The Aston Martin AMR26 is one of the Aston Martin entries the open record knows by name, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable. Its designer of record is ubl | Adrian Newey | Enrico Cardile | Bob Bell | Luca Furbatto | Marco Fainello | Tim Wright | Eric Blandin | Giles Wood | Duncan Elliott | Andy Cowell | Tetsushi Kakuda.
How it came about
The Aston Martin AMR26 is a Formula One car designed and built by Aston Martin to compete in the 2026 Formula One World Championship. It is the sixth Formula One car entered by Aston Martin since rejoining the sport in 2021 and the first designed by Adrian Newey. It is currently being driven by two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and teammate Lance Stroll, in their fourth and sixth season with Aston Martin, respectively.
The hardware
it is rated at NNN hp. Kerb weight is 770 kg. The wheelbase is NNNN mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Aston Martin's history is not in doubt: the Aston Martin AMR25 came before it. Its Aston Martin stablemates include the Aston Martin Mark II and the Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3.