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Aston Martin recovered from its early reliability drama to begin putting some laps on its AMR26 car on the final day of this week’s Formula 1 test
Aston Martin managed to overcome its early reliability issues and finally got some decent laps in with its AMR26 car on the final day of this week’s Formula 1 test in Barcelona on Friday. Fernando Alonso had a more representative pace in the morning session, improving significantly from Lance Stroll’s slow laps on Thursday. McLaren fixed the fuel system problem that hindered Oscar Piastri on Thursday and was back on track on Friday with the Australian driver. Haas also resolved its issues, with Ollie Bearman driving in the morning and Esteban Ocon taking over in the afternoon. Red Bull returned to action after Isack Hadjar’s crash on Tuesday, and Max Verstappen was out early on Friday with spare parts flown in from their factory. Cadillac, Audi, Alpine, and Ferrari joined the testing on the final day while Mercedes and Red Bull were absent due to completing their allotted running earlier in the week.
