Source: F1 team Aston Martin is planning to hand over the opening race of the season

Aston Martin The F1 team starts the season in a miserable situation.

The team used Honda power units for this season.

Constant problems with the new mill turned the stable’s winter tests into a big farce.

The opening race of the season is becoming a real scandal.

Motorsport.com reports that Aston Martin’s plans for the Australian Grand Prix are to try to qualify and drive a couple of laps in the race before retiring.

The site according to Aston Martin even considered skipping the entire race force majeure because of.

“However, it would have been a PR disaster for F1 as the new technical era of the sport begins. Aston would also have had to pay compensation for breaching the Concorde contract.” Motorsport.comin Franco Nugnes write.

The alleged future solution would be of rare quality and reminiscent of the operation of the late Arrows team.

At the 2002 French GP, Arrows showed up, but the drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi deliberately clocked such slow laps in qualifying that they failed the 107 percent rule and were out of the race.

In this way, the stable fulfilled its obligations but was able to save its equipment.

After that, Arrows participated in one more race before calling it quits.

Aston Martin’s supercilious owner Lawrence Strollin personal bank vaults are puffing up money, so there is no fear of bankruptcy this time.

Aston’s however, it is said to be completely at rest. Spare parts are in short supply because so many engines blew up in the Bahrain tests.

The car’s speed was the worst of the bunch in Bahrain.

In addition, the team accumulated the fewest kilometers during the six test days in February: 2,111. The second least driven team was Cadillac, which also reached 3,935 kilometers. The most test laps were done by one of the pre-favorites, i.e. Mercedes with 6,193 kilometers.

Aston Martin owner, billionaire Stroll, bought a stake in the legendary English car brand in 2020.

The name of the Racing Point team he founded a few years earlier was then changed to Aston Martin 2021.

Stroll’s son has been sitting in the other car year after year Lance Strollwho has constantly been overshadowed by his teammates.

Lance Strollin will continue for the fourth year alongside Fernando Alonso44, who celebrated two world championships a couple of decades ago in 2005-2006.

The starting season was expected to be a big blow for Aston Martin.

The car was designed by a super guru of formulas, who drew champion cars at Williams, McLaren and Red Bull Adrian Neweywhich Lawrence Stroll attracted to his team a little over a year ago.

It seems that money will not bring happiness to the Strolls this year either. Or at least gold and glory.