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Exclusive: Honda reveal initial Aston Martin response to F1 issues: 'They never complained'

Exclusive: Honda reveal initial Aston Martin response to F1 issues: 'They never complained'

·Updated 1 hr ago·41 pts

TL;DR

Honda and Aston Martin held daily meetings to address early F1 season issues, with Aston Martin never complaining.

  • Honda's Shintaro Orihara detailed the collaboration with Aston Martin.
  • The initial problems were tackled through consistent daily meetings.
  • Aston Martin did not raise complaints during the process.

From RacingNews365 · 2 hrs ago

Honda's Shintaro Orihara has detailed how the Japanese car giant and Aston Martin tackled its early season problems, which included daily meetings between the two operations.

How bad is it really?

Aston Martin have scored 0 points across the last 3 rounds, down from 1 in the 3 before.

Their car ranks 11th of 11 on qualifying pace, 4.271s off the pace leader in recent qualifying.

Best finish in that run: 13th.

Aston Martin season record

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