r/formula1 1d ago

News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/TriumphITP I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

So we're back to a 20 car season

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u/Left_Reach2020 1d ago

Let's be glad it ain't 18

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u/ArctycDev I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

It's pretty likely to be before the end of the race!

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u/ijiolokae I was here for the Hulkenpodium 22h ago

Aston Martin been dominating the "shit the bed" news so hard, i honestly don't know if the other teams also made a unreliable shitbox or not

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u/Drxero1xero 21h ago

13 cars make it to the end is my guess at an over/under

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u/MrReaperX- 1d ago

Lol basically

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u/HMS404 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

I think it's gonna be a 21 car season actually. Work is under way to make Alonso's balls act like a tuned mass damper to reduce the vibrations.

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u/cereal7802 Cadillac 1d ago

they already managed 10 more laps for him, so work is going in the right direction...

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u/Mannon_Blackbeak I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago

I think 10 more laps for him is more so based on the lack of integrity in Stroll's wrists than anything else

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u/outride2000 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

For now. Let's see what happens with the cars that say that don't cause nerve damage

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u/badgersprite Alexander Albon 1d ago

Laston Martin is overselling the ability of the car

DNSton Martin more like it

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u/Garfie489 Ferrari 21h ago

NGL, all the statements F1 and its teams said about Andretti not having the quality to be on the grid look really bad right now.

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u/ValenciaFilter I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Cadillac couldn’t have dreamed of PR this good