Honda needs ‘magic’ to avoid a painful next Aston Martin failure

Two grands prix, no finishes with either car. Next up: the Japanese Grand Prix. Aston Martin and Honda face the real prospect of a very painful failure at Honda’s home Formula 1 race.Suzuka will be tough “unless they can find some magic in the next 10 days”, driver Lance Stroll said at the end of the China weekend. He half-jokingly added: “Pray with me!” But there’s no way out of this predicament without a lot of hard work and time is not on Honda’s side there, even if this short break between races is the closest thing to a reprieve it has had since its pre-season nightmare developed in Bahrain.”Obviously from Australia to China we only had five …