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Alonso outlines Aston Martin F1 weaknesses to address for 2024

Although Aston Martin was the surprise package in the early part of the season, with Alonso emerging as a genuine threat to Red Bull for race wins, results tailed off notably after Austria.

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Sorensen persuaded to re-sign with Aston Martin on multi-year deal

The marque’s return to the pinnacle of sportscar racing with the Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar announced in October and the development of an evolution version of its Vantage GT3 racer were key motivations for the Dane agreeing a new multi-year contract with Aston Martin Racing.

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Alonso: 2023 my best F1 season alongside 2012 Ferrari title miss

Alonso took fourth in the 2023 drivers' championship, finishing ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on countback and one point ahead of McLaren man Lando Norris, as Aston Martin's AMR23 enabled him to take regular podiums in the early part of the year. The 2005 and 2006 world champion claimed a…

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A rising star's first day in an F1 car

The day began like many others at Silverstone do, especially in late October: damp and grey. But, unlike most others, this day marked a first. For Luke Browning, stepping into a Formula 1 car for his maiden outing, this was the culmination of a lifetime’s work.

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F1 2023 awards: Max Verstappen away and clear as rivals fail to show up

Red Bull dominated, Las Vegas lit up late season and McLaren’s resurgence left Mercedes and Ferrari in the shade

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2023 F1 world championship points: Final standings after Abu Dhabi GP

The main attention in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale was the fight runner-up spot in the constructors’ championship between Ferrari and Mercedes. It was decided in favour of Mercedes by three points – and their battle went down to the very last lap.

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2023 F1 World Championship points: Final standings after Abu Dhabi GP

The main attention in the Abu Dhabi GP finale was the fight runner-up spot in the F1 Constructors’ Championship between Ferrari and Mercedes. It was decided in favour of Mercedes by three points – and their battle went down to the very last lap.

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Top BMW GT squad Walkenhorst switches to Aston Martin for 2024 GTWCE

Walkenhorst Motorsport, winner of the blue riband Spa round of the GTWCE in 2018, will field a solo Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Pro class of the Endurance Cup segment of the series next year.

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BMW squad Walkenhorst switches to Aston Martin for 2024 GTWCE

Walkenhorst Motorsport, winner of the blue riband Spa round of the GTWCE in 2018, will field a solo Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Pro class of the Endurance Cup segment of the series next year.

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This electrified Aston Martin DB6 is packed with recycled materials

Restored classic Aston features components made from egg shells, nuts, corn and apples

Aston Martin not focused on McLaren in F1 Abu Dhabi finale

Aston was in front of the Woking outfit for most of the season until McLaren moved into fourth place in the constructors' world championship after the United States GP.

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Krack: 'Lights never went off' at Aston Martin factory during F1 slump

Thanks to Fernando Alonso, the Silverstone squad earned a podium finish in six of the opening eight grands prix this season to emerge as the most regular threat to Red Bull.

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Krack: 'Lights never went off' at factory during Aston F1 slump

Thanks to Fernando Alonso, the Silverstone-based squad earned a podium finish in six of the opening eight grands prix this season to emerge as the most regular threat to Red Bull.

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Aston Martin admits it was a mistake to make "painful" F1 experiments so public

In recent months, Aston Martin has worked to effectively reverse engineer components developed for next year and then fitted them to the current AMR23, with the floor an area of focus.

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Why Felipe Drugovich is still committed to F1 future

Instead, the 2022 F2 champion will keep himself busy with sim running and a programme of private testing with a two-year-old car, upgraded from the AMR21 he used this season to the 2022 model.

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Why Drugovich is still committed to F1 future

Instead the 2022 F2 champion will keep himself busy with sim running and a programme of private testing with a two-year-old car, upgraded from the AMR21 he used this season to the 2022 model.

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Alonso: Aston Martin can continue Brazil F1 form following "painful" experiments

Alonso took his first podium in seven races in last week's Brazilian Grand Prix after coming out on top of a thrilling battle with Red Bull's Sergio Perez on the last lap.

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Aston Martin: Alonso used “unconventional” F1 lines to beat Perez to podium

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso crossed the line just 0.053 seconds ahead of the Red Bull driver to secure the final podium spot at Interlagos, as Aston Martin returned to the rostrum for the first time since the Dutch GP in late August.

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Aston Martin: Alonso used "unconventional" F1 lines to beat Perez to podium

Two-time champion Alonso crossed the line just 0.053 seconds ahead of the Red Bull driver to secure the final podium spot at Interlagos, as Aston Martin returned to the rostrum for the first time since Zandvoort.

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Iron Dames "emotional" after historic all-female WEC win in Bahrain

Sharing the #85 Porsche 911 RSR-19 in the GTE Am division, Gatting, Bovy and Frey survived late pressure from the D’station Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Tomonobu Fujii, Casper Stevenson and Liam Talbot to take the chequered flag with a winning margin of 5.548s.

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Hamilton suspects Mercedes F1 car's floor "not working" in Brazilian GP

Hamilton jumped the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at the start to briefly run third, but thereafter he slid down the order, complaining at one point that even with his DRS open he couldn't challenge the car ahead.

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Alonso "in the wrong place, wrong moment" in scary Ocon F1 crash

The Aston Martin driver was unable to take part in the second part of the shootout that determines the grid for the shortened Saturday race after sustaining heavy damage to the front-left corner.

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How a lesson from Haas helped Aston Martin's surprise Brazil F1 turnaround

Those events saw three out of four starts made from the pitlane as the team tried to learn more about the update package it debuted at Circuit of the Americas. And just to make life even tougher, Fernando Alonso was forced to retire from both races with floor damage.

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Aston Martin used Haas lessons for surprise Brazil F1 turnaround

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2023 Brazilian GP F1 qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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