There is a lot going on at Aston Martin F1 at the moment. Not only did the team move up the grid and, in the first half of the season, challenge the front runners on a regular basis, but it also moved to a new technical facility just ahead of the British Grand Prix in July. On top of that, it signed a deal to join up with Honda in a works partnership from 2026.
This is the first new Formula 1 facility to be built in the last 20 years, and it will eventually bring together all the team’s engineering capabilities under one roof. The 400,000ft.sq building is on the Formula 1 campus at Silverstone, UK, and will house the team’s wind tunnel and simulator when it is completed at the end of 2024. It was opened with a drive through by Lance Stroll in the AMR23 just before the British Grand Prix.
The name Aston Martin returned to Formula 1 in 2021, born out of the Racing Point team. A deal was signed with Mercedes
