Honda take blame and issue solemn vow after costly Aston Martin oversight

Honda has accepted responsibility for the double retirement that befell Aston Martin at the Mexico City Grand Prix, with trackside general manager and chief engineer Shintaro Orihara admitting the Japanese manufacturer underestimated the cooling demands of the high-altitude circuit.

Fernando Alonso's race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez ended in a DNF, having already been compromised by power unit trouble in qualifying that restricted him to P17 on the grid.