Five misconceptions about Aston Martin's F1 struggles

Aston Martin’s rise to the top of Formula 1 seemed on target in the early stages of last year. But the podium heroics of 2023 are a long way from the midfield travails of this season.

That’s led to plenty of questions about whether Aston Martin’s dream is turning into a nightmare. This is a team with lofty ambitions, but they haven’t been delivered on…yet.

And there are a number of misconceptions about exactly why they haven't yet as our latest video explains.

0:00 - Stuttering progress
1:28 - It has everything it needs
3:22 - Lawrence Stroll wants out
4:17 - Too many leaders
6:14 - Lance Stroll is the problem
8:24 - The original timeline was realistic

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[apss]

Aramco be like: Either you make this video how Aston is actually going to be good or the check wont clear.

[Fail-nvqh]

This team has done the opposite of McLaren- get their big new facility whilst being a podium contender and now has fallen back to the midfield.

[Jayxclusive]

If Newey really joins this team to lead their technical side with andy and honda working on the powertrain…then they really could take a decent step forward in 2026, and alonso may get his last chance for a win.

[glenrobinson]

The Race getting that Aramco money again, I see.

[caio]

“- Dad, I want to be an astronaut next”
“Laurence Stroll confirmed to buy space x”

[hieuluu]

Aston Martin is the NBA Miami Heat of racing. When the Heat acquired LeBron James, with Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosch, they basically had an All-Star team with LeBron and Wade declaring "we just not gonna win one championship, two, three, four...." implying they will win multiple. Aston Martin acquired some All-Stars from rivals, including Dan Fallows from Red Bull, Eric Blandin from Mercedes, Andy Cowell from Mercedes, Enrico Cardile from Ferrari, among others and waiting in the wing is design guru Newey. Does Aston Martin have too many Chefs in the kitchen and not enough cooks?

[apss]

Has anyone already made the mandatory "Lawrence Stroll is a business man, he will drop lance if needed" comment on any aston martin video or post?

[reyon.editszz]

Stroll is eating up all those upgrades into his stomach

[BlagoP]

Imagine how Alonso and Vettel would've pushed this team.

[Dragonson]

Aston's technical team looks intimidating. I don't even support the team, but I really want to see them fighting at the front with the rest.

[denilsonmusila]

The fact that Aston has already brought 36 upgrades so far this season shows how insane papa Stroll is.

[oranjelicht]

Vettel + Alonso would be a dream lineup and great for marketing

[Paul_Sleeping]

If only Stroll's son would put in the same effort his father is doing for the team. Does he feel no shame at all when he can see what his dad is doing day in and day out for the team?

[Targato_san]

Gotta love The Race criticism of Stroll. So on point and probably more damaging than RPM's for example

[rover-t]

Toyota said the same thing as they threw millions into their F1 team. Keep the justification going guys.

[burgadahz]

The summary of all this is that in general Aston Martin's potential is there and it is one of the strongest on the grid today. The problem is that to date they have not found an effective way to unleash all that incredible potential they have. Hopefully, when they have all the new generation factories in operation, they will make a big jump. Because, as I have already said, the potential is there and is clearly visible.

[maxmagnus]

The problem is: Lawrence Stroll is only in this to make Lance a World Champion. That is almost certainly an impossibility unless all other teams bring literal tractors to the race track in 2026. So what is Lawrence going to do when reality sets in? And how long will this farce keep going? Can he really get 1000 highly paid employees to give their best while he refuses to hire the best drivers to make the most of what his factory turns out?

[ebdbdave]

When I saw the table, I was really afraid that you were going to just send Lance stroll. Thank you for being objective.

[esvegateban]

Aramco says "Good boys, keep it up".

[mitchell-wallisforce]

The Race: *10 minutes of well-reasoned, if slightly kind commentary on Aston Martin Racing*

F1 fans: sTrOlL iS tHe PrObLeM

Y'all wanna take a sec and watch the vid before making the call? 'Cause IDK if anyone told you this, but F1 is about far more than just the monkeys pulling paddles. No, Stroll isn't exactly God-tier, but that wasn't what they said. What they SAID was "Aston's got bigger problems".