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Aston Martin faces a severe battery crisis at the Australian GP, with only two operational units available for the weekend. Technical chief Adrian Newey labels the situation as “a scary place to be.” Extreme vibrations and power-unit faults hinder both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, limiting their track time dramatically. Alonso misses the opening practice, while Stroll completes just three laps. The team arrived with four batteries, but two are now unusable due to conditioning and communication failures. Newey confirms there are no spare batteries available, not even from Honda in Japan. This puts Aston Martin in a precarious position, where a single failure could end their entire weekend. The ongoing battery issues severely restrict their ability to gather data on the new AMR26, leaving them in a precarious state as they navigate the opening race of the season.
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