Aston Martin have change into the primary staff to announce their 2023 automotive launch date, set for February 13 at 7 PM UK time. The Silverstone staff might be unveiling their automotive 10 days forward of the primary preseason check, which is scheduled from February 23 to 25 in Bahrain.
Saying the launch date of their 2023 challenger, the staff press launch mentioned:
“The reside occasion might be held at our all-new Silverstone campus – in entrance of a choose viewers – and also will be broadcast throughout all our digital channels.”
The launch occasion might be streamed throughout the staff’s digital and social media platforms on February 13.
Aston Martin can even function double world champion Fernando Alonso of their lineup for the 2023 season. He’ll change the outgoing world champion, Sebastian Vettel. The Spaniard accomplished a tyre check with the Silverstone staff for the 2023 tyres in Abu Dhabi following the season’s finale.
Newly appointed technical director Dan Fallows will add his contact to their new challenger. The previous Crimson Bull aero chief had give up the Milton Keynes squad after the 2021 season. He commenced work with the Silverstone staff after his gardening depart was over amidst the 2022 season.
Talking to on-site media, together with Sportskeeda in Abu Dhabi, Fallows mentioned:
“What I’ve seen as a massively passionate, very proficient group of individuals, a few of whom have been right here for a really very long time, and have an enormous quantity of expertise. The primary factor for us is to verify we draw on that have and fervour and don’t destroy that similtaneously attempting to develop and switch us right into a successful staff.”
Aston Martin won’t be replicating their rival automotive designs
Over time, the Silverstone squad has been identified to copy their rivals’ automotive designs whether or not or not it’s a Mercedes or a Crimson Bull. Earlier than being badged as Aston Martin, the staff produced a automotive nicknamed the ‘pink Mercedes’ when it was known as Racing Level. Additionally they produced a ‘black Mercedes’ below the Drive India badge.
In 2022 their automotive advanced to be a slower reproduction of the Crimson Bull automotive and earned the nickname of a “inexperienced bull”. Nonetheless, Fallows, their technical director, is now eager to remove the replication of their rival vehicles.
Talking to on-site media in Abu Dhabi, the Aston Martin technical director mentioned:
“The necessary factor for us is to be sure that we don’t simply replicate what our opponents are doing. We don’t imagine that’s going to assist us overtake the likes of Mercedes and Crimson Bull and Ferrari.”
He added:
“So we have now to develop our personal means of doing issues and that does take time. However we’ve obtained a massively bold group of individuals and one of many issues about seeing the brand new manufacturing unit come collectively is it demonstrates this momentum, this want to speed up the method of shifting up the grid and beginning to get right into a successful state of affairs.”
With the brand new rules in impact in 2022, Aston Martin poached a number of technical and aerodynamic personnel from throughout the grid to construct a greater automotive. Whereas their 2022 challenger was underwhelming and strung with efficiency points, their 2023 automotive is predicted to be a greater model.
Fallows is optimistic their staff has a superb pool of expertise to supply a successful automotive and propel the midfield staff to the entrance of the grid.