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Aston Martin handed hefty blow as Ralf Schumacher brands 2026 start as "massive disaster"

Ralf Schumacher has criticised Aston Martin’s troubled 2026 start in Bahrain testing, warning that Newey, Stroll, Alonso and Honda face mounting pressure to fix major concerns quickly

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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

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Lawrence Stroll to buy Aston Martin F1 naming rights in £50million deal

Lawrence Stroll is set to buy Aston Martin’s Formula 1 naming rights for £50million as the carmaker looks to shore up its finances

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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

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Leclerc quickest, Aston Martin restricted to two laps

Leclerc went quickest on Friday morning while further problems struck Aston Martin on the final day of F1 2026 pre-season testing

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Charles Leclerc quickest, just two laps for Aston Martin

Leclerc went quickest on Friday morning while further problems struck Aston Martin on the final day of F1 2026 pre-season testing

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Aston Martin ends F1 Bahrain test early

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

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Max Verstappen hopes Honda will 'do very well' despite early Aston Martin struggles

Max Verstappen still has warm feelings for his former engine partner Honda. The Red Bull driver hopes the Japanese manufacturer can turn things around with Aston Martin

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Fernando Alonso sure "everything can be fixed" on Aston Martin AMR26, but it will take time

Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s AMR26 issues are fixable, but admits it will take time as the team works through early reliability issues and growing pains ahead of the 2026 season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Mike Krack: Aston Martin “has potential” but "we have a lot of work to do"

Krack insists the “package has potential'

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F1 2026 Bahrain pre-season test: Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads Mercedes 1-2 on day three

Antonelli topped a Mercedes 1-2 on the final day of this week's 2026 Bahrain pre-season test

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Antonelli leads Russell in Mercedes 1-2 on day three

Antonelli topped a Mercedes 1-2 on the final day of this week's 2026 Bahrain pre-season test

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Lance Stroll: Aston Martin is "four seconds off" after tough start to F1 2026 pre-season

It has been a very troublesome start to F1 2026 for Aston Martin with problems in Barcelona, Bahrain and in the production of its car

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Stroll: Aston Martin "four seconds off" after tough start to F1 pre-season testing

It has been a very troublesome start to F1 2026 for Aston Martin with problems in Barcelona, Bahrain and in the production of its car

Motorsport

Aston Martin opens extra cooling vents on extreme AMR26 as Honda engine issues emerge

After arriving late to F1's shakedown, Aston Martin experienced a difficult start to the official test in Bahrain as well, as problems with the Honda Power Unit forced an engine change and a cooling rethink

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F1 2026 testing live: Antonelli leads Mercedes one-two on final day in Bahrain

Follow live F1 updates as all 11 teams build up to the new season with a test at the Bahrain International Circuit

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Norris leads from Verstappen on opening day

McLaren trumped Red Bull in terms of pace on the first day of running, but Max Verstappen completed more laps than any other driver

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F1 2026 Bahrain pre-season test: Lando Norris edges Max Verstappen on day one

McLaren trumped Red Bull in terms of pace on the first day of running, but Max Verstappen completed more laps than any other driver

Autosport

F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Verstappen fastest on opening morning

Max Verstappen was fastest on Wednesday morning as all teams covered a substantial amount of laps

Autosport

How Aston Martin and Honda's expectation management ties into Newey's F1 design

During Aston Martin’s launch, the message was clear: 2026 is all about development, not where the team stands in Melbourne. But what does that say about the state of the F1 team and Adrian Newey’s design?

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