Aston Martin сталкивается с трудностями перед Гран-при Австралии

"...Aston Martin was supposed to be starting a glorious new era in 2026..."

"...It's a baffling situation for the team..."

"...Stroll spent much of the Bahrain tests angrily stomping up and down the paddock..."

"...There's no sugarcoating it. Aston Martin, by its own private admissions is in deep trouble..."

"...Honda has arrived at a new regulation cycle significant steps behind its rival manufacturers..."

"...The same happened in 2015 when it paired with McLaren, a situation which barely improved over three miserable, painful seasons..."

"...Ironically, as looks set to be the case this year, star driver Alonso was one of the two drivers who had to bear the brunt of those problems..."

"...The fact this has happened to Honda again is baffling..."

"...The excuse that Honda is behind because it missed out on development time deliberating on its future beyond 2026 is..."

"...Each time Stroll has made a new big-money engineering signing, its had the remarkable effect of undermining the last one..."

"...Stroll's impatient, trigger-happy approach to hiring has led to a vacuum of leadership at the top of the company..."

"...Newey's role as a leader might also be under question as well..."

"...You only have to watch one interview with him to see his skills are not in the charisma field..."

"...The uninspiring Mike Krack..."

"...Rudderless teams with unclear lines of leadership are often exposed in moments like this..."

"...The elephant in the room is what happens to one of Stroll's original big-money signings, Alonso..."

"...Alonso looks set for another bitterly miserable year..."

"...He's widely regarded to be the most complete talent of the modern era but also looks set to also be remembered as one of the most unfulfilled talents the sport has ever seen..."

"...Alonso infamously embarrassed Honda about its "GP2 engine" at its home race in Japan during the dark days at McLaren..."

"...Joining Aston Martin now would be like getting a lifeboat to the Titanic after it hit the iceberg..."

"...Verstappen already seems to dislike the new rules and it's hard to imagine the Dutchman being convinced to drive both a car he doesn't enjoy and one that is seconds off the pace..."

"...Whether Alonso even wants to stay beyond 2026 remains to be seen..."

"...But the scale of the issues is so deep that even how Alonso feels seems will likely be an afterthought as the team heads to the Australian Grand Prix..."