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Pre-season woes for Aston Martin

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February 22, 2026

SAKHIR - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped the time sheets on the final day of pre-season testing at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain on Feb 20, while Aston Martin's plans to make an impact in the new Formula One season crumbled into chaos.

The new Adrian Newey-designed Aston Martin car is radically different from the others on the grid, although all have undergone major changes as teams adapt to new regulations on chassis and engines.

The eye-catching Aston Martin ran into problems with its Honda power unit on Feb 19, when Fernando Alonso suffered a battery failure.

They were also short of spare parts and Lance Stroll completed only six laps on Feb 20 two in the morning and four in the afternoon - before Aston Martin called time on testing two hours before the scheduled close.

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