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Alonso Fears More Pain in China with Struggling Aston Martin

Alonso faces a tough weekend due to Honda power unit faults and chassis vibration risks after Aston Martin's failure to finish the Australian opener, team says.

  • Fernando Alonso told reporters at Shanghai that he expects a difficult Chinese Grand Prix weekend after failing to finish the Australia season-opener and will limit running to one or two sessions due to parts shortages.
  • Aston Martin's problems stem from serious Honda power unit faults and a spare parts shortage, which have hampered repairs and prolonged early-season issues.
  • Alonso said, 'What can I do within the team? Work harder, help Honda as much as I can', emphasizing efforts to improve the Honda power unit amid a challenging start for Aston Martin.
  • Alonso could not give a timetable and said his Aston Martin contract expires at the end of 2026, adding pressure as problems persist since Melbourne.
  • Short-Term fixes may help but Fernando Alonso said full competitiveness will take more time and the situation had not improved four or five days since Melbourne.
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Fernando Alonso did not bite the language with Honda and this Friday, after finishing in nineteenth position the classification of the race to the sprint of the Grand Prix of China, indicated what Aston Martin and himself are dedicated to in the absence of reliable power units. “We try to improve the part of the chassis, while the engine is what it is,” he said. The Spanish driver also explained that the team had to change the battery of its sin…

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Fernando Alonso denies that the current situation at Aston Martin is particularly difficult. Improvement is not to be expected in the Formula 1 race in China.

·Berlin, Germany
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The Formula 1 Grand Prix of China is presented as a new disaster for Aston Martin. After a preseason to forget, Silverstone's team didn't have a good start in Australia and Fernando Alonso already predicts "another difficult weekend.""We are in the check-out box. (...) I will leave China happy if we make a few free ones and a more or less normal ranking, accumulating turns, and perhaps trying to complete the complete race on Sunday if we allow i…

·Madrid, Spain
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Fernando Alonso has it very clear. Aston Martin's driver has anticipated "another difficult weekend" in the China Grand Prix, the second race of the 2026 Formula One World Championship, in the face of the problems of his single-seater, which only allowed him to roll about twenty laps in Australia. "We are in the check-out box. (...) I will leave happy of China if we make a few free ones and a more or less normal classification, accumulating turn…

·Spain
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Marca broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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