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Aston Martin confirms February 12 F1 launch date
Aston Martin has become the latest team to confirm its launch date ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season, hosting an event on February 12.
As has traditionally been the case for the team in recent years, Aston Martin will unveil its car at Silverstone with drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll. During last season the team moved into the first building of a new factory campus at its headquarters next to the track that hosts the British Grand Prix.
Last year’s AMR21 saw Aston Martin make a major step forward to start the 2023 season as the closest challenger to Red Bull, with Alonso picking up podiums in six of the first eight races before the team tailed off later in the year to finish fifth in the constructors’ championship behind Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren.
With the event on a Monday, Aston is expected to kick off a busy week of launches when multiple teams traditionally reveal their 2024 designs, with Ferrari already confirmed for the following day.
The only other teams to so far officially announce their launch dates are Williams and Stake -- the new name for the Sauber-run team formerly known as Alfa Romeo -- who are both going one week earlier on February 5.
Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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