Former Haas System 1 crew principal Guenther Steiner has stated there isn’t a excuse for Aston Martin’s poor begin to the 2026 season.
The Silverstone outfit entered the 2026 season with a brand new energy unit partnership with Honda, and with the primary automotive designed below the management of Adrian Newey, who joined the crew in 2025 as managing technical companion. However the excessive expectations from inside and out of doors the paddock weren’t met after the crew struggled with main points with the automotive and energy unit.
After the primary 4 rounds of the season, Aston Martin sits final within the constructors’ standings with zero factors.
Whereas discussing the Lawrence Stroll-led crew’s place throughout The Pink Flags Podcast, Steiner pointed to the intensive funding from the Canadian businessman, together with high-profile hires akin to Newey and a brand new state-of-the-art headquarters and wind tunnel.
“For positive, a chance. How huge? We have to discover out,” Steiner defined when requested how vital the five-week break would have been for Aston Martin.
“No one anticipated them to return to this season as ill-prepared as they got here. As a result of they have all the pieces in place. They have the individuals, they have the power, they have the cash.
“So, there isn’t a excuse for them to be on this place.”
Guenther Steiner, Miami Grand Prix Ambassador
Picture by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Photographs
The Miami Grand Prix got here after an sudden April break as a result of cancellation of the Saudi Arabian and Bahrain Grands Prix, giving groups the chance to get again to the manufacturing unit. Refinements to the rules had been additionally confirmed throughout the break.
Not like nearly all of groups on the grid, Aston Martin selected to convey no performance-based upgrades to its vehicles for the Florida race. As an alternative, it selected to give attention to reliability. For the primary time this season, each vehicles completed Sunday’s race.
“We do not have efficiency upgrades but,” Fernando Alonso stated forward of the race. “So hopefully we are able to really feel much less vibrations on the steering wheel and on the cockpit and have a greater race.”
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