Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Aston Martin just found THREE seconds over two races. Fernando Alonso scored points. Honda says its new engine hit every target.

But the drivers still say the car is a lottery to drive, both named the exact same problem after the race and Adrian Newey agrees with them. And there’s still a massive amount riding on where Aston Martin and Honda go from here.

After its return to the points at Zandvoort‘we gained special access to Honda’s F1 chief engineer - so we can now take you inside what it’s done with its new engine, what’s still not working, and why taking the next step could turn out to be incredibly difficult.

00:00 How good is the new Honda engine?
02:59 The priority fix that's still needed
04:58 Why is nailing driveability so hard?
08:02 Fixing the problems

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