THE FUSE

It might be hard to reconcile with the frustration expressed by the drivers, but the Chinese Grand Prix weekend saw some tentative signs of progress for the beleaguered Aston Martin Formula 1 team amid a nightmare start to the 2026 campaign. Not in terms of performance, but compared to Melbourne there was at least an improvement on the metric of laps completed over the course of the event, and how that correlates to knowledge banked for future analysis.