Shintaro Orihara, trackside executive and chief engineer at Honda, updated the situation of Aston Martin at the start of Formula 1 2026. And according to the information, it is not at all encouraging for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.
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The British team is facing a quite complicated start to the new regulation era. Bringing problems since the pre-season in Bahrain, the championship opener in Australia was far from ideal, with so many vibrations in the AMR26 that it could permanently damage the drivers’ nerves.
Although neither of the two competitors completed the race at Albert Park, they managed to complete 64 combined laps, gathering important data for the team and for Honda. However, Orihara pointed out that the vibration problem will continue in China this weekend.
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“In the last event, we focused only on reducing the battery vibration. Therefore, let’s say, we did not apply any countermeasures for the car’s vibration. This will be the next step after we solve the battery vibration problem. But we continue trying to understand the origin of the vibration,” he explained.
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