Lambiase is well-known for his partnership with Verstappen, but has also been Red Bull’s head of race engineering, and is a long-term target of McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and team principal Andrea Stella to join the constructors’ champions.

Honda Racing Corporation President Koji Watanabe says the vibration issues being suffered by Aston Martin are not solely down to the power unit itself, but also its integration with the chassis.

Uncertainty about its team principal position is just the latest challenge the Aston Martin F1 team faces at the start of a season from which so much was expected.

Aston Martin executive chairman Lawrence Stroll says Adrian Newey’s role within the Formula 1 team is designed to allow him to excel, amid speculation that he will relinquish his team principal title.

Jonathan Wheatley has left his position as Audi team principal with immediate effect “due to personal reasons,” having been linked with the same role at Aston Martin.

The situation was clearly not good at Aston Martin heading into 2026, but just how not good became truly evident on the opening days of track running in Melbourne.

Aston Martin says it is likely to limit the number of laps it runs in the Australian Grand Prix due to vibrations creating a risk of permanent nerve damage for its drivers.

There were high hopes for Aston Martin coming into 2026, but now it faces the prospect of being at the back of the field.

Power unit issues for Honda limited Aston Martin to just six laps on the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing as the team ended its track running early.

Lance Stroll says Aston Martin is around four seconds off the pace of the quickest cars at this stage of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain.