Croft warns Aston Martin has 'little or nothing to celebrate' after Monaco's solitary point

Fernando Alonso rescued Aston Martin’s first constructors’ point of the 2026 Formula 1 season with a 10th-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix, but lead Sky Sports commentator David Croft has delivered a damning verdict on the Silverstone outfit’s campaign so far, warning the team has “little or nothing to celebrate.”

The result left Aston Martin 10th in the constructors’ standings with a single point — ahead only of debutant 11th team Cadillac — despite the team’s enormous financial resources, a new works partnership with Honda, and the high-profile recruitment of Adrian Newey.

“As for Aston Martin, given the money that has been spent there and the expertise at that team, if anyone is celebrating that point, I will be very, very surprised,” Croft said. “They have little or nothing to celebrate from Monaco. It’s not a power track. So all those problems that were Honda-associated… Now I think we’re beginning to realise it’s not just about Honda. It’s a bit about the chassis as well, and a bit about the aero and a bit about the gearbox and everything. It’s not just all about Honda.”

Croft pointed to a near-complete B-spec car reportedly in development as the team’s best hope, but cautioned that the timing works against them. “It can’t come soon enough, but they will be way behind everyone else in that development curve because they’re trying to fix problems, not find performance,” he said.

The commentator sharpened his criticism by drawing a direct comparison with Haas, which scored two points in Monaco courtesy of Esteban Ocon’s ninth-place finish. “The team that doesn’t even match or meet the budget cap picked up two points,” Croft noted, underlining just how far Lawrence Stroll’s heavily-funded operation has fallen short of expectations.

Elsewhere at Monaco, Kimi Antonelli claimed a historic fifth consecutive victory at the principality, further highlighting the gulf between the front of the grid and an Aston Martin side still searching for answers across multiple areas of its AMR26.