Aston Martin's SIXTEEN F1 upgrades revealed and how they can fire Adrian Newey's crisis team up the grid

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Aston Martin's SIXTEEN upgrades revealed and how they can fire Adrian Newey's crisis team up the grid

Aston Martin revival starts here

Dan Ripley Global Editor

Professional F1 journalist and analyst

Friday 24 July 2026 21:45

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It's the day Aston Martin fans have been waiting so long for, the day Adrian Newey's AMR26 finally gets some upgrades.

Due to cost reasons in a bid to meet the strict F1 financial rules, Aston Martin have delayed bringing any upgrades to their car for the entire season to date, and the results have been quite predictable.

Having started the season as one of the slowest teams on the grid, they have progressively got worse... or more stood still, as rivals all around them added their own respective upgrades to improve performance on their cars.

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So for the last two races in Britain and Belgium, Aston Martin have been nowhere. Not just last, but massively slower than even next slowest team Cadillac.

But that embarrassment is set to end in Hungary after the team confirmed a monster range of upgrades totalling 16 in total, and affects every single area of the car except the front suspension, the gearbox and the engine - with Honda hoping to bring a power unit upgrade to the next race at Zandvoort following the summer break.

Newey has almost left no stone unturned following the horrific pre-season where the only quick thing about the AMR26 was the rate at which its race win hopes vanished during testing.

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What are Aston Martin's new upgrades?

But at the Hungaroring near Budapest, there are some Aston Martin goodies on the way.

There is a new front wing and front wing endplate as well as a longer and thinner nose, and this should hopefully provide more performance at the front end of the car.

Aston Martin have brought 16 upgrades to the Hungaroring

The front corner has also been improved with a revised lip and rear deflector. The new front brake duct external elements should work in tandem with the front wing to manage the airflow at the front of the car better.

The floor body, fences, edge and diffuser have all been updated and this should generate more downforce on the car and help it perform better through corners.

The sidepod inlet and and engine cover have also been revised to generate better handling at the back of the car as well as complimenting the floor changes mentioned above. Cooling louvres have also been improved.

To the rear of the car changes have been made to the rear suspension leg positions and external fairings as well as the rear corner to add greater performance.

Noticeable changes have been made to the rear wing that now has winglets added to the flap, with a beam wing update and rear wind endplate total revision. This will increase load through cornering mode (CM) while reducing straight mode (SM) drag.

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How quick will Aston Martin be?

Aston Martin will be desperate for a notable improvement and while more than two seconds gain are expected, such was their deficit before Hungary that this is only likely to see them compete with the likes of Audi, Alpine and Racing Bulls at best.

Despite being way off the pace pre-Hungary, Aston Martin are still not bottom of the constructors' championship.

Heading into the Hungarian Grand Prix they are one point above Cadillac following Fernando Alonso's shock 10th place at the Monaco Grand Prix.

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Dan Ripley - Global Editor

I've been a massive F1 fan since the mid 1990s and continue to study the history of the sport long before that. As an experienced motor sport reporter covering F1, MotoGP and the LeMans 24 Hour race, being part of GPFans has allowed me to work with a diverse team with all sorts of different backgrounds in watching the sport and given me a greater appreciation of F1.

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