Aston Martin clawed back three seconds in two races and Honda's upgraded engine hit every internal target, but the drivers still call the car a lottery to drive. Both named the same driveability problem after Zandvoort, and Newey agrees. The Race got exclusive access to Honda's chief engineer to explain what the new power unit delivers, what's still broken, and why the fix might be brutally hard to execute.
Pit lane entries are supposed to be routine. These weren't. Watch drivers miss their marks, overshoot the box, and turn what should be a clean in-lap into a scramble. Some cost seconds. Some cost positions. All of them looked worse than they needed to. A quick tour through the moments teams would rather forget.
Red Bull stands alone as the only team denied extra engine upgrade opportunities under F1's current catch-up system. While every other outfit has secured additional development windows in 2026, the former champions find themselves locked out. Jon Noble breaks down what this means for Red Bull's competitive position and why the regulations have left them on the outside looking in.