Aston Martin is back at the pinnacle of global motorsport after the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula OneTM Team proudly revealed its 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship contender. The new Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team car returns the British ultra-luxury marque to motorsport’s pinnacle for the first time in more than 60 years. The new contender will be the first works Formula 1 car to carry the famous wings since Maurice Trintignant’s DBR5 crossed the finish line at Silverstone in 1960. The new Aston Martin team’s launch shines the spotlight on an energizing shift within Aston Martin. The team is set to become the global showcase for the brand’s engineering and performance capabilities.
Indeed a new 200,000 square-foot facility will complement the existing Aston Martin F1 factory at Silverstone when completed in the second half of 2022. The team is well-positioned to become an innovation lab to drive forward its future road car technologies. These will include a suite of mid-engined sportscars inspired by the Aston Martin Valkyrie, which will become central to the product portfolio through the next decade. It may have been absent from F1 for 61 years, though Aston Martin’s competitive credentials are firmly intact – the company was formed by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in 1913 with motorsport at the heart of its endeavour.
Next year will mark a century since Aston Martin made its Grand Prix debut (in France 1922), and the brand has enjoyed sustained success in sportscar racing, including overall victory in the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. Most recently, Aston Martin became a double class winner with the Vantage GTE in last year’s race at La Sarthe and is the reigning GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers’ champion. The Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team also boasts a strong bloodline, building on Team Silverstone’s foundations, which has won five Grand Prix in its various guises. The new AMR21 is powered by a turbocharged Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E Performance engine with hybrid energy recovery.
