{"id":842368,"date":"2026-08-03T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842368\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T19:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:12:09","slug":"sergio-perez-lifts-lid-on-aston-martin-axe-as-amr27-work-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842368\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Perez lifts lid on Aston Martin axe as AMR27 work begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s bring you up to speed with Monday\u2019s key F1 news headlines. Aston Martin<\/a> and Sergio Perez<\/a> feature prominently.<\/p>\n

Work has begun on the Aston Martin<\/a> AMR27, with Adrian Newey identifying a critical rule change. Meanwhile, Perez has been reflecting on his axing from an Aston Martin project which he thought he would be part of. All of this and more, so let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n

Aston Martin AMR27 first steps<\/p>\n

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Newey has revealed that the team is in the process of making \u201cthe big architectural decisions\u201d for its F1 2027 car, the AMR27.<\/p>\n

Newey highlighted a change to the so-called \u2018tea tray\u2019 as the biggest challenge facing teams ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Aston Martin starts work on new AMR27 as Newey identifies \u2018key\u2019 F1 2027 rule change<\/a><\/p>\n

Sergio Perez learnt no \u2018loyalty\u2019 in F1<\/p>\n

Perez was an integral member of the Force India and Racing Point iterations which proceeded Aston Martin. He even played a critical role in saving the existence of \u2018Team Silverstone.\u2019<\/p>\n

Yet, he was not kept on for the Aston Martin transition. Perez reflected on the series of events which showed him \u201cloyalty\u201d is not a thing in F1.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Sergio Perez lifts the lid on Aston Martin axe in \u2018loyalty\u2019 admission<\/a><\/p>\n

Kimi Antonelli learns Mercedes team orders stance<\/p>\n

Antonelli has emerged as Mercedes\u2019 leading contender for the Drivers\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n

Yet, he cannot expect to receive any team orders privileges.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Mercedes reveal Kimi Antonelli team orders stance despite title advantage<\/a><\/p>\n

Bernie Collins spots Mercedes weakness<\/p>\n

Collins is convinced that three teams \u2013 and Max Verstappen \u2013 remain genuine title contenders in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n

Mercedes left the door open with its early-season tussles, Collins argues.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Bernie Collins spots Mercedes weakness keeping Formula 1 title race wide open<\/a><\/p>\n

McLaren surprised by Ferrari Madring run<\/p>\n

Ferrari became the first team to drive the Madring, ahead of its debut as the Spanish Grand Prix host next month.<\/p>\n

McLaren were not made aware of this, as team boss Andrea Stella discussed the true level of \u201cadvantage\u201d which Ferrari would have gained.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 McLaren in the dark on Ferrari Madring run as \u2018advantage\u2019 scrutinised<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read next \u2013 Williams half-season review: Playing catch-up after sharp 2026 decline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s bring you up to speed with Monday\u2019s key F1 news headlines. Aston Martin and Sergio Perez feature…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[2495,64,63,817,813,816,818,44,2072,85],"class_list":["post-842368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-aston-martin","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-sergio-perez","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}