Aston Martin-Honda has collected one point through eleven races, and the verdict is unanimous: it's 2026's biggest flop. The team arrived with Adrian Newey, Fernando Alonso, Honda power, and a state-of-the-art factory. Instead it's battling Williams for last, ahead of Cadillac only thanks to a fluke Monaco point. Hungary brought a B-spec package that lifted them above the cellar, but consistent Q3 runs remain distant.
Haas lands on every expert's list too. Toyota's partnership was supposed to stabilize the American outfit financially and in R&D; instead they've gone backwards as the season wore on, now scrapping with Williams and Aston Martin at the back. The 2026 power units themselves draw fire—a step backward from the previous hybrid era that's damaged the racing. Williams catastrophically botched their prep, missing the shakedown entirely, and are now wasting Carlos Sainz. Zandvoort offers Aston Martin and Haas a chance to prove Hungary wasn't a mirage.
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