In front of a packed audience in its new Silverstone headquarters, the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team (AMF1) unveiled its 2023 Grand Prix challenger, the AMR23.
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This season’s race drivers, Lance Stroll and double F1 World Drivers’ Champion Fernando Alonso, took to the stage to reveal the new car alongside Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll and Team Principal Mike Krack.
The AMR23 is a considerable evolution of last year’s chassis, honed across the season into a consistent points challenger. In year three of the team’s ambitious journey as Aston Martin, the aim is to deliver a car that will be competitive from the outset.
Lawrence Stroll, AMF1 Executive Chairman, said:
This year’s move into our new state-of-the-art factory is more than just a serious statement of intent: it will considerably strengthen and empower every single individual in this organisation, helping us to deliver on our ambition to narrow the gap to the front of the grid and, in time, become genuine championship frontrunners.
In the past year, we have demonstrated the determination and belief needed to move forward and constructed a brand-new car to match our vision and ambition.
Across our partner portfolio, I offer my best wishes to Ravi Kumar, who has just been appointed CEO at Cognizant, a company with whom we share an inspired vision. To the team at Aramco, who have shown incredible faith in this organisation, and to all our partners, I extend my thanks for joining us on this unique journey.
The talk today is of new energy – and, believe me, it feels like a fresh start and an incredibly promising and ambitious way to begin the new season.
Mike Krack, Team Principal, added:
The second half of 2022 showed real signs of progress as we worked hard on car development. For this year, our aim must be to build a car that can fully deliver on its performance potential from the first moment it hits the track.
Making a strong start to the year and then maintaining that momentum is necessary if we are to make further advances towards the front of the grid. And as an organisation, we are working hard to achieve that and to strengthen all areas of the team further.
We already know the proven strengths of our design, engineering and build departments – the arrival of Fernando, partnering with Lance, underlines our driver squad’s sheer depth and range. It feels like every element of this organisation is…
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