Stroll will also become Aston Martin’s Executive Chairman. Aston Martin says the lack of a guarantee that Renault or Honda will commit to building Formula 1 engines from 2021 means it must still push on with its own power unit.Although Honda's move to supply Red Bull for 2019 and 2020 has given the team a potential partner for when new rules come in to play, there is no certainty yet about who will provide engines after 2020.With a major rules revamp on the cards, there remains a chance that current manufacturers could walk away, which would open for the door for new suppliers to come in.Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer says part of his company's long-term commitment to Red Bull - which includes the Valkyrie road car project and the placing of staff at a new engineering campus in Milton Keynes - is in ensuring there is a viable engine alternative for the F1 team if no other supply is available.Palmer told Autosport: "It is really, really hazy what happens to F1 after 2020, because nobody is yet committed to a new engine.
"But I think the important point there is that clearly Red Bull have left the door open.
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It's brought on a number of people who have previous experience in F1, including "We have not hired anyone to work full time on this and the power unit remains an area of study for the company, consistent with previous comments and our attendance at the Formula 1 Power Unit Working Group meetings," a spokesperson told If Aston Martin finally does make the decision to join F1 as an engine supplier, expect Red Bull Racing to be the first team to use the British automaker's powerplant, as the two companies "Are the future Renault or Honda engines in 2021 going to be good enough that Aston Martin Red Bull can win races? Technical insight. "This is the restriction on dyno [usage], the restriction on manpower, the cost caps, the sharing of parts. "Aston Martin attended the recent FIA meeting and has been deeply involved through its submissions on potential solutions," Palmer told Still, Aston Martin has taken several steps toward making its participation a reality.
"We are a much smaller company and we don't have those resources, so that is the big debate for us.
"And it is very much coming from a background of, how do you keep Red Bull racing in a context of difficult supply conditions? Lewis Hamilton felt "a little bit nervous" he would suffer a repeat of his Silverstone tyre failure in the closing stages of his Belgian Grand Prix victoryGeorge Russell felt "very thankful" to have the halo on his Williams Formula 1 car after a "massive impact" with Antonio Giovinazzi's loose wheel in Sunday's Belgian Grand PrixFerrari was left "disappointed and angry" by its display in Sunday's Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix after failing to score any points, according to team principal Mattia BinottoToto Wolff has explained the radio exchange with Valtteri Bottas over using a push mode to catch Lewis Hamilton in the opening stages of Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix.
Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer says he is "encouraged" by the direction of the 2021 engine plans that were presented by Formula 1 bosses on Tuesday. "Palmer suggests, however, that giving the idea a green light will take a lot of consideration, because factors like cost control and development limits will be important.