Getty Fernando Alonso didn’t need headline lap times to come away encouraged from his first real taste of Aston Martin’s 2026 Formula 1 car. After months of anticipation surrounding the team’s all-new regulations-era project, the two-time world champion completed his first meaningful mileage in the AMR26 during the Barcelona shakedown and walked away with measured optimism—even as the stopwatch told a less flattering story. For Fernando Alonso , that distinction matters. With wholesale rule