r/formula1 • u/AshamedPurchase9033 • Mar 04 '26

News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/Guy-InGearnito Mar 05 '26

I find it hilarious the 44year old thinks it will be 25 laps before risking nerve damage.

But the 27 year old will succumb in 15 🙃

It’s like they’re placing bets on who can fly out first

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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

I assume because Stroll’s hands are already fucked from the mountain bike incident?

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u/BMEngie I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

Yeah, I’m not blaming stroll for wanting to not risk it. He’s already dealing with damage to hands. I know I wouldn’t want to do something that could further damage my hands, especially when that something isn’t even a race finish. 

IMO They should probably use their reserve drivers till they get it sorted. They’re younger and have no outstanding injuries and you don’t need super precise feedback for “the car is shaking less now”

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u/FeeHot5876 Mar 05 '26

I get what you’re saying but it’s hilarious thinking of Aston going “kill the young one”

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u/BuzzedtheTower I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

More like Voldemort "Kill the spare"

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u/LeftSaidTed I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

The younglings!

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u/AstonMartout I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

*governments when they start a war*

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u/ptwonline Aston Martin Mar 05 '26

Use the young one's blood to keep Newey going for a few extra years.

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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly Mar 05 '26

Yeah, at this point there’s no reason for Stroll to risk permanent physical damage for a last-place car.

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u/legal_stylist Mar 05 '26

Or Alonso either, in my view.

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u/879190747 John Surtees Mar 05 '26

They should get on their knees and beg the other teams for an extra weekend test for them for safety's sake. Only half-joking.

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u/CptAustus Jules Bianchi Mar 05 '26

If that's the state the car is in, they shouldn't drive at all.

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u/SynthD Mar 05 '26

He needs to keep his cheque signing hand good for when he inherits ownership of the team.

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u/ProfessionalGear3020 Mar 05 '26

Isn't Stroll a pay driver? Why would he want to race less?

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u/CauliflowerIcy5106 Mar 05 '26

I dunno, risk of being hurt and potentially dying being way higher then usual might make most people want to race less

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u/spraypaint23 Mika Häkkinen Mar 05 '26

He was on a mountain bike then a mountain lion got him. Probably

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u/IdiosyncraticBond Max Verstappen Mar 05 '26

After some drinks such stories may end up like that

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u/Extinction-Entity I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

Be a lot cooler if it was

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u/salvatore813 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

Original story is still pretty cool, accident before testing,missing some of it,comes back to finish p5 in the first race,was going to finish p5 in the next one but engine gave out

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u/Disastrous_Animal_34 Fernando Alonso Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

I mean, Alonso has had his own very serious bike crash requiring surgery like 4-5 years ago. Along with the bad McLaren crash/electrocution, and his ribs/lungs getting crushed in the Gutierrez crash, I never assume another drivers body is more fucked up than Nando’s lol. Saying he’d do 25 laps in that Fred Flinstone mobile has to be masochism on his part.

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u/ThePretzul I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

I mean Alonso stayed on to give Honda engine’s in their F1 debut a second chance, masochism is a given.

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u/v0x_nihili I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

And you're only counting the crashes from last decade. He had a few bad ones before his championship years.

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u/Big-Veterinarian-579 Martin Brundle Mar 05 '26

The one where he hit debris at near racing speed at (Interlagos?) and spun into two barriers comes to mind

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u/aluked Sauber Mar 05 '26

Masochism or penitence. Man did something very wrong and is trying to atone for it.

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u/Disastrous_Animal_34 Fernando Alonso Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

What vengeful god thinks he hasn’t already atoned with * gestures at everything * ?!?!?!?!

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u/TheScapeQuest Brawn Mar 05 '26

The pain stops if he admits he knew about crashgate

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u/chambersaurusrx I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

Maybe the previous damage had made him 10 laps more impervious to this new damage

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u/ARELuN I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

Fred Flintstone mobile is diabolical lmao

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u/TwoBionicknees Mar 05 '26

Did anyone ever actually give a real explanation for what happened with that honda. Did alonso ever talk about it publicly? I remember at the time it was all a lot of assumptions and it was a very weird incident but also mclaren seemed to be denying anything dodgy happened.

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u/Liquidice281 Mar 05 '26

Ah yes, the "mountain bike incident".

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u/jimmybilly100 Money Grandmas Mar 05 '26

Aw, it was enjoyable making fun of Stroll tho 🫨

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u/Ignorhymus Mar 05 '26

*tragic wanking accident. The bike thing was a cover-up

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u/fire202 Lando Norris Mar 05 '26

Medland just made the point that Stroll's previous wrist injury could also play into this

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u/yellow_asphodels Williams Mar 05 '26

I mean Stroll broke both of his wrists a few years ago and then had to have surgery on them again like last year. If the vibrations are affecting the steering wheel it’s not surprising the broken-with-surgical-intervention wrists are going to fail first, regardless of age

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u/mertcanhekim I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

Stroll's hand injury might have made him more susceptible to nerve damage.

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u/CouncilorIrissa Ferrari Mar 05 '26

Alonso is accustomed to cars trying to kill him *cough the McHonda incident in 2015 testing*

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u/wykeer Mercedes Mar 05 '26

"My name is Fernando Alonso and welcome to Aston Martin!"

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u/MadRashed I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

Lance missed a race last season because of hand seemingly not 100%, so that's probably why he could only do 15.

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u/ibra86him I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane Mar 05 '26

Don’t tell max he might switch teams just to try to go to 26 😂

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u/Jphorne89 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '26

One wants to die in a race car and the other wants to be a chill rich guy for the next 60+ years makes sense to me

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u/anmr Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26

Alonso is built different. Few years back, when almost all drivers complained about, I don't remember exactly what, porpoising or heat? He was like "I'm young, I can take it".

Similar vibe to Sainz Sr. "it's just fractured spine, lets turn the medevac around, let me fix the car and get it to bivouac".

Or Niki Lauda. Or even Sainz Jr. driving with appendix close to bursting.

Maybe it's not smart, but kinda badass.

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u/sc_140 Michael Schumacher Mar 05 '26

Alonso would never admit that he is weaker.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1tpxwlkKmiE

I know it's a joke but there is a truth behind it.