Aston Martin reveals first F1 car in 60 years as it returns to grid

Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One team has revealed its first car for the 2021 season, called the AMR21.

Described by Aston Martin executive chairman Lawrence Stroll as an ‘important event in automotive history’, the new contender will be the first works Formula One car to carry the famous wings since Maurice Trintignant’s DBR5 crossed the finish line at Silverstone in 1960.

The AMR21, to be raced this season by four-time F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel (DE) and rising star Lance Stroll (CA), carries a striking Aston Martin Racing Green livery in recognition of Aston Martin’s traditional racing colours and glorious sporting legacy. It is also bedecked by a host of global partners, led by American IT giant Cognizant, while the chassis features a magenta stripe down the side in reference to the team’s longstanding partner BWT.

Today’s event also threw the spotlight on a shift within Aston Martin as the team is set to become the global showcase for the brand’s engineering and performance capabilities.

A new 200,000ft2 facility will complement the existing Aston Martin F1 factory at Silverstone when completed in the second half of 2022, and the team is well positioned to become an innovation lab to drive forward the brand’s future road car technologies.

These will include the suite of mid-engined sportscars, inspired by the Aston Martin Valkyrie, which will become central to the product portfolio through the next decade.

The new AMR21, powered by a turbo-charged Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E Performance engine with hybrid energy recovery, will run for the first time at Silverstone during a promotional day on 4 March, 2021, before embarking on a full test programme at Bahrain on 12-14 March.

Executive chairman, Aston Martin Lagonda, Lawrence Stroll said: “The team who designed and built our new [car] – the 500 men and women who conceive, manufacture, build and prepare our cars so that we can go racing at the pinnacle of global motorsport – has always punched above its weight. Now, as the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team, it has the power with which to punch even harder.

The Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team will make its F1 return at the Bahrain Grand Prix on 28 March, 2021.

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