Although the team is carrying over the RP20 chassis from last year, which put it in fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship, it will change its F1 challenger’s chassis designation to AMR21 for this season.
The new car, which will again be powered by Mercedes engines, will be presented in a digital event on March 3rd.
The name of the AMR21 chassis comes from Aston Martin’s previous efforts in Formula 1 with the famous DBR4 in 1959/1960 and the DBR5 in 1960.
Aston Martin’s new car will be painted in the iconic British racing green colors. The team has ended a title sponsorship with the Austrian water treatment company BWT, which has resulted in the car’s paint job being light pink.
With teams being forced to carry over a lot of parts from last year this season, no outfit with a brand new car is running for 2021.
However, Aston Martin estimates there will only be 50% broadcasts from last year’s successful RP20 – with a major focus on improving the car’s aerodynamic elements.
Technical Director Andrew Green started work on the developments last August, shortly after the 2020 season began, after also making great efforts to introduce some mid-season upgrades.
Aston Martin’s return to F1 with a factory effort stems from a push by Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll to revive the British sports car maker.
After taking over the assets of Force India and joining them as the new Racing Point team in 2018, he later led a consortium to invest in Aston Martin.
Aston Martin is driving with a new driver line-up this season, as Sebastian Vettel has been signed as a partner for Lance Stroll.
Racing Point celebrated a famous victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix last year when Sergio Perez recovered from a lap first incident and claimed a win.
The Mexican had terminated his Racing Point contract to make way for Vettel, but his availability so late in the season proved perfect for Red Bull, which snapped him up as a replacement for Alex Albon this year.
