believes and ’s new partnership have “all the weather required to battle for victory” forward of the 2026 season.
Japanese large Honda, who previously labored with Crimson Bull for seven seasons, held their very own launch occasion as the brand new energy unit provider for Aston in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Aston, who’ve F1 design guru as their , have lengthy focused 2026’s new period of rules as a place to begin to work their means up the ladder and compete for race wins and world championships, having moved on from utilizing Mercedes engines.
This 12 months’s automobile would be the first that Newey has totally labored on and, six weeks out from the , staff proprietor Lawrence Stroll – father of driver Lance –was in an optimistic temper on the occasion within the Japanese capital.
He stated: “The sturdy collaboration between the AMR [Aston Martin Racing] Expertise Centre at Silverstone and Honda Racing Company (HRC) in Sakura demonstrates the depth of our partnership. We’re assured that we now have all the weather required to battle for victory sooner or later and we now have large religion in Honda’s Energy Unit and the engineers behind it.
“Our journey gained’t at all times be simple and challenges inevitably lie forward, however successful is what drives each corporations ahead and collectively we look ahead to many profitable years of partnership.”
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Aston Martin chief technique officer Andy Cowell, whom Newey changed as staff boss on the finish of final season, was additionally current on the occasion alongside F1 chief govt Stefano Domenicali.
Aston Martin govt chairman Lawrence Stroll was current at Honda’s launch occasion in Tokyo (Getty)
Honda Motor Co. president Toshihiro Mibe added: “In 2026, F1 will bear a serious change in rules for each the chassis and energy unit. Honda sees F1 as a logo of problem and innovation, and HRC, the worldwide racing arm of Honda, has developed the RA626H, the brand new energy unit for the 2026 season, to satisfy these challenges.
“Striving to change into primary on the earth, Honda will proceed to tackle challenges along with the Aston Martin Aramco Components One Crew.”
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Aston, who even have two-time world champion Fernando Alonso as considered one of their drivers, unveil their 2026 automobile at a launch occasion in Ithra, Saudi Arabia, on Monday 8 February.
All 11 groups might be current at a non-public testing session subsequent week in Barcelona, earlier than two official assessments in Bahrain subsequent month. The 2026 season begins in Melbourne on 8 March.
