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Calm amid chaos: Alonso responds to Aston Martin’s troubles
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16/02/2026 at 10:4816/02/2026 at 10:12 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Fernando Alonso is keeping it real in the wake of Aston Martin’s dismal week of pre-season testing in Bahrain, but nevertheless insists that the team’s AMR26 is so wildly unoptimized that massive chunks of time are simply waiting to be “unlocked”. The first Aston Martin car shaped under the guidance of design legend Adrian Newey was meant to signal a technical rebirth. Instead, its early mileage has produced more suspicion than celebration. Lance Stroll’s blunt declaration that the new machine was “four to five second off the pace” landed like a thunderclap,...
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