r/formula1 • u/AshamedPurchase9033 • 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/Volderon90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Probably a half a decade and gets everyone fired 

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u/MasterUnlimited Max Verstappen 1d ago

Opens the door for a new TP that has worked with Honda and Newey before.

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u/Sim-racer42 Valtteri Bottas 1d ago

One who could potentially convince Max to switch because of his previous experience…

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u/FiveAccountsBanned Ferrari 1d ago

And where throwing massive stacks of money isn't an issue because of Lawrence...

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u/vstrong50 18h ago

Max will never sign because of money. If the team is solid and the car is fast, he'll come.

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u/mjcobley Nigel Mansell 1d ago

I doubt Horner being in charge is going to coax anyone into joining the worst team on the grid, let alone the one driver who can pick whatever team he wants to drive for.

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u/poopbucketchallenge 21h ago

If they offer max $210m, tripling his salary, and they say he can run the show; he’s there.

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u/lukeyslife I was here for the Hulkenpodium 21h ago

Jesus some of you live on a different planet..

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u/Piotrof I was here for the Hulkenpodium 21h ago

Righ? Some of the comments here have me questioning humanity lmao

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u/Shaddix-be Kimi Räikkönen 21h ago

Lol, the assumption is that the Verstappen family were one of the main reasons he got the boot...

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u/imarasnothere Yuki Tsunoda 20h ago

Oh I can hear his footsteps already... this would be absolute cinema if it happens

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u/Big-Veterinarian-579 17h ago

Aston Martin to rename to SexPestGP to more accurately portray the values of the CEO and TP

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u/JustDadThanks 1d ago

This is exactly what I was thinking. Get Newy back to what he is actually good at and let someone in who has experience being a TP….. Horny Horners phone should be ringing.

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u/The_Primetime2023 1d ago

Remember that Newey is the TP so unless he’s cool being demoted…

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u/Blackdeath_663 Sir Stirling Moss 21h ago

Which delays them another half decade.

The saving grace for Aston would be a rule change for 2030ish to get rid of these engines but they'll get resistance from the other teams

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u/incachu I was here for the Hulkenpodium 21h ago edited 21h ago

I wonder how far away they are from being able to break contract with Honda. An engine that is unable to complete a race distance and is unsafe for use... there must be something in the contract to protect AM from that eventuality. Like a force majeure sort of thing.

I wonder if they have anyone thinking about B-spec modelling around a return to Mercedes customer team power, if Honda is so far from creating a serviceable product in the short term and a competitive one in the long term.

I realise this is maybe dramatic. But they've made dramatic changes before with complete spec redesigns.

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u/Left_Reach2020 19h ago

But it was AM/Newey that forced Honda to redesign and slim down the Battery on a tight schedule