Adrian Newey says the buzz is back at Aston Martin's Silverstone base — engineers working late, ideas flowing, team spirit rebuilt — but Honda's power unit lags behind expectations in this make-or-break partnership. Speaking at COTA on Friday, Newey drew parallels to his Red Bull rebuild two decades ago: same fractured culture, same silo-breaking work, different decade. The progress shows in the energy; the results don't. Honda is "a little bit behind" where Red Bull's works program stood in 2019, and that was four years into their last comeback. The deficit is visible in the data, and Newey admits Honda has been disappointed by how little ground they've gained this season. But he's banking on their resolve and early-stage projects to close the gap. Whether the buzz translates to pace before 2027 regulations hit is the question hanging over both Silverstone and Sakura.
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