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Alpine's 2026 season, measured: a first pole at Monza, and the team that does not break down
Alpine have finished 27 of their 28 race entries in 2026, the best record on the grid, and Pierre Gasly took the team's first pole under the Alpine name at Monza. Franco Colapinto has finished every race. The season race by race.
McLaren's 2026 season, measured: the double champions, and six non-finishes
McLaren started 2026 as both drivers' and constructors' champions. Fourteen races in they are third, with two wins for Lando Norris, and six non-finishes, including both cars failing to start in China. The season race by race.
Aston Martin's 2026 season, measured: three points, fifteen non-finishes and the Honda vibration problem
Aston Martin have scored three points in fourteen races of 2026 and failed to finish fifteen of their twenty-eight entries. The cause, according to Adrian Newey, is vibration from Honda's new power unit. Every race for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, and what comes next.
Every 2026 F1 retirement, counted: Aston Martin has failed to finish more than half its races
66 cars have failed to finish the first fourteen Grands Prix of 2026. Aston Martin account for 15 of them, more than half their entries, and Lance Stroll has not finished ten races. Every retirement counted by team, engine and driver.