'Several' F1 Teams Are Chasing Aston Martin Engine Supplies
Aston Martin could end up supplying more than a couple of independent Formula 1 teams, according to reports.
Motorsport.com reports that several independent F1 teams have been in contact with Aston Martin since the British company announced it was looking at entering the sport as an engine supplier.
Red Bull already have a commercial partnership with Aston and are a natural fit for taking the engines, having fallen out with Renault and being unthrilled by the idea of using Honda engines instead.
Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s junior team, could also use the same engines – or it could stay with a different supplier to gather more data from different units. The other independent teams are Haas, which is more or less bound to Ferrari, Sauber, which could feasibly make the switch, and McLaren, which will use Renault engines for 2018.
Williams has no reason to change from Mercedes power, and nor does Force India, but that leaves as many as four semi-likely teams that could chase Aston Martin for oily bits. When asked about how many teams the firm could supply, Aston’s CEO, Andy Palmer, told motorsport.com:
“I have some rough maths in terms of what cost and what price.
“With all of this stuff in F1, you have to factor in intangibles because you’re talking about a marketing return, not necessarily a physical return.
“Marketing return hopefully turns into sold cars, which is why we’re doing this. This is to seed the soil for when we bring a mid-engined car to compete with the Ferrari 488, which is what the Valkyrie was about.
“It’s about creating credibility ready for when we go mainstream face-to-face with Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren on the road.
“The timing of the 2021 regulations work really well, because it is about the time we’ll be bringing that car out.”
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I knew this would happen!
It’s all getting rather complicated, anAston engine in an Alfa-Romeo-Sauber…. what’s next, the rear wing from Subaru and wheels from Koenigsegg?
Don’t forget the wing mirrors from a Kia!
That’s no far fetched actually, the first Koenigsegg used a Subaru flat 12 F1 engine. When the owner of the Subaru F1 team died, the idea was scrapped but the engine mount position were still kept by Koenigsegg. So to this day, they still use the same engine mount positions used to hold a Subaru flat 12 F1 engine.
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Aston Martin to supply engines to F1? That’s surprising.
In their road cars they currently have their own V12, and a V8 supplied by AMG. The engine for the Valkyrie will be supplied by Cosworth, and Aston Martin’s race cars are built by Prodrive.
Do Aston Martin have the capability to produce F1 engines?
Maybe in a few year. Probably the next vantage engine, a v6 turbo and an optional hybrid system
The engine for the Valkyrie is tuned by Cosworth, but still based on Aston Martin’s own V12 design. Yes, their race cars are built by Prodrive, but Prodrive owns about a third of the Aston Martin shares (note: not the other way around), so don’t think of this as some kind of outsourcing.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they can come up with a decent design for an F1 engine. After all, nobody said that Prodrive wouldn’t be involved in the development of the engine.
yeah I’m afraid that its not going to work because even honda can’t make a good engine and they been build a good engine since forever (road car engine)
No, but it’s a briton news magazine…
Doesnt aston martin use amg engines
Wait! The valkyrie is supposed to battle the 488? I always thougt it should be more in the range of the hypercar la ferrari…? Was i wrong the whole time?
Mid-engine. They tried with the Valkyrie and will make a real competitor later.
Aston MArtin is just a name sponsor only.
Not more than the Alfa Romeo with the Sauber. At least the Alfas use a Ferrari engine instead of Renault in a Red Bull …
“Red Bull already have a commercial partnership with Aston and are a natural fit for taking the engines, having fallen out with Renault and being unthrilled by the idea of using Honda engines instead.”
i can’t imagine why /s
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