Imagine sparing no expense to win. Buying the use of a prestigious brand – Aston Martin –, making your factory the most cutting-edge in all of Formula 1 – the one in Silverstone –, snapping up top-tier technical figures – the legendary Adrian Newey and Enrico Cardile –, having a two-time world champion at the wheel – Fernando Alonso –, striking a deal with a top engine manufacturer capable of winning 49 GPs in the last 4 years – Honda.
Aiming for the 2026 regulatory revolution as the turning point to cash in.
What could possibly go wrong?
Well, a Formula 1 car without an engine up to the task no, it simply cannot take to the track.
A bit as if the Paris Saint-Germain football team – often compared to Aston Martin F1 in the last two years for its pharaonic transfer campaign – had sent the talents snatched away with millions (three above all, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Kylian Mbappé) barefoot onto the field in recent years.
Well, Aston Martin is metaphorically a barefoot footballer.
In Australia, Stroll and Alonso completed a total of 3 laps in FP1, like the HRT of De la Rosa and Karthikeyan in 2012. A complete and utter sporting disaster.
Honda in the dock, no ifs or buts. A scenario straight out of ‘Scherzi a parte’: only 2 batteries available to the team, no spare parts; 70% of the HRC staff currently employed in Tokyo had never worked in Formula 1; crazy vibrations making the cockpit comparable to an electric chair.
And Alonso finds himself in Honda chaos again ten years later, with the dream of driving an Adrian Newey car quickly risking turning into a nightmare…
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