Aston Martin becomes first team to test their 2022 challenger on track

Aston Martin becomes first team to test their 2022 challenger on track

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The 2022 Season has kick started with fans getting their first look of the brand new and improved cars unveiled by the 10 teams on the grid. As of today, only three teams have drawn curtains on their car. Hass, Red Bull and Aston Martin are one of those. With the launch of Aston Martin Racing team’s first ever AMR22, fans are excited to see how Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel use the machinery to their advantage.

The AMR22 was launched on February 10, Friday with the presence of Lance Stroll, Sebastian Vettel and Lawrence Stroll, Canadian businessman and part owner of Aston Martin Racing team. The following team has beaten the rest on the track by being the first to test their livery while seven teams haven’t even launched their cars yet.

Lance Stroll was pictured on February 11, Friday leaving the garage on wet tyres at Silverstone. Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel who are limited to a combined maximum of 100kms which must be completed on demonstration tyres will be accomplished along with one of its two permitted filming days at Silverstone.

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Andrew Green explains the reason behind the early testing

Andrew Green, technical director had explained at the AMR22 launch the reasons why the team had planned to complete their first “shakedown” as soon as possible. One of the main reason was to ensure that Aston Martin had plenty of time to react to any potential issues with their car before the pre-season testing, given the new onboard systems and designs.

“What we wanted to do was shakedown as early as possible to check the systems out on the car and give us some time between shakedown and the Barcelona test,” said Green.

“So that was the reason for shaking-down tomorrow. We have time to react.“

Aston Martin at the Silverstone track

“Hopefully there is nothing to react to but because the car is absolutely brand new with no carryover at all and pre-season testing is really short, the second test is so close to the first race that it is almost impossible to react to,” he added.

“To get a shakedown in prior to the first test, give ourselves a gap between the first test and the shakedown to react to, that is why we came to the shakedown date and it just makes sense to launch the day before. The car is effectively ready so that was the logic behind it,” Said Andrew Green.

The pre-season testing will commence on February 23 with three days of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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