Revealed! Adrian Newey's first F1 car for Aston Martin

20:29, 29 Jan

byLudo van Denderen

It took a few days later than perhaps planned, but on the fourth day of testing, Aston Martin introduced the AMR26 — the first car Adrian Newey has designed for the British team. Here are the first images.

Lance Stroll was able to make it out on track just before the end of the test session in Barcelona after an unprecedented delay.

The expectation is that Fernando Alonso will also be able to complete his first laps with the new car on Friday. He may share testing duties with Stroll, who could do very little with his limited time on Thursday.

In the meantime, Aston Martin has shared the first images of the car, which for now appears in black - likely to be a testing-only livery. The new paintwork will be unveiled in February, in time for the next test in Bahrain.

Aston Martin has also decides to publish the photos in black and white as well, possibly to keep as many details of the car under wraps as possible.

The new Aston Martin of Alonso and Stroll

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