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Alpine's 2026 season, measured: a first pole at Monza, and two cars stripped of points in Mexico
Alpine finished 27 of their first 28 race entries in 2026, and Pierre Gasly took the team's first pole under the Alpine name at Monza. Then the finishing record broke, and in Mexico City both cars lost their points to yellow flag penalties. The season race by race.
McLaren's 2026 season, measured: the double champions, and seven non-finishes
McLaren started 2026 as both drivers' and constructors' champions. Nineteen races in they are fourth, 17 points behind Red Bull, with two wins for Lando Norris and seven non-finishes, including both cars failing to start in China. The season race by race.
Aston Martin's 2026 season, measured: seven points, twenty cars unclassified and the Honda vibration problem
Aston Martin have scored seven points in nineteen races of 2026, and twenty of their thirty-eight cars have ended unclassified. 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 had more than half its cars unclassified
79 cars have been left unclassified in the first nineteen Grands Prix of 2026. Aston Martin account for 20 of them, more than half their entries, and Lance Stroll for 13. Every one counted by team, engine and driver.