Be one hell of an achievement if they simply avoid finishing last.

Curious to see if Piastri will come stronger or weaker this year.

Lance Stroll says Aston Martin are four seconds off the pace in the run-up to the new Formula 1 season.

The new car, created under the leadership of design legend Adrian Newey, has struggled for both pace and reliability so far in pre-season testing.

Canadian Stroll was 5.2 seconds off the pace when he drove the car at the start of the first Bahrain pre-season test on Wednesday and team-mate Fernando Alonso is more than four seconds off so far on Thursday.

Headline lap times in pre-season testing are notoriously unreliable as accurate predictors of genuine form, but Aston Martin are under no illusions about the struggle they have on their hands.

Stroll, son of team owner Lawrence Stroll, said: "Right now we look like we're four seconds off the top teams, four and a half seconds.

By ‘we’ does he mean him?!!!

& Alonso is seconds up the road!

GP2 engine... GP2

GP2 engine they did it again for Alonso.

Pretty much everything I'm reading and hearing so far has suggested these new regs are gonna be complete and utter garbage, whoops.

Alonso's team radios this season destined to be GOAT-tier then, at least we have that to look forward to.

Austria 2001 flashbacks intensify.

It will rotate with Spa in alternative years.