Aston Martin unveiled its 2024 car ahead of its track debut, a shakedown at Silverstone on Monday.
The AMR24 is the first car built and assembled at Aston Martin’s new factory at Silverstone’s headquarters, directly opposite the British Grand Prix venue. While the car is expected to be on track on Monday for its first race, Aston Martin has released photographs of the new design which technical director Dan Fallows says is an evolution of last year’s car.
“We’ve made changes all over the car,” Fallows said. “It’s very different in many ways. The majority of the parts have changed on it, but it is really still essentially a strong evolution of last year’s car. We have kind of built on the end of AMR23.
“The obvious things you’ll see that are different are things like the front nose and front wing. Bodywork will be different, but there’s also obviously quite a lot of stuff under the hood, which hopefully you won’t see . We will obviously try and keep some of that under wraps.
“The front suspension layout, that’s a similar layout to what we had on a AMR23 — a system of push rod. We’ve inherited new suspension from Mercedes — they obviously give us the gearbox and the structure of the rear suspension, so that has changed slightly from last year as well. There’s a change on the rear, but the front is very similar.”
The AMR24 follows a decisive season for Aston Martin in 2023, with multiple podiums but also a tricky era after the summer break. Fallows says the paints were done at the end of last year, which put the team in a more potent position with the new car.
“I think it’s no secret that we adopted a pragmatic strategy at the end of last season,” he said. “We tried to make sure we took advantage of any and all opportunities to receive the classes we needed at AMR23. We had a glorified practice session. . . In some races, however, it was vital for us to do that and we recognised that we had to do whatever would teach us for 2024, and we did.
“I think I’m coming out of this after putting in some smart performances towards the end of the season, culminating in the podium in Brazil and fifth place, a wonderful result for us. To come out of this and then have that momentum this year, I think That was the key detail for us. After going through that procedure and maintaining that momentum until 2024, I think it gives us a lot of confidence for the season.
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