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Adrian Newey doubles down on Aston Martin’s F1 mess: ‘I feel powerless’

Aston’s dire start to the 2026 season continued on Friday as Fernando Alonso failed to take part in first practice

The Independent UK

Mercedes: Aston Martin made “conscious decision” not to use our F1 engines anymore

As the extent of Aston Martin’s struggles with Honda emerges, Toto Wolff makes it clear that Mercedes has nothing to do with its former client’s hardship

Motorsport

Fernando Alonso absent from first F1 session in 2026 as Aston Martin’s woes continue

Aston have been plagued by engine problems and are unlikely to finish the Australian GP on Sunday

The Independent UK

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Aston Martin braces for Australian GP pain amid Honda F1 crisis

Honda’s power unit has proven inadequate, and Aston Martin is attempting to help the Japanese manufacturer solve its battery issues

Autosport

Honda reveals alarming cause of "extremely challenging" Aston Martin F1 engine issue

Honda shared more details on why it had to curtail its Formula 1 testing with Aston Martin after discovering 'dangerous' and 'extremely challenging' vibration issues

Motorsport

Honda reveals cause of "extremely challenging" Aston Martin F1 engine issue

Honda shared more details on why it had to curtail its Formula 1 testing with Aston Martin after discovering 'dangerous' and 'extremely challenging' vibration issues

Autosport

All the key numbers from the F1 Bahrain pre-season tests

After the two F1 Bahrain pre-season tests, here are the key figures behind the action

Motorsport

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Honda ‘unhappy’ with its own F1 performance, not just reliability

Honda takes responsibility as Aston Martin’s F1 Bahrain pre-season test goes from bad to worse

Motorsport

Aston Martin ends F1 Bahrain pre-season test early after six laps on final day

Aston Martin’s 2026 F1 car completed just six laps on Friday in Bahrain

Autosport

Aston Martin ends F1 Bahrain test early

Aston Martin’s 2026 F1 car completed just six laps on Friday in Bahrain

Motorsport

F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Antonelli quickest on day five as Aston Martin's woes continue

Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri set the first 1m32s lap times in F1’s 2026 Bahrain pre-season test, as Aston Martin suffered further hardship

Autosport

F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Mercedes narrowly beats McLaren, Aston Martin breaks down

Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri set the first 1m32s lap times in F1’s 2026 Bahrain pre-season test, as Aston Martin suffered further hardship

Motorsport

F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Mercedes heads McLaren by 0.01s, as four teams hit trouble

George Russell pipped Oscar Piastri to the fastest lap of the Bahrain test so far on Wednesday, as Ferrari, Red Bull, Aston Martin and Cadillac encountered technical problems

Autosport

F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Mercedes pips McLaren by 0.01s, as four teams hit trouble

George Russell pipped Oscar Piastri to the fastest lap of the Bahrain test so far on Wednesday, as Ferrari, Red Bull, Aston Martin and Cadillac encountered technical problems

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Adrian Newey hasn't forgotten how to design an F1 car – Fernando Alonso

Adrian Newey's Aston Martin team has endured an incredibly difficult pre-season for F1 2026, but Fernando Alonso's confidence in him remains

Autosport

Alonso: Newey hasn't forgotten how to design an F1 car

Adrian Newey's Aston Martin team has endured an incredibly difficult pre-season for F1 2026, but Fernando Alonso's confidence in him remains

Autosport

Aston Martin confirms it's "not at the level" of other teams after tough F1 test

Problems have been consistent for Aston Martin as it prepares for the 2026 F1 campaign

Autosport

The challenges facing Aston Martin ahead of F1 2026

Aston Martin will launch its car livery on Monday ahead of the 2026 F1 season

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George Russell predicts F1 team most likely to challenge the top four in 2026

The Mercedes driver thinks Aston Martin could become a front-running outfit in the 2026 F1 season

Breitling partners with Aston Martin and its F1 team on upcoming watches line-up

The first Aston Martin x Breitling watches will arrive this summer

Motorsport

Adrian Newey on 2026 Aston Martin - "I never look at my designs as aggressive"

Aston Martin design guru Adrian Newey explains his design philosophy on the eye-catching AMR26 for the 2026 Formula 1 season

The Independent UK

Adrian Newey admits doubts over Aston Martin’s 2026 F1 car after ‘last minute’ reveal

Aston’s new car shocked onlookers when it was unveiled towards the end of last week’s pre-season test in Barcelona

Motorsport

Aston Martin suffered four-month delay with 2026 F1 car design

The AMR26’s wind tunnel programme didn’t start as early as it could – and perhaps should – have

Autosport

Aston Martin was four months late with 2026 F1 car design, Newey reveals

The AMR26’s wind tunnel programme didn’t start as early as it could – and perhaps should – have

Motor1

The Aston Martin Vantage S Sharpens Its Edge: Review

I truly, deeply love the current Aston Martin Vantage. Yes, it is incredibly expensive, brutishly powerful, and knuckle-bitingly beautiful—but beneath all of that vanity is the mischievous heart of a driver's car. It answers an amygdalian primal call—it’s a bona fide scumbag in an Armani suit.

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