Why Adrian Newey's first Aston Martin is causing so much intrigue

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Aston Martin dominated the headlines in the final part of F1's Barcelona shakedown test when its aggressive Adrian Newey creation broke cover, while Lewis Hamilton ended the five days of running with the fastest time for Ferrari.

But does the Aston Martin's speed match its looks, and is Mercedes really the team in front?

On this episode of The Race F1 Podcast, Edd Straw is joined by Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm to mull over these questions, and cast an eye over the progress of each of the teams that ran in Spain this week.

00:00 Does the AMR26's speed match its looks?
07:30 Is Newey ahead of where Aston Martin is?
12:21 Ferrari's encouraging start...
14:32 ...but Mercedes is the early benchmark
17:39 Everything teams have been working out
23:30 Where Red Bull and its engine stand
27:50 The Audi comparison
31:40 Work to be done at Audi
33:51 How F1's new team got on

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