Thread: What is Aston Martin up to?
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Old 4 Feb 2020, 12:51 (Ref:3955627)   #4442
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Aston Martin's WEC Hypercar will be the first casualty of new finance/management structure. New Executive Chairman Stroll is an established Formula 1 guy with a portfolio of luxury brands to promote - he's not going to dilute the F1 budget to race in a class with no competition (2 LMP1 teams at CoTA 2020, 2 manufacturers signed up for Hypercar!) and no audience.

Beyond that, the future looks tough for cash-strapped AM. Costs have forced it to mothball electric car development and pin its survival on an old school SUV with a borrowed Benz V8 - just as the UK government announced it plans to outlaw new internal combustion car sales in 15 years.
Because the current chassis would still be made in 15 years? So don't build now because you MIGHT not be able to sell something in 15 years? Yeah, that's SMART financial planning.

As for competition and supposed established F1 guy. First, his team is NOT an established team as HIS. He bought in to a failing team, owner not team effort, and sadly things haven't been as good as they were with Force India. And oh yeah, the competition is so fierce in F1 as well.
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