Aston Martin, after a 60-year absence, is returning to Formula 1 racing during the marque’s inaugural season’s premier competition!
The Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 Team will drive the new AMR21 car.
The following written content by Bryan Hood
After more than a six-decade absence, Aston Martin is returning to Formula 1 racing. And based on the look of the marque’s new race car, it will do so in style.
On Wednesday, the British luxury automaker unveiled the AMR21 racer that the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula 1 Team will use to compete during its inaugural season back in racing’s premier competition. The high-tech speed machine is one of the most important vehicles in the automaker’s 108-year history and is scheduled to make its official competition debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix later this month.
The AMR21 will be the first Formula 1 car to bear the famous wings since Maurice Trintignant’s DBR5 crossed the finish line at Silverstone in 1960. The cutting-edge racer will be piloted by four-time champion Sebastian Vettel and promising youngster Lance Stoll during the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season. It remains to be seen how the car will do—the team will be competing against Mercedes-AMG Petronas’s Lewis Hamilton, after all—but Aston Martin’s return to F1 competition is sure to make big splash regardless.
Strict build requirements ensure that all Formula 1 cars look nearly indistinguishable from one another, but Aston Martin Cognizant’s will be the only racer carrying a British Racing Green livery this season. Not only is the rich hue closely associated with the marque, but it also nods to the automaker’s proud racing tradition, in both Formula 1 and other competitions. Complementing this are the usual set of global partner logos—including Peroni and Crypto.com—as well as a flowing magenta stripe that runs along the side of the chassis and the bottom of the front wing.
Dominic Fraser/Aston Martin
