At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the Aston Martin team took their first podium. With this in mind, the British outfit has become much more confident. In fact, they have sped up their recruiting process. By the time the factory opens next year, the team plans to have at least 250 or more employees.
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The team has come a long way since it was known as Force India. Once managed, the team went through its own Phoenix transformation at Racing Point. It was not until this year that the team was renamed again, this time Aston Martin.
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Team boss Otmar Szafnauer said: “Since we became Force India, we have gained significantly more people. The new factory is on track, we’ve already started construction, and it’s a big, big program to recruit even more people. We have about 535 employees now and we’re going to be about 800 or whatever the right size below the cost cap and we are now strategically working on it trying to recruit like-minded people who want to work for Aston Martin Racing and race at the highest levels. The application process is going well. “
The Aston Martin team has big plans for the future
Although the Silverstone team is sixth in the championship, they are making good progress. Aston Martin is currently two points behind AlphaTauri and is trying to close the gap to the other teams. Szafnauer is aware, however, that the outfit still has a long way to go.
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Formula 1 F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 20, 2021 Aston Martins Lance Stroll in action during practice REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes
“We have a bigger gap to the teams in front than to the teams behind and we have to do a good job for the rest of the season, bring in more upgrades, understand the car better, make the drivers more comfortable and fight as hard as possible to end up as high in midfield as possible, ”he continued. “It won’t be easy, even for fifth place, but we’ll do our best.”
At the moment the British team is driving confidently to the Circuit Paul Ricard. This is mainly due to Vettel’s podium finish in Azerbaijan.
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