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How Aston Martin, Autosport and the BRDC find the next British F1 rising star

The time has come. This Sunday at the Autosport Awards at Grosvenor House, the winner of the 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award will be revealed.

Autosport

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.

Autosport

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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Romanek races towards Autosport National Driver Rankings summit

The Formula Ford 1600 frontrunner's season had threatened to unravel after he was given a 30-day ban for an off-track incident at Silverstone at the end of September, but he returned to winning ways in the United FF1600 category at Brands Hatch, topping both races.

Autosport

National novelties: Cheetah's bullet train plan and Image Cars reunion

Bullet Train Cheetah: Pittaway's upgrade

Autosport

Norris targets Ferrari in F1 standings after catching "slower and slower" Aston

Slow-starting McLaren dramatically slashed the gap to Aston Martin since the summer break thanks to an impressive string of podiums over the past four races, while the Silverstone-based squad has generally struggled since the summer.

Autosport

Aston Martin: Simulation data sent us down wrong path with F1 upgrades

The Silverstone-based outfit had begun the 2023 campaign as Red Bull’s main challenger, with Fernando Alonso rolling off a run of podium finishes early in the season.

Autosport

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Award winner Browning completes Aston Martin F1 test at Silverstone

Browning won the Award, which also includes a prize of £200,000, after impressing in MotorSport Vision Formula 2, United Autosports Ligier LMP3 and Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin GT3 machinery last year.

Motorsport

AMABA winner Browning completes Aston Martin F1 prize test at Silverstone

Autosport

Where a British hopeful is targeting improvement ahead of a first F1 test

My deal to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech this year came together very late on and, to be honest, I didn’t expect to be doing it. It finally happened just a couple of weeks before the first race in Bahrain. We were the last driver signed…

Autosport

Alonso back to old-spec Aston Martin for pitlane start in F1 US GP

Aston Martin introduced a hefty upgrade for this weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas, but its weekend was derailed after it suffered brake problems in first practice that left it on the back foot. Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll were knocked out in Q1 and, with the car…

Autosport

NIO 333 rebrands as ERT for 2024 Formula E season

The Silverstone-based team has existed in various guises since the all-electric championship's formation, with NIO's involvement dating back to the inaugural 2014-15 season.

Autosport

Aston Martin not a sitting duck against McLaren in F1 standings

Aston Martin started off the season strongly with six podiums for Fernando Alonso in the first seven grands prix, but rival teams have since caught up with the Silverstone squad.

Autosport

New Aston Martin GT3 car breaks cover

The evolution version of the Vantage GT3 under development ahead of a release to customers in time for the 2024 season was photographed for the first time during general testing at Silverstone this week.

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Aston Martin admits it must turn around trend of F1 season

The Silverstone-based outfit began 2023 as Red Bull’s main challenger, with Fernando Alonso rolling off five podium finishes from the first six races. He also had a shot at winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

Autosport

Aston Martin: 2026 gearbox “a golden opportunity” for F1 to cut costs

After using customer units from McLaren and latterly Mercedes since its early Force India days in 2009, the Silverstone outfit is currently ramping its own transmission department ahead of 2026, when its new relationship with Honda obliges the team to create a bespoke gearbox.

Autosport

Grand Prix Trust launches £100,000 next generation engineering bursary

The latest initiative from the Grand Prix Trust has been launched in conjunction with the Silverstone-based National College for Motorsport and Silverstone University Technical College.

Autosport

BTCC Silverstone: Hill bats off Vauxhalls for free practice honours

One of four drivers in contention for the title, Hill set the fastest time in the early-morning session aboard his West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport.

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Autosport

Thompson back as Huff seeks BTCC 2024 ride

Thompson takes over the entry occupied at Knockhill last month by Rob Huff and will see out the season this weekend at Silverstone and next month at Brands Hatch.

Motorsport

FIA plans more aggressive F1 wheel cover solution for next spray test

A first trial of an idea at Silverstone in July did not yield the results hoped for, with the wheel-fairings used only reducing the spray thrown up by a small amount.

Motorsport

Alonso promised more aero efficient 2024 Aston Martin F1 car

The Silverstone-based team concedes that this year's car has been weak in that area, which is why it endured such a difficult weekend at Monza.

Autosport

Aston Martin promises that 2024 F1 car will have more efficient aero

The Silverstone-based team concedes that this year’s car has been weak in that area, which is why it endured such a difficult weekend at Monza.

Motorsport

How Jonny Edgar overcame Crohn's disease to get back on track

Last season in the FIA Formula 3 Championship I had to deal with a loss of energy, feeling unwell, and I was losing lots of weight too. I managed OK in pre-season testing but, during the opening race weekend in Bahrain, I struggled. I had no strength to drive, and…

Autosport

The rising star getting back on track

Autosport

Mercedes, Aston Martin reveal latest F1 upgrades ahead of Dutch GP

Aston Martin trails Mercedes by 51 points as the campaign resumes in Zandvoort after the summer break, with the Silverstone squad having experienced a dip in form since Canada.

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