Although the team is taking over last year’s RP20 chassis that put them fourth 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, with the team ending a title sponsorship with Austrian water treatment company BWT – which resulted in the car being painted in bright pink.
However, BWT will remain in place in 2021 and will use “subtle branding” in the new Aston paintwork.
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With teams being forced to carry over many parts of last year this season, no team will be driving a brand new car for 2021.
However, Aston Martin estimates that only 50 percent will be carried over from last year’s successful RP20 – with a primary 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 Formula 1 with factory performance is the result of an effort to revive the British sports car maker by Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll. After taking over the assets of Force India and joining as the new Racing Point team in 2018, he later led a consortium to buy Aston Martin.
Aston Martin is driving with a new line-up this season, as Sebastian Vettel has been signed as a partner of Lance Stroll. Last year Racing Point took a famous victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix when Sergio Perez recovered from a lap first incident and took a win.
The Mexican had had his contract terminated by Racing Point to make way for Vettel, but his availability so late in the season proved perfect for Red Bull, who brought him on as a replacement for Alex Albon this year.
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