Aston Martin Rescued By Racing Point's Lawrence Stroll, Splits With Red Bull

[AerodyManiac]

Having another factory team in F1 is great, and correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t AM already have a factory Le Mans Hypercar program to invest in in the coming few years? Dedicating financial resources to both the top-tier Le Mans category and F1 for multiple years and hoping to win in at least one of the two seems like a stretch that is beyond the ability of a small firm like Aston, and something that would require funds that not even Lawrence Stroll can accrue.

I really hope this wouldn’t mean financial trouble in the future for Aston.

 

[Torneo]

Having another factory team in F1 is great, and correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t AM already have a factory Le Mans Hypercar program to invest in in the coming few years? Dedicating financial resources to both the top-tier Le Mans category and F1 for multiple years and hoping to win in at least one of the two seems like a stretch that is beyond the ability of a small firm like Aston, and something that would require funds that not even Lawrence Stroll can accrue.

I really hope this wouldn’t mean financial trouble in the future for Aston.

It's not really a factory team in F1 since they don't make their own power units, it's basically just a rebranding of Racing Point. They are a customer team, to be a factory team they would need to have a manufacturer working directly for them on the power unit, and I doubt Aston Martin have the resources and know-how for that.

 

[AerodyManiac]

It's not really a factory team in F1 since they don't make their own power units, it's basically just a rebranding of Racing Point. They are a customer team, to be a factory team they would need to have a manufacturer working directly for them on the power unit, and I doubt Aston Martin have the resources and know-how for that.

I see now, thanks for clearing up the confusion. 👍