Aston Martin’s immense early-season form in 2023 tailed off dramatically, so a lot depends on whether it has been able to understand, recover and build on the performance that was lost throughout the course of last season.As has become the norm with these launches, let’s start by looking at theContinue Reading
As the Silverstone-based squad revealed its new AMR24 car on Monday morning, it suggested that the closing up of the F1 grid provided a golden opportunity for someone to knock the world champions off the top step.While Aston Martin’s technical director Dan Fallows suggested that success was now down toContinue Reading
The 18-year-old American will have his first taste of F1 power in private testing with the 2022 AMR22, the car that will be also used regularly this year by reserve driver Felipe Drugovich.The team says that he “the programme includes a range of activities including fitness work, media training andContinue Reading
Lance Stroll took to the track at Silverstone for the first laps of the Aston Martin AMR24. SourceContinue Reading
As well as FP1 rookie sessions, the Australian is undertaking 10 days of private F1 testing in older cars throughout the season, while also doing extensive simulator work at the factory, where the facilities are being upgraded this year.Should either Esteban Ocon or Pierre Gasly move elsewhere as the sillyContinue Reading
Ferrari has always been red, but if you look back over the liveries even in the last 20 years it is surprising how many other colours have come and gone. Yellow, white, black and even blue (many years ago) have all made an appearance, so what can we expect thisContinue Reading
The F1 driver market has been turned upside down after Lewis Hamilton’s surprise move to Ferrari opened up a seat at Mercedes, and Alonso has inevitably been linked with the vacancy.The Spaniard insists Aston Martin will have priority when he thinks about his future, but first he has to decideContinue Reading
It has been known for a while that Mercedes technical director James Allison has been leading a push for a dramatic overhaul of the squad’s F1 challenger, after accepting that its previous approach had not worked.Team boss Toto Wolff revealed at the end of last year that no stone wasContinue Reading
The news emerged, and was eventually confirmed by both teams, on 1 February that the seven-time world champion will break away from Mercedes to join Ferrari from 2025.But Aston Martin driver Alonso has said he missed the initial furore because he was busy training but even when he did findContinue Reading
The Silverstone-based squad is coming off the back of mixed fortunes last year where a super strong start to the season was followed by a period of difficulty as it struggled to get the most out of upgrades.But having understood what went wrong with its development direction, the team hasContinue Reading