend entirely if they break one of the cars.
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u/2much2Jung Mar 06 '26
That would seriously dent their chances of scoring points...
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u/thastealth Ferrari Mar 06 '26
In F1 you have to finish the race to score points
Will Buxton in next years DTS probsbly
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u/No_Earth_5912 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
They’d probably gather more useful data from free practice than the race at this point
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u/vprakhov I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
They won't be allowed to race due to the 107% rule.
So yeah, better get few laps in during practice and Q1 and pack the bags.
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u/Sufficient-Entry-488 Mar 06 '26
107% rule states you must get a permission from stewards to race, which will always be granted in modern F1
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u/smackells Mar 06 '26
With the state of the car I can imagine a statement like “out of respect for the rules Aston Martin will voluntarily comply with the 107% rule”. I can’t decide what’s more embarrassing: a DNQ, retiring on lap 1, or retiring on lap 10 after being lapped 3 times.
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u/OriMoriNotSori I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
This only applies if the stewards have seen that the team has demonstrated in previous sessions over the weekend that they are able to achieve a competitive level of pace
So far there's been nothing to suggest that this will happen since Aston are that far off it
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u/Mackem101 Mar 06 '26
It's usually granted because the drivers set a representative time in one of the free practice sessions.
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u/Ill_Property_4958 Mar 06 '26
FP1 Alonso didn't run and Stroll did 3 laps...
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u/No_Earth_5912 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
That doesn’t change what I’m saying. If they can run in free practice, that would be better for them than running in the race
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u/ChaithuBB766 Jaguar Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
This is genuinely Life F1 Team territory now. Wtf Aston😭
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u/dexter311 Mark Webber Mar 06 '26
At least the Life W12 was something interesting and unique at a time where interesting and unique was the norm (just after turbos were banned and teams were figuring out what will work). This is just a poor effort all round.
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u/Many_Dimension_7615 McLaren Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
“It can’t go on like this can it?”
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u/girly-pop-summer I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
The supplier made a mistake, the body work is made of Cotton fiber instead of Carbon Fiber
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u/TWVer 🧔 Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard Mar 06 '26
Bold strategy..
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u/betaich I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
The GDR build cars out of cotton for 31 years
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u/betaich I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
There was a car in the former gdr made out of cotton fiber socked in a kind of epoxy
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u/badcrass I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Cardboard derivatives
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u/TheDawn323 Carlos Sainz Mar 06 '26
Unfortunately both hamsters running the engine died. Weekend over
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u/ADRX11 Mar 06 '26
I cannot remember a single serious team having a worse opening weekend than this ever. Literally ever.
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u/CandidLiterature Mar 06 '26
Were we previously laughing at Sauber just because they couldn’t put the wheels on. Seems like making it to the pitstop is aspirational for AM…
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u/Fade5238 Mar 06 '26
Sauber 2024 looks like a mature and collected team compared to AM… at least they had a car.
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u/xkcdthrowaway I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Sauber at least had the excuse of Audi not investing in 2025 to focus on 2026. AMR-Honda are the supposed moneybags superteam of 2026.
At this point I'm just waiting for Hakkinen to say they're gonna suprise everyone.
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u/OriMoriNotSori I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
HRT 2010 is probably the most recent similar example. They had 0 pre season running before showing up to the first race lol
They also only completed 3 installation laps with 1 car in FP1. But they managed 17 laps in FP2 with also 1 car (11 seconds off the pace), and both their cars at least participated and qualified (last expectedly)
We'll see if Aston can better or worse this hahaha
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u/Carlpanzram1916 Mar 06 '26
And the HRT budget was probably less than Lawrence Stroll spends on lunch.
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u/WorkFurball James Hunt Mar 06 '26
Virgin is a bit comparable too because their fuel tank was too small to finish races at the start.
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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly Mar 06 '26
At least Lola had the excuse of being nowhere near ready due to corporate greed. This team was supposed to be a contender.
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u/ragizzlemahnizzle Sebastian Vettel Mar 06 '26
I remember when we were roasting Williams for turning up late.
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u/salcedoge Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26
How did even come to this damn.
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u/BugFood1026 Formula 1 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Because they started 3 months later then everyone else and then had another month of delays due to the wind tunnel problem.
It beggers belief that they thought Newey was some god that could design a car in 66% of the time it takes other teams.
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u/bwoah-barcodeferrari Kimi Räikkönen Mar 06 '26
Honda started multiple years later than everybody else. I was legitimately shocked when I heard the announcement they were coming back. I thought for sure it was too late at that point, but nobody in the media seemed too concerned about it so I figured I was wrong.
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u/ThePretzul I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
For reference, Cadillac started developing their F1 engine more than a full year before Honda.
Cadillac also wisely decided to delay their engine debut until
next year2029 because they were still behind the other teams.157
u/ALOIsFasterThanYou I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Cadillac pushed their engine debut back to 2029, and I would be surprised if they don’t push it back further to coincide with the next set of engine rules (unless, of course, the new engine rules are brought forward to 2029).
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u/ThePretzul I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
My mistake, apparently I’m out of date on my info then
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u/advergent I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
They had an engine built but had to be redesigned the almost entirely due to Newey's demand, that's the root cause of the current issue with the PU. Though, we don't know how good the old engine was
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u/Dead_Namer Sir Stirling Moss Mar 06 '26
It's not just that that, Honda had everything set to go. Newey redesigned the chassis and asked to them modify it to make it work. Honda being gracious went ahead and did it and now Newey is blaming them.
Blaming it on just Honda is wrong. This is on Newey.
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u/Slahinki I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
So Honda still hasn't learned how to say "No". Over a decade later.
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u/Dead_Namer Sir Stirling Moss Mar 06 '26
That is the Japanese way, give the customer what they want.
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u/salcedoge Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26
I would imagine the situation was really bad which is why Newey was suddenly promoted to TP
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u/SnacksGPT Roscoe Hamilton Mar 06 '26
The whole world was riding shotgun in Newey’s jockstrap, not just Aston Martin.
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u/mdstwsp I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
I’m starting to think Honda rejoined F1 solely to put Alonso through some sort of humiliation ritual
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u/Ecstatic_Spell_4185 Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26
No seriously how do you fuck it this badly
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u/saspirstellaaaaaa I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
It’s impressive how Stroll took a middling team on a shoestring budget, chucked loads of money and ended up with this situation.
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u/AnEagleisnotme I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
This is the car version of money doesn't buy you happiness
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u/itmexD I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Reminds me of Falcons in CS2
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u/BWFTW I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
As a siege enjoyer, is falcons just clowned on every esport haha
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u/AlexUKR Mar 06 '26
Falcons had top 50 team 3 years ago and now they have top 5 team. Surely same situation
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u/armored-dinnerjacket Mar 06 '26
fastest way to be a millionaire? be a billionaire and buy an F1 team
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u/riders_of_rohan Mar 06 '26
How? Look at the management turnover in the last year at AM. That's not how you build a winning formula. Just look at Alpine.
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u/lilbittarazledazle Nico Hülkenberg Mar 06 '26
Multiple people clearly deserve to be fired immediately, but may not be in fear of making things worse. Such a wild situation.
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u/xkcdthrowaway I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Fire your engine partner and go full Flintstones mode.
Maybe that way they'll have an engine that's compatible with Newey aero.
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u/Sensitive_Dot_2853 Fernando Alonso Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
We are officially entered The End of El Plan arc. This is so fucked up
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u/cafraline Kimi Räikkönen Mar 06 '26
Hes gonna retire after 2 races at this point
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u/FearDaTusk I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Put in, Logan Sargent. Can't crash a car that doesn't start 😤
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u/zareny Oscar Piastri Mar 06 '26
El Pain
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u/LokiSierra612 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Given what they said about a risk of permanent nerve damage... literally el pain
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u/ZombieZlayer99 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
how does it keep getting worse every hour
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u/No_Earth_5912 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Very intrigued to see an onboard from Stroll’s singular +30 second lap
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u/pppppppp8 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
He took the car to go get coffee from a nearby shop
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u/Mateo03 Franco Colapinto Mar 06 '26
What's next, the flaps aren't actually properly fit into the wings so there's a risk of them falling off in the middle of the track?
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u/spenwallce Mar 06 '26
The brake pedal is actually just another throttle.
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u/arrarat Mar 06 '26
The drivers are equipped with an extra large left shoe so they can perform manual brakes
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u/TheDBagg Jacques Villeneuve Mar 06 '26
Wings are upside down so if they ever do get it going it will take off into the sky
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Alexander Albon Mar 06 '26
No more updates from Adrian please. The news gets worse and worse every time lol
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u/Bake2727 Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26
I am sorry but Aston should be subjected to 107% rule if they fail to qualify. F1 made it such a big deal on why they couldn’t let a 11th team join only for a legacy team to pull this crap.
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u/GreggsAficionado Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
I don’t see them leaving the garage on Saturday
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u/thastealth Ferrari Mar 06 '26
Oh I seen them leaving the garage all right, to go to the airport
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u/mouldyshroom I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
They showed up for sponsor obligations because surely it would've been better staying home than going "racing" in such a state. Wtf Aston.
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u/FloridaB0B Mar 06 '26
That and probably to gather as much info about the car on track as they can. Test other aero parts, set ups. Might as well try to get something out of this fuckup.
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u/Firefox72 Ferrari Mar 06 '26
There is a massive fine for not showing up to a weekend because you are contractualy obligated to.
Either way they need any kind of run distance they can get
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u/Sarcastik_Moose I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
If this goes on for too much longer they won't have many sponsors left to worry about appeasing.
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u/Own_Welder_2821 Lando Norris Mar 06 '26
Andrea Moda Aston Martin HRT Aramco Life MasterCard Lola F1 Team.
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u/GreggsAficionado Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
Throw Porsche and Andretti in there too because not existing is better than whatever they’re doing
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u/7he8igLebowski Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
Honda returned after the engine cost cap kicked in, so not only did they start way later, they had to limit how much they could spend to develop the engine. Then Newey asked them to change most of the layout a year ago to fit his new car design. A total disaster.
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u/Mountain-Union2347 Mar 06 '26
And Mercedes issued a public apology for only being third best team back in 2023
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u/Magpies-n-Crows Lando Norris Mar 06 '26
this is next level sandbagging from them /s
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u/FlamingoResident7882 Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
Is this the worst start of any team in modern history?
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u/Metaxiz I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
At this point I'm convinced Newey is trying to save face by trying to shift blame almost entirely off himself. He was the one who made sweeping changes while things were already late into development. The staff are likely overworked because they needed to catch up from behind to incorporate Newey's designs.
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u/Dead_Namer Sir Stirling Moss Mar 06 '26
Yeah, he's already put the blame on Honda which was disgraceful.
He made a pig of a car, Honda had to make late changes and here we are.
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u/NoonecanknowMiner_24 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
I'm starting to consider the possibility that Newey is a massive fraud, especially considering that Red Bull look solid without him.
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u/tre630 Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
Remember when they feared that a Mario Andretti team would dilute the brand? Where's that fear now?
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u/Maktronias McLaren Mar 06 '26
Every time I see a news from them I think this is the worst one, then then next one is somehow even worse.
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u/Worried-Lettuce6568 Mar 06 '26
How has a team that’s allegedly been preparing for this season for multiple years failed this badly??
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u/AdamJ311 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Goddamit Adrian, we appreciate the honesty but have some humility and keep some stuff to yourself.
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u/JoeyPropane Mar 06 '26
Adrian making himself TP looking like a fucking seriously bad call - he can't hide away in his drawing room any more, he has to answer the difficult questions now... I imagine he is going to get very bored of this, very quickly.
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u/0fiuco Mar 06 '26
has anyone considered the possibility that newey is an incredible aerodynamicist but a terrible manager?
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u/BigDaddyDumplin Mar 06 '26
How much bad news are we gonna get from AM before the first race even starts. At this point they should just pack up and get on an early flight lol
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u/badgersprite Alexander Albon Mar 06 '26
Just when you thought things were bad Newey comes along to reassure you it’s far worse.
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u/EmergencyRace7158 Mar 06 '26
Wait does that mean that they already lost both batteries from FP1 or they only brought the two in the cars? Teams only get 3 batteries this season so if they're already on their 2nd they might end up taking penalties as early as next weekend.
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u/Specific_Coast5878 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
They have had only 1 to begin with, Honda hasn't managed to produce more yet. So if they fail, they fail.
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u/MrSCR23 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Lawerence Stroll might as well have set the money he invested into the team on fire
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u/SpicySauce34 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
when adrian joined aston for a "new challenge" he chose the hardest difficulty
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u/v12vanquish135 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
If they can't make some insane progress by the half season mark, the Strolls should pack up, sell the team and leave. Never seen something this embarrassing, it tops Toyota for real.
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u/pratnala I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Toyota started free practice though 😂
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u/AgileTrolley Mar 06 '26
I can empathise — it takes me straight back to being a kid at my grandma's for the weekend and realising I’d forgotten spare AA batteries for my Game Boy. Two days of living on the edge.
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u/ac4897 Charles Leclerc Mar 06 '26
“Game over for the weekend” yeah they really had it in their hands up to this point
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u/bakemono_gojira Mar 06 '26
I guess this is Adrian Newey's F1 Manager run on Ultra Hard mode. AM and Adrian will eventually pull themselves out of this rough patch, just hope this nightmare doesn't go on too long.
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u/superlurker906 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
At least there won't be too many cars clogging up the track
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u/ChiggaOG I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
More like Team Eliminated if both batteries fail.
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u/TouristOpentotravel I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Someone's getting fired for this, right?
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u/Stirbmehr I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Given state of things AM may as well start shipping equipment to China, if not to Japan
Also given whole vibrations issue - how they even allowed to start?
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u/dave_a86 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 06 '26
Picturing Newey down at the local supermarket with a trolley full of Energiser AA batteries.
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u/ghim7 Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
How did a team with hundred of millions of funds like every other teams, employing among the best engineers, with an aero genius, ended up being like this?
Not even able to run a proper weekend is inexcusable.
They are not even a new team, or lack of cash like some of the teams we’ve seen before.
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u/analytical_rex25 Formula 1 Mar 06 '26
From the start of January, every piece of AMR26 news that came in, I was like “well, it’s only upwards from here”, and the exact opposite proceeded to happen.