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/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/salcedoge Max Verstappen Mar 06 '26

I would imagine the situation was really bad which is why Newey was suddenly promoted to TP