Aston Martin reveals "more benign" AMR25 for 2025 · F1 · RaceFans

Aston Martin has revealed its new Formula 1 car for the 2025 season. The team previously presented its livery at F1’s official launch event last week.

The AMR25 is the fifth car since the brand returned to F1 under the ownership of Lawrence Stroll. It will be the team’s last car to use a Mercedes power unit before it teams up with Honda next year.

Fernando Alonso, who signed a new contract with the team last April, begins his third season at Aston Martin. His team mate will be Stroll’s son Lance, who joined them in 2019.

Following a strong 2023 campaign, last year was a disappointment for the team, as they failed to build on their progress and fell back from the top four teams. Since then Andy Cowell has moved into the role of team principal in place of Mike Krack, who is now the chief trackside officer.

Aston Martin AMR25, 2025 — The sidepods feature steeper undercuts than last year’s car

Last season both drivers complained the car’s balance was unpredictable over a range of different track configurations and conditions. The team says the new AMR25 was designed to be more compliant and less unpredictable.

As a result the AMR25’s exterior aerodynamics have been the focus of much of the team’s work. Aston Martin claims more than 90% of these surfaces have been revised compared to last year, including the front and rear wings, sidepods, upper bodywork and the floor.

Aston Martin say the changes to the front wing are intended to increase low-speed downforce and improve stability throughout cornering. The team has followed the trend for deeply undercut sidepods, which several of their rivals embraced last year, in order to improve the flow of air to the rear of the car. They achieved this using a new, tighter packaging for the car’s radiators.

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Cowell, who is heading into his first season as team principal, said Aston Martin has “taken on board the lessons and feedback from last season.”

“We’ve focused on creating a more driveable car for Lance and Fernando and we’ve pushed hard to make it more benign.”

Aston Martin has benefited from significant investment since Stroll took over the team seven years ago. They have expanded their facilities, building a massive new factory including an up-to-date wind tunnel and driver-in-the-loop simulator.

But despite finishing fifth in the championship for the second year in a row last season, Aston Martin were struggling to score points by the final races and suffered several Q1 eliminations late in the year. Cowell therefore predicts stiff competition from the start of the season.

“We expect it to be a tight and competitive field from the get-go in Australia, so we know it won’t be easy,” he said. “Our aims are realistic with a view to how we can continually improve in all areas, especially as we, like all teams, approach a vital shake-up of the regulations in 2026.”

Much intrigue surrounds the impending arrival of Aston Martin’s latest star hiring Adrian Newey, who has spent much of the last 20 years at Red Bull and designed several championship-winning cars for them. The team will focus his efforts less on the new AMR25 and more on its successor, which will be designed for the new chassis and engine regulations coming in 2026.

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