Who, if anyone, will challenge Red Bull and Max Verstappen this season? We asked that question 12 months ago but Aston Martin would not have been many people’s first (or second) answer. That the Silverstone-based team is now regarded as one of the main chasers says a lot about the big leap it made in 2023.
There were still two problems, though. The first was that, like everyone else, Aston Martin was still a significant chunk behind Red Bull. And the second was that it fell off the development pace during the campaign and ended up fifth in the constructors’ championship when second had seemed possible early on.
