2026 F1 Preseason

F1's early Mid East swing with back to back events in Bahrain and Saudi - with on-track activities in Bahrain scheduled to start Friday, April 10 - may be jeopardized by the regional conflict. F1 is monitoring the situation.

www.independent.co.uk

F1 chief speaks out on races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid Middle East crisis

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has released a statement amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East
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With the current middle east situation, all commercial flights in the region have been cancelled, leaving some F1 personnel unable to get out of Bahrain. Remember, Oz is only in four days away. This could be another mess.

Meanwhile, Aston has said the engine vibrates so much it's killing the battery. I can't imagine it does the rest of the car much good either. On top of that, they can't get it to fully charge. If you couple that with slow and blows up, it's not going to be long before we hear Fernando complaining about that "GP Two engine."

There's been talk they would simply start and park at Oz, simply because they are out of Honda spares.

When you add up at the key people Stroll has brought on, including Newey, and the Honda engine, they have the best of everything and everyone. I think we were all expecting Aston to be competitive right out of the box, and they probably did too. This failure is absolutely baffling.
 
donthaveanickname said:
According to this article Aston is planning a start-and-park at Melbourne. Wow, just wow.

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The McHonda managed to finish the season opener in Melbourne in 2015 with Jenson’s car. Was it slow as hell and the only car two laps down? Yes. Did the second car fail to make it to the grid with an engine failure? Also yes. But they ultimately managed to finish the first race with one entry. That they are planning on starting and parking well in advance this weekend indicates that this is, remarkably, even more dire than McHonda. Astounding.
 
If the thing is shaking so bad the drivers are suffering chiropractic problems, that's as bad as it can get.

Like I've said, Honda has a history of quitting and coming back with uncompetitive stuff, but never something like this.
 
Aston Martin sure getting a lot of press. Won't even be able to finish half the race.

www.nbcnews.com

Aston Martin's car risks giving drivers 'nerve damage' and is unlikely to finish F1 season-opener

Adrian Newey, the F1 car design great who’s heading into his first race as Aston Martin’s team principal, said Thursday the team’s Honda power unit causes vibrations which could damage the hands of drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
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>>Aston Martin has predicted it is unlikely to finish Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday without its drivers risking permanent nerve damage.

Adrian Newey, the F1 car design great who’s heading into his first race as Aston Martin’s team principal, said Thursday the team’s Honda power unit causes vibrations which could damage the hands of drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.

Neither will likely be able to tolerate even half of the 58-lap race distance and the car’s race time will be “very heavily restricted” until a solution is found, Newey added.

Aston Martin had a poor preseason, often slower even than new team Cadillac and it logged the fewest laps of all 11 teams.

“That vibration (transmitted from Honda’s power unit) into the chassis is causing a few reliability problems,” Newey said.

“Mirrors falling off the car, tail lights falling off, that sort of thing, which we are having to address. But the much more significant problem with that is that that vibration is transmitted ultimately into the driver’s fingers...<<
 
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