The Aston Martin System 1 workforce has introduced its “intention is to run Thursday and Friday” at Barcelona’s 2026 shakedown, which suggests it won’t take up a minimum of considered one of its three days of operating.
F1 heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend for a five-day pre-season check, dubbed the shakedown as official testing takes place in Bahrain in February with two three-day assessments.
On the behind-closed-doors occasion in Barcelona, groups are allowed to select any three days from Monday till Friday to conduct testing, with Williams the one workforce to overlook the check totally because of delays getting its 2026 challenger prepared.
Aston Martin can also be racing in opposition to the clock to make it to the Catalan occasion, with Motorsport.com beforehand reporting the Silverstone squad would a minimum of miss Monday and Tuesday operating.
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A spokesperson for the workforce has now confirmed that Aston will attempt to run its brand-new AMR26 from Thursday onwards, that means Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll would get to run two days out of a possible three.
“The AMR26 can be in Barcelona later this week for its shakedown. Our intention is to run Thursday and Friday,” Aston Martin advised Motorsport.com.
McLaren and Ferrari additionally missed the opening day on Monday and intend to run from Tuesday onwards. The remaining seven groups all began testing in Monday’s cool however dry situations, with Purple Bull’s Isack Hadjar main Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes within the unofficial timings by lunchtime.
Resulting from a scarcity of reside timing for the afternoon operating, there isn’t any dependable info on laptimes, though the principle goal of the Barcelona week is to assemble mileage and dial within the new-for-2026 energy items, slightly than chase efficiency.
The AMR26 is the primary automotive overseen by Aston’s managing technical accomplice Adrian Newey and developed within the Silverstone base’s new wind tunnel because the Lawrence Stroll-owned workforce goals to turn into a aggressive power. Aston can also be turning into an unique works workforce in 2026 by switching to Honda energy items.
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