2026 Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

[AR3-GP]

[WardenOfTheNorth]

For the first time in years, if ever, I get the feeling Lance might leave F1....I think he'd do really well in WEC or similar.

[NAPI10]

For the first time in years, if ever, I get the feeling Lance might leave F1....I think he'd do really well in WEC or similar.

If Lance leaves, so does AM.It will be sold to some fincial consortium.

[diffuser]

For the first time in years, if ever, I get the feeling Lance might leave F1....I think he'd do really well in WEC or similar.

If Lance leaves, so does AM.It will be sold to some fincial consortium.

Not sure why you say that, AMR F1 are running Button in WEC this year. So they're already in both.

[AR3-GP]

AMR F1 are running Button in WEC this year.

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

[diffuser]

AMR F1 are running Button in WEC this year.

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

Aston Martin is the manufacturer and co-owner of the racing program. The team is officially named the Aston Martin THOR Team, reflecting a deep partnership where Aston Martin provides the Valkyrie hypercar (developed from their road-legal hypercar) and THOR (The Heart of Racing) operates the team.

Manufacturer Role: Aston Martin produces the Valkyrie LMH chassis and engine, which is the only Hypercar derived from a road-legal production car.
Operational Role: The Heart of Racing (THOR) manages the day-to-day racing operations, logistics, and driver lineup.
Ownership: The program is a joint effort, with Aston Martin retaining its identity as the car's builder while leveraging THOR's endurance racing expertise.

Now if it's AMR, AMR F1, AML or AM I don't know but it's one of them.

Sorry not sure where I got the Button thing.

[AR3-GP]

AMR F1 are running Button in WEC this year.

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

Aston Martin is the manufacturer and co-owner of the racing program. The team is officially named the Aston Martin THOR Team, reflecting a deep partnership where Aston Martin provides the Valkyrie hypercar (developed from their road-legal hypercar) and THOR (The Heart of Racing) operates the team.

Manufacturer Role: Aston Martin produces the Valkyrie LMH chassis and engine, which is the only Hypercar derived from a road-legal production car.
Operational Role: The Heart of Racing (THOR) manages the day-to-day racing operations, logistics, and driver lineup.
Ownership: The program is a joint effort, with Aston Martin retaining its identity as the car's builder while leveraging THOR's endurance racing expertise.

Now if it's AMR, AMR F1, AML or AM I don't know but it's one of them.

Sorry not sure where I got the Button thing.

Is this some kind of AI response? I follow this championship and sportscar racing closely, including reading all the insider bits. The role of Aston Martin (and all of its hydra heads) is very little in this project. Gabe Newell is owner of THOR. He is a billionaire. This is his passion project. He obtained the license from AMR to use the Valkyrie and turn it into a hypercar. Without him, there is no Aston Martin Valkyrie racing anywhere with any other team. This is not Stroll or AMR's project. It's a THOR project. They are paying for all of it.

[Ashwinv16]

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

Aston Martin is the manufacturer and co-owner of the racing program. The team is officially named the Aston Martin THOR Team, reflecting a deep partnership where Aston Martin provides the Valkyrie hypercar (developed from their road-legal hypercar) and THOR (The Heart of Racing) operates the team.

Manufacturer Role: Aston Martin produces the Valkyrie LMH chassis and engine, which is the only Hypercar derived from a road-legal production car.
Operational Role: The Heart of Racing (THOR) manages the day-to-day racing operations, logistics, and driver lineup.
Ownership: The program is a joint effort, with Aston Martin retaining its identity as the car's builder while leveraging THOR's endurance racing expertise.

Now if it's AMR, AMR F1, AML or AM I don't know but it's one of them.

Sorry not sure where I got the Button thing.

Is this some kind of AI response? I follow this championship and sportscar racing closely, including reading all the insider bits. The role of Aston Martin (and all of its hydra heads) is very little in this project. Gabe Newell is owner of THOR. He is a billionaire. This is his passion project. He obtained the license from AMR to use the Valkyrie and turn it into a hypercar. Without him, there is no Aston Martin Valkyrie racing anywhere with any other team. This is not Stroll or AMR's project. It's a THOR project. They are paying for all of it.

You right until the Money bit, THOR started the project but in 2023 revival. Aston Martin own more the 50% of the hyper car project which is run by Heart or Racing now inst3ad being wholly owned. Heart of Racing is "practically" a subsidary of Aston Martin nowadays although not owned. Any ways this is the wrong place to talk about this.

[AR3-GP]

You right until the Money bit, THOR started the project but in 2023 revival. Aston Martin own more the 50% of the hyper car project which is run by Heart or Racing now inst3ad being wholly owned. Heart of Racing is "practically" a subsidary of Aston Martin nowadays although not owned. Any ways this is the wrong place to talk about this.

It's relevant because it was initially argued that Lawrence Stroll has a fundamental interest in racing beyond Lance Stroll. What you're saying doesn't track with what I know, but I'll leave it at that.

[SealTheRealDeal]

AMR F1 are running Button in WEC this year.

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

Aston Martin is the manufacturer and co-owner of the racing program. The team is officially named the Aston Martin THOR Team, reflecting a deep partnership where Aston Martin provides the Valkyrie hypercar (developed from their road-legal hypercar) and THOR (The Heart of Racing) operates the team.

Manufacturer Role: Aston Martin produces the Valkyrie LMH chassis and engine, which is the only Hypercar derived from a road-legal production car.
Operational Role: The Heart of Racing (THOR) manages the day-to-day racing operations, logistics, and driver lineup.
Ownership: The program is a joint effort, with Aston Martin retaining its identity as the car's builder while leveraging THOR's endurance racing expertise.

Now if it's AMR, AMR F1, AML or AM I don't know but it's one of them.

Sorry not sure where I got the Button thing.

The Valkyrie LMH is funded primarily by billionaire Gabe Newell[1] and designed and built primarily by Multimatic[2] with some technical assistance from AMR.[3] I haven't seen anything confirming AMPT's involvement. I hope they are involved simply because otherwise I have no clue what AMPT is for, and I doubt Stroll is paying Andrew Green to sit around doing nothing, but if it is involved it's only a tertiary role.

[1] the owner of Steam and THOR

[2] which also manufactures the track only Valkyrie AMR Pro that the LMH is based on

[3]which is a distinct corporate entity from AML and AMF1/Racing Point, and which is actually still operated by Prodrive, not sure if Stroll owns AMR and is simply contracting Prodrive or if Prodrive kept that part of the business when they sold the road car company to Stroll

[zoroastar]

i think its odd that the only thing that lance has said about the car for the past months is a lack of downforce. its like a key word that he understands, and its the first thing he always brings up when asked about the car (and past cars). i also find it hard to believe that the lack of downforce is anywhere near their biggest problem since the start of the season. it seems like right now, downforce could possibly make them slower lol. im sure that theyre severely lacking it since there have been none of the planned upgrades, but he knows that and still harps on it like hes not sure where it went

[zoroastar]

the rumors about newey is that he was having stress related issues with his health. seems logical, but krack said hed be at the paddock in monaco.

[f1316]

It really is quite unbelievable how bad of a job has been done with this package - whenever you think it can’t get worse, a new issue emerges.

If they really can’t race in Monaco - as Alonso says will “probably” be the case - at the race where both power and deployment ought to have the least issue of any track all year, it’s really a sad indictment of the program.

[diffuser]

Button is not driving in WEC. He's retired. AMR F1 and Stroll don't have anything to do with the Valkyrie at Le Mans. That project is funded entirely by the heart of racing (THOR). They may have used some technical support to design the car and that's it. The ongoing operations and race team are funded by THOR, not Stroll.

Aston Martin is the manufacturer and co-owner of the racing program. The team is officially named the Aston Martin THOR Team, reflecting a deep partnership where Aston Martin provides the Valkyrie hypercar (developed from their road-legal hypercar) and THOR (The Heart of Racing) operates the team.

Manufacturer Role: Aston Martin produces the Valkyrie LMH chassis and engine, which is the only Hypercar derived from a road-legal production car.
Operational Role: The Heart of Racing (THOR) manages the day-to-day racing operations, logistics, and driver lineup.
Ownership: The program is a joint effort, with Aston Martin retaining its identity as the car's builder while leveraging THOR's endurance racing expertise.

Now if it's AMR, AMR F1, AML or AM I don't know but it's one of them.

Sorry not sure where I got the Button thing.

The Valkyrie LMH is funded primarily by billionaire Gabe Newell[1] and designed and built primarily by Multimatic[2] with some technical assistance from AMR.[3] I haven't seen anything confirming AMPT's involvement. I hope they are involved simply because otherwise I have no clue what AMPT is for, and I doubt Stroll is paying Andrew Green to sit around doing nothing, but if it is involved it's only a tertiary role.

[1] the owner of Steam and THOR

[2] which also manufactures the track only Valkyrie AMR Pro that the LMH is based on

[3]which is a distinct corporate entity from AML and AMF1/Racing Point, and which is actually still operated by Prodrive, not sure if Stroll owns AMR and is simply contracting Prodrive or if Prodrive kept that part of the business when they sold the road car company to Stroll

I just read "Valkyrie AMR Pro was originally designed and developed to meet the LMH hypercar regulations and now Aston Martin Performance Technologies, situated in the newly-built AMR Technology Campus which is co-located with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One® team’s Silverstone headquarters, has begun the task of developing a competition prototype version of Valkyrie for racing within a pre-defined aerodynamic and power performance window that gives it parity with its direct competition in WEC. It will then be homologated for the WEC Hypercar and IMSA GTP classes ahead of the 2025 season." on https://www.astonmartin.com/en-us/our-w ... 0task%20of

[Sedaxel]

Alonso, yesterday:

"Monaco is not the ideal place to suffer an unexpected downshift causing rear axle lock-up, because you'll end up against the wall and the driver will look like the one at fault. But sometimes we are passengers of what happens when you downshift and the engine brakes as if you were flat out. That is something we need to make sure we have taken a step forward on since Canada, and Monaco will tell us the truth."