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Helmut Marko, advisor of the Red Bull team, has raised concerns regarding the legality of Fernando Alonso’s AMR23 after his charge to the podium in Bahrain. The Spaniard returned to the podium for the 99th time in his Formula One career, delivering on the high expectations of the team after testing. Red Bull have lost…
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Fernando Alonso has said that fifth place on his debut for Aston Martin is “unreal” and after numerous career choices that haven’t played into his favour, the decision to move to Silverstone based team seems to have paid off with the AMR23 looking like a front running car. After topping FP2 and FP3, he was…
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Aston Martin pulled back the Union Jack covers on the AMR23, the car that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will hope to push Aston Martin up the grid in 2023. The 2022 season was a disappointment for the Aston Martin team. The historic brand only managed to secure eighth in the constructors championship at the…
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Aston Martin’s deputy technical director Eric Blandid has said that the squad has changed more than ‘95% of aerodynamic surfaces’ on the AMR23 ahead of the new season. Team Silverstone had a difficult year in 2022 finishing seventh in the constructors’ standings, however, expectations for the new season are high having signed Fernando Alonso from…
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The launch will take place at their Silverstone base, where construction of the team’s new £200 million headquarters is well underway. Having finished seventh in the Constructors’ Championship in the last two years, the team’s owner Lawrence Stroll is hopeful that the new base – along with new personnel like their new Technical Director Dan…
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Moving from what was an eventful Brazilian Grand Prix, we head towards the final race of the season held at the beautiful Yas Marina circuit, a track where the soon to be retiring Vettel has won 3 times. A fan favorite, his prowess on the track and joyful jokes off it will be held in…
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Sebastian Vettel will retire from FORMULA 1 at the end of the season bringing an end to a very respectable and illustrious career in the sport. To mark his final race in the sport, Sebastian Vettel will be auctioning off space on his final ever helmet; aptly title “The Final Lap”. Designed by Jens Munser…
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Pedro De La Rosa, 51, lands an exciting new role with the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team. De La Rosa was announced earlier today by Aston Martin to be appointed Team Ambassador. The Spanish ex Formula One driver has an impressive motorsport resume, having participated in 107 Grand Prix’s with several teams such as…
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The FIA were due to announce their findings on the 2021 Cost Cap review today, however they have announced that this will now be delayed to 10th October. With the introduction of the Cost Cap, all Formula 1 teams are required to submit financial reports to the FIA for analysis. The teams that are found…
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It is widely expected that the FIA are to announce that two teams have breached the F1 cost cap rules, with Aston Martin and Redbull suspected as the guilty teams. In an early test of the Cost Cap regulations, both Redbull and Aston Martin are said to be the teams to have breached the new…
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Recently crowned F2 Champion Felipe Drugovich has been signed as the first member of the Aston Martin driver development program. As development driver, Felipe will gain extensive experience working with engineers, standing in as reserve driver and gain all important experience in the car; first appearance being in the car will be during FP1 at…
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The silly season in F1 is something that fans always look forward to, and 2023 is no exception to this. In fact there are still quite a few seats up for grabs, with some very interesting rumours circulating the Formula 1 paddock. First up is the CONFIRMED team lineups for 2023. ORACLE RED BULL RACING…
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In a surprise move, Fernando Alonso has signed for Aston Martin for 2023 onwards, filling the void of Sebastian Vettel who retired late last week. “This Aston Martin team is clearly applying the energy and commitment to win, and it is therefore one of the most exciting teams in Formula One today. “I have known…
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Charles LeClerc has taken back to back poles in Baku. The Monegasque put in an absolutely scintillating lap in the dying seconds of Q3 to storm to pole position on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Just behind him is the rejuvenated Sergio Perez. The Mexican Defence minister put in some brilliant laps to take…
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Lawrence Stroll appears to have made more friends up and down the paddock. Two years after the Racing Point controversy, where the Silverstone based outfit RP20 bore a striking resemblence to the W10 from engine partner Mercedes, the team, now known as Aston Martin may have done it again. Former head of areodynamics at Red…
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The ex Racing Point Formula 1 team have brought on more title sponsors to further advance their championship winning chances. “I am very pleased to announce a further commitment from some of our sponsors, boosting them up to title sponsorship levels.” “We really wanted to keep the name snappy and memorable, so we are pleased…
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Nico Hulkenberg will once again don the green suit of Aston Martin for this weekends Suadi Arabian Grand Prix due to Sebastian Vettel still suffering the effects of the COVID 19 virus. In what is a blow to the start of his season Sebastian will now have missed two races. We wish him a speedy…